Global One Health News

GOHi leaders visit Washington, D.C.

Global One Health initiative (GOHi) leaders Wondwossen Gebreyes, executive director, Amy Mihalakas, assistant director, and Shu-Hua Wang, director of applied research and implementation, met with key federal sponsors and stakeholders in Washington, D.C. in February. The three-day meeting culminated at Capitol Hill through meetings with senior staffers representing the two Ohio senators and three House of Representatives members.

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National One Health advocacy workshop

GOHi, in collaboration with the Ethiopian National One Health Steering Committee and the World Health Organization Ethiopia office, conducted a consultative workshop on One Health. This workshop brought together more than 40 participants from government stakeholders and development partners to discuss success stories, identify gaps and challenges in One Health implementation and sustain successful collaborations in Ethiopia.

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Applications open for 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar Program

The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program each year has roughly 900 faculty, and professionals from around the world receive grants to advance research and university lecturing in the United States. Scholars from over 100 countries can apply for individual grants. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers research and teaching awards for United States citizens in more than 135 countries.

Sustainable Diagnostic Containment Laboratories request for expressions of interest

Grand Challenges Canada is exploring a potential new Grand Challenge for Sustainable Diagnostic Containment Laboratories in partnership with World Organization for Animal Health, Global Affairs Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program, The Pirbright Institute and implementation partners at Science for Africa Foundation. Grand Challenges seeks innovation that will reinvent the diagnostic containment laboratory, reducing operational and maintenance costs while maintaining biosafety and biosecurity to make it fit globally in resource-limited contexts. Expressions of interest that help shape a potential new Grand Challenge program are requested by April 19, 2023.

OHWA announces new courses

The One Health Workforce Academies (OHWA) recently announced that enrollment is open for eight new asynchronous courses. These courses are designed for students pursuing professional, graduate and undergraduate degrees who aspire to acquire One Health competencies. The courses are continuing professional development for in-service professions in the various One Health sectors. Enrollment is open through March 31.

Texas Biomed Global Health Symposium 2023

In May, the Texas Biomed Global Health Symposium 2023 (GHS2023) will host two-day hybrid conference to bring together a range of thought leaders involved in global health, research, sustainability, business and policy. The program seeks to continue a proactive approach in preventing future infectious disease threats and thereby improving global health for the most vulnerable populations. This year’s theme is “Building Health Equity: Community, Trust and Science.” The conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas at the San Antonio Botanical Garden on May 18-19, 2023. Wondwossen Gebreyes, GOHi executive director, will speak and moderate a panel discussion.