Global One Health News

GOHi honors One Health Day with panel event

One Health Day takes place annually on November 3. To celebrate, the Global One Health initiative (GOHi) held a panel of five One Health experts who discussed how we can navigate One Health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

GOHi monthly webinar recording now available

Missed the November webinar? Watch the recording to hear from speaker Ebba Abate, country director, GOHi Eastern Africa Office, as he discusses the Ethiopian public health emergency response to COVID-19.

Apply to present at a future GOHi monthly webinar

GOHi is now soliciting speakers to be selected to present for the monthly webinars. If you are interested in presenting your One Health work for the webinar, please fill out and submit the form.

Binkley and Gebreyes co-author chapter on rabies in Ethiopia

Laura Binkley, post-doctoral researcher, and Wondwossen Gebreyes, GOHi executive director, co-authored a book chapter in Volume 10 of "Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy" titled "Rabies Control in the Developing World—The Ethiopia Model and How It Affects Wildlife." This chapter covers topics such as the zoonotic disease context in Ethiopia, the global burden of rabies, epidemiology and control of rabies in Ethiopian wildlife and rabies in domestic animals. It also discusses the significant One Health efforts that GOHi has made to rabies control in Ethiopia. These include surveillance and monitoring, mass vaccination of dogs and provision of post-exposure prophylaxis for humans, population control of free-roaming dogs and education and advocacy, among others.

GOHi releases program evaluation on COVID-19 surveillance in Ethiopia

Several GOHi members recently co-authored a program evaluation for “The Pan African Medical Journal.” This evaluation entitled “Rapid virtual training and field deployment for COVID-19 surveillance officers: experiences from Ethiopia” examines how Ethiopia’s public health workforce shortage affected the country’s response to the pandemic. It also discusses how the United States and Ethiopia worked together to develop training for public health workers to detect and contact trace COVID-19.

OHEARP publishes first research findings

The One Health Eastern Africa Research Training Program (OHEARP) recently published its first research findings. OHEARP’s research, entitled “One Health’ Research Ethics in Emergency, Disaster and Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks: A Case Study from Ethiopia,” was published in “Ethics, Integrity and Policymaking,” a book co-edited by Dónal O'Mathúna, associate professor in the Ohio State College of Nursing. This case study describes ethical dilemmas encountered during an animal disease outbreak investigation in the Somali region of Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic with concurrent drought and human conflicts.

One Health perspective on zoonotic diseases in animal agriculture and beyond

Members of GOHi, in partnership with a team of U.S. federal government, industry and academic partners, published an article entitled "Zoonotic Diseases in Animal Agriculture and Beyond: A One Health Perspective." The article was sponsored by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. GOHi authors included Lonnie King, external advisory board member and chair of the article, Laura Binkley, postdoctoral researcher at GOHi and the Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine, and Wondwossen Gebreyes, GOHi executive director.

GOHi hosts guest presentation featuring Professor Miliane Soares de Souza

GOHi recently hosted a presentation with Miliane Moreira Soares de Souza from the Veterinary Institute at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. During her presentation, Soares de Souza discussed the contributions of animal environments to antimicrobial resistance spread.

Ohio State East Hospital hosts free colonoscopy clinic

The Ohio State East Hospital recently held its second free colonoscopy clinic for low-income individuals. The clinic was able to help 17 patients who would not have been able to get a colonoscopy without this program. Patients were screened for appropriateness for moderate sedation and visited with a gastroenterologist before their procedure. Ohio State East Hospital will host this clinic again on January 23.

GOHi Eastern Africa Office updates

Ohio State hosted Ethiopian higher education leaders

The delegation comprised 25 leaders from 16 public universities in Ethiopia and two from the Ministry of Education. The experiential visit is part of the Leadership, Management, and Governance (LMG) project implemented in Ethiopia by three U.S. universities: Texas Tech University, Oklahoma State University and The Ohio State University, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy, Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Education.

GOHi delivers equipment for AMR project

The GOHi Eastern Africa Office, in collaboration with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been working to implement the Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) project. This project aims to strengthen antimicrobial resistance detection and response capacities in Zewditu Memorial Hospital and Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. As part of the implementation plan, the GOHi Eastern Africa Office procured and delivered laboratory supplies and equipment worth over $45,000 to the two hospitals.

External news

Global organizations release One Health Joint Plan of Action

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) jointly released the One Health Joint Plan of Action. This plan outlines how the four organizations will work together over the next four years to make the world a healthier place.