Global One Health initiative's 10-Year Celebration

Join us each week in October to celebrate and learn about global partnerships and key work to address One Health all over the globe. Our 10-year celebration kicked off with an opening ceremony on September 9 that included remarks from key Ohio State leaders, a review of GOHi’s impact and an expert panel discussion about the future of One Health work. Over 250 individuals from 17 countries joined the live broadcast, and it can be re-watched through this link.

Please register for each event in advance and mark your calendars for the November 4 closing ceremony in honor of One Health Day.

October 7 – Rx-Change: How Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Can Improve Health – Ohio State Deans Panel Discussion. Register here.
October 14 – GOHi 10-Year Celebration: Partnerships Throughout Africa Plenary Presentation. Register here.
October 21 – Future Funding Landscape for Global Public Health – Sponsors Panel Discussion. Register here.
October 28 – GOHi 10-Year Celebration: Partnerships Throughout Latin America Plenary Presentation. Register here.
November 4 – Closing ceremony. Registration link coming soon.

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GOHi Supports the Surveillance System in 75 Facilities in Ethiopia

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi) supports the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to strengthen national COVID-19 and other diseases surveillance capacity in 75 selected facilities in Ethiopia. This is part of the ongoing CDC-IHR project, which is partly funded through the CARES Act, and seeks to strengthen the national surveillance system and create a resilient public health emergency management (PHEM) system in Ethiopia. GOHi provided 75 computers that will be distributed to all facilities to support the surveillance work, data management and implementation of the DHIS-2 system of PHEM data.

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GOHi Highlights

GOHi Director Awarded Grant for Mental Health Research

The 2021 Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Emergent Innovation Award will be led by Shu-Hua Wang, Ohio State College of Medicine, with Cora Munoz, Capital University; Karen Jiobu from Asian American Community Services; and Jenn Kue, University of Florida. This is a community outreach awareness and education project entitled "Mental Health Challenges in the Asian American Community beyond COVID-19."

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Watch the 10-Year Celebration GOHi Impact Video

In commemoration of the Global One Health initiative's 10-year celebration, the GOHi team wanted to tell GOHi's story and impact in a new way. The GOHi directors embarked on a process to tell the decade-long story of One Health work at Ohio State through a short video that captures some of the exciting work the Global One Health initiative has completed as well as shares their plan for future projects and research.

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Updates

GOHi Welcomes New Staff Members

The GOHi Regional Office welcomed two new staff members, Myriam Formica and Kassech Sintayehu.

Myriam Formica is the new Strategic Project Coordinator for the Regional Office. She has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Towson University, Maryland. She has extensive experience working with various international organizations, including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The World Bank Group. She will be responsible for coordinating the CDC-IHR project with the technical director and project staff.

Kassech Sintayehu is the new Coordinator for the AEFI project. Kassech has a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, a Master of Arts in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and a Master in Science in Public Health. She will be responsible for coordinating the Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) project, GOHi’s new project, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration (EFDA).

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GOHi Columbus Staff Departure

Ashley Bersani, GOHi’s senior program and outreach manager, accepted a position on the Strategy Team at the Wexner Medical Center, and her last day with GOHi was September 22. Ashley joined GOHi in 2016, and during her time with us, she successfully managed a wide range of complex, multi-year global health security projects and cooperative agreements focused mainly on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention portfolio. Her duties and contributions bridged technical, administrative, fiscal and outreach activities, including producing GOHi’s impact reports and newsletters, establishing standard operating procedures and mentoring. Ashley won’t be far away and will remain part of the Ohio State community. We are thankful for her contributions to GOHi’s growth.

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