EPT and OHCEA Flashcards
What are EPT-1 goals?
Viral discovery Risk characterization Risk mitigation Early detection One Health capacities Outbreak response
What are the categories of EPT?
Predict Prevent Prepare Respond Identify
What is viral discovery?
To address the need for early discovery of new, emergent disease threats
What does PREDICT focus on?
Detection and discovery of zoonotic disease at the wildlife-human interface
What is predicted by the end of EPT-1?
100% of the target countries will be capable of conducting appropriate animal sampling in key interfaces
100% of target countries will have the capacity and/or access to diagnostics for the target (20) high consequences viral families
Surveillance data for all countries will be incorporated into the global predictive model
What does prevent focus on?
Characterizing risks associated with disease transmission between animals and people developing risk-mitigation strategies
What are the implementing partners of identify?
FAO
WHO
OIE
What does identify focus on?
Strengthening lab capacity to safely diagnose and report common animal and human pathogens
What are the implementing partners of respond?
Development alternatives Inc Tufts University University of Minnesota Ecology and Environment Training Resources Group
What does respond focus on?
Pre-service workforce training and strengthening outbreak response capacity
What was respond built upon?
CIMTRADZ and LIPHEA (leadership in public health in East Africa)
What are the specific activities of respond?
Networking between schools of public health, vet med, and environment in both Africa and Southeast Asia
What are the OHCEA participating countries?
Senegal CAmeroon Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Rwanda Tanzania DRC
What is the vision of OHCEA?
A global leader in OH approaches to sustainable health and productivity of communities, animals, and ecosystems
What is the mission of OHCEA?
To drive transformational change for continuous improvement of health and well being of humans, animals, and ecosystems through multi-disciplinary research, training, and community service