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New One Health Book

Science, politics and zoonotic disease in Africa

Edited by NEOH member Kevin Bardosh

Zoonotic diseases – pathogens transmitted from animals to people – offer particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex social-ecological dynamics at play. New forms of risk caused by unprecedented global connectivity and rapid social and environmental change demand new approaches. ‘One Health’ highlights the need for collaboration across sectors and disciplines to tackle zoonotic diseases. However, there has been little exploration of how social, political and economic contexts influence efforts to ‘do’ One Health.

This book fills this gap by offering a much needed political economy analysis of zoonosis research and policy. Through ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative data, the book draws together a diverse number of case studies. These include chapters exploring global narratives about One Health operationalization and prevailing institutional bottlenecks; the evolution of research networks over time; and the histories and politics behind conflicting disease control approaches. The themes from these chapters are further contextualized and expanded upon through country-specific case studies – from Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone – exploring the translation of One Health research and policy into the African context.

This book is a valuable resource for academic researchers, students and policy practitioners in the areas of global health, agriculture and development.

Find out more at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138961494?utm_source=adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SBU3_mbs_2pr_1em_9env_nba16_stan16_88606_X

March 11, 2016
Upcoming events 8 Mar

The following events have been added to the NEOH website recently:

10th Meeting International Pest Risk Research Group

Abstract Deadline: 31 May 2016

Date: 23-26 Aug 2016

Location: EFSA Headquarters, Parma Italy

Find out more: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/10th-meeting-international-pest-risk-research-group/

1st Joint AITVM-STVM conference

1^stJoint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM) and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM)

Abstract Deadline: 15 March 2016

Date: 4th – 8th September 2016.

Location: Berlin, Germany

Find out more: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/1st-joint-aitvm-stvm-conference/

March 8, 2016
Upcoming events 23 Feb

The following event has been added to the NEOH website recently:

6th One Health Sweden Scientific Meeting

A World in Transition – Changes in Infection Ecology

Date(s): 17th -18th March 2016

Location: Gustavianum, Uppsala, Sweden

Find out More: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/6th-one-health-sweden-scientific-meeting/

February 23, 2016
Deadline extended – Short Term Scientific Missions

The deadline for the fourth call for Short Term Scientific Missions in the Network for Evaluation of One Health has been extended to 4 March 2016.

STSMs in this call have to be finalised before 30 April 2016.

You can download the call text from here.

This is a good opportunity to contribute to the development of the One Health evaluation framework, handbook and cases.

February 23, 2016