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Global One Health News

May 2022

GOHi meets key partners in Ethiopia

Executive Director of Ohio State's Global One Health initiative, Wondwossen Gebreyes, recently visited the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia to meet with key partners and discuss strategic priorities and strengthen long-standing partnerships in the health and higher education sectors. During his time in Ethiopia, Gebreyes also met with Lia Tadesse, minister of health of Ethiopia, Samuel Kifle, minister of education of Ethiopia, Mesay Hailu, director general of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and various EPHI deputies to discuss the progress of joint projects and the projects’ impacts.

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Features

Data collection on costing of VPD surveillance

The Global One Health LLC supported the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) to undertake a causality assessment of adverse events reported after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Experts from the national pharmacovigilance advisory committee, the EFDA pharmacovigilance team and 26 clinicians conducted the assessment.

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Causality assessment of AEFI

In collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), GOHi has been conducting a vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance costing study in Ethiopia. The project aims to generate country-level estimates of the economic and financial costs of the VPD surveillance system.

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One Health updates

May GOHi webinar

The next monthly webinar will take place on May 19 at 8:30 a.m. with the topic "Implementation Science: Zoonoses." Hear from the featured speakers: Sofonias Kifle Tessema, implementation science expert in bioinformatics at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Richard Robinson, associate professor of microbial infection and immunity at the Ohio State College of Medicine.

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Global Health Symposium set for May 16

Join The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center for the Global Health Symposium from 3-6 p.m. on May 16. The keynote presentation will feature GOHi Executive Director, Wondwossen Gebreyes, GOHi Director for Implementation Science, Shu-Hua Wang, and GOHi Executive Committee member, Robert Baiocchi. This presentation will provide an overview of GOHi's activities, including education, training, research, outreach and leadership capacity building, followed by panel discussion.

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NIH Fogarty International Center features Gebreyes

GOHi Executive Director Wondwossen Gebreyes has a deep history with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When he moved to the United States in 1995, his first job was as a parking attendant at NIH. Now, Gebreyes has led a Fogarty-funded program since 2010 to establish research and training capacity regarding foodborne pathogens.

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External news

Planetary Health Alliance accepting fellowship applications

Planetary Health Alliance is looking to fill two fellowship positions: a Next Generation Network Fellow and a Global Outreach Fellow. Both positions will be remote, one year in length with an option to extend and require 5-10 hours per week. Applications close September 19.

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Upcoming events

May 26-28

International Conference on Quality of Education

Addis Ababa University hosts "Education in Emergencies in East Africa: Implications for Sustainable Development" conference.

June 1-2

Quantitative Methodology Center 2022 (QMC22) Conference

The College of Education and Human Ecology will host "Why Quantitative Research Matters: An Interdisciplinary Approach Toward Equity and Capacity Building from Local to International Reach."

June 13-July 1

40th Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Join the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to learn more about principles, methodologic strategies and practical aspects of epidemiological research.

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