ILRI one health, ecohealth and zoonosesresearch in Southeast AsiaThere is an increasing recognition that many public health issues are complex and can be best

understood by examining the relationship between the health of people and animals and the

ecosystems in which they live. Two approaches, One Health and Ecohealth, that have

emerged over the last decade can help us to better understand these intricate and complex

relationships, and appear to hold great potential for tackling modern public health issues

related to food safety and zoonoses.

Pestforecast project (2015-2019)

Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive

diseases in Vietnam funded by the CGIAR Research Program on

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This

project offers a portfolio of climate-based information systems

that target critical diseases of zoonotic importance (Japanese

encephalitis, leptospirosis and aflatoxicosis). It proposes action

research to adapt these systems for Vietnam.

Ecohealth on Agricultural Intensification andHealth

The field building leadership initiative (FBLI), supported by theInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC) from 2011-2016, has been working to understand and address intensiveagricultural practices and associated health risks in Southeast Asiaand China. Developed jointly by research centres in China,Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, this five-year initiative allowsresearchers and their partners to carry out research, capacitybuilding, and knowledge translation to inform practice and policy.In Vietnam we worked to promote correct treatment of biogaswaste water to reduce risks to humans, animals and theenvironment

Projects on zoonoses, food borne diseases and One Health

• EcoZD project in Southeast Asia (2007-2013)

Activities: Pestforecast has four work packages

EcoZD case studies• Rabies (Bali, Indonesia)• Leptospirosis (Vietnam)• Brucellosis (Yunnan, China)• Toxoplasmosis (Yunnan, China and

Java, Indonesia)• Pig zoonoses (Laos)• Human diarrhoea (Cambodia,

Thailand)• Salmonella in small scale chicken

slaughterhouses (Thailand/Vietnam)Ecohealth Resource Centres• Chiang Mai University, Thailand• Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

• PigRISK in Vietnam (2012-2017)

Improve food safety in small holder pig systems (Hung Yen andNghe An). Multi disciplinary teams: public health, veterinariansand agricultural economists. Funded by ACIAR.

• Sustainable Intensification of Dairy Production inIndonesia (2016-2019)

Develop new knowledge and solutions customized tosmallholder dairy farmers in West Java to reduce greenhousegas emissions of dairy production, to sustainably increase farmproductivity and resource use efficiency, and, consequently,improve farmer incomes and livelihoods on the long term.Funded by CCAFS.

The IDRC funded Ecosystem approaches to the better managementof zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia (EcoZD)project was funded by the IDRC and coordinated by ILRI. It covered 6countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

Hu Suk Lee ● ILRI post-doctoral scientist and veterinary epidemiologist

h.s.lee@cgiar.org ● Rooms 301-302, B1 Building, Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound

298 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Phone: +84 4 32373995 ● Fax: +84 4 32373996

ilri.org ● asia.ilri.org

• Cross CRP (2014-2015)

Assessment of parasitic zoonoses in indigenous pig systems of theCentral Highlands, Vietnam. CRP A4NH and L&F funded.

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