GOHi co-hosted roundtable at Grand Challenges Annual Meeting

In partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GOHi organized a virtual roundtable entitled “Food Safety and Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics in an Era of Genomic Sequencing.” Kristen McNaughtan, program officer for Nutritious Food System at the Gates Foundation, worked with Barbara Kowalcyk, Zelalem Mekuria, Kara Morgan and Shu-Hua Wang from GOHi to organize this roundtable, which Wondwossen Gebreyes, GOHi executive director, moderated.

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GOHi highlights

Abhay Satoskar developing a leishmaniasis vaccine

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recently profiled Abhay Satoskar, professor and researcher from Ohio State's Department of Pathology and Department of Microbiology and GOHi faculty advisor, and his team of research scientists as they work to develop a vaccine for a devastating, but far less known disease, leishmaniasis.

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A One Health perspective on antimicrobial resistance

GOHi partners from Ohio, Brazil, Kenya and Singapore published a comprehensive article on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and One Health in the poultry industry. The poultry industry plays a major role in the dissemination of multi-drug resistant bacteria to humans. This is a critical issue that addresses how a One Health approach can mitigate AMR.

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GOHi Eastern Africa office provides technical support to EPHI

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) organized a workshop from November 1-5 with technical support from the GOHi Eastern Africa office. The workshop was sponsored by EPHI and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). Twenty participants took part in the document preparation workshop, and participants came from EPHI, GOHi and CHAI.

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GOHi surveillance team participated in data management workshop

In October, the GOHi Eastern Africa office team participated ILI/SARI surveillance and data management training organized by the EPHI. Among 48 participants, 10 participants were GOHi-affiliated surveillance coordinators and surveillance officers. The GOHi Eastern Africa office co-sponsored the training workshop with EPHI and Eyasu Tigabu, GOHi senior laboratory expert, lead the training.

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GOHi showcases partnerships with Brazilian universities at CAPES PrInt workshops

The Brazil Gateway and the Center for Latin American Studies hosted virtual workshops on November 17-18 to showcase research partnerships established between Ohio State and six Brazilian universities through the CAPES PrInt program. Three GOHi-affiliated partners presented, including Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira from the Federal University of Paraná and Celso José Bruno de Oliveira and Sandro Marden Torres from the Federal University of Paraíba. They discussed GOHi-associated research projects to highlight the significance and success of GOHi’s long-standing partnerships throughout Brazil.

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Training designed to improve surveillance practices, strengthen workforce capacity

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi) Eastern Africa office provided training on Basics of Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) and COVID-19 surveillance in collaboration with the EPHI at the national and regional level. The training was designed to improve the standards of surveillance practice at in Ethiopia and to develop leaders who will train public health practitioners – strengthening workforce capacity to notify, recognize and respond to public health threats.

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Maleah Coleman joins GOHi Columbus team

Maleah Coleman joined the GOHi team on November 8, 2021, as the procurement specialist. Maleah has over 15 years of experience in purchasing, strategic sourcing, organizational communication, contracts and negotiation, leadership and what she likes to call “cracking a case,” also known as research and investigation. Maleah attended Southern University A&M College and North Carolina A&T State University. She is currently completing her undergraduate degree in Health and Human Services at Wilberforce University.

Robert Onsare, GOHi liason from Kenya, visits Columbus

Robert Onsare, senior research scientist and head of salmonella/AMR surveillance units for the Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and GOHi liason in Kenya, visited Ohio State and the GOHi team in Columbus. During his trip to the United States, Onsare visited the Infectious Disease Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, discussed ongoing GOHi-KEMRI collaborative projects and future grant opportunities and attended the annual Food Safety Innovation Laboratory meeting in Indianapolis.

Events

December 14 - 16

1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa

2009 Millikin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210

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