EPT and OHECA Flashcards
USAID - EPT Goals
- predict
- prevent
- prepare
- respond
- identify
EPT-1 goals
2010-2015
- viral discovery
- risk characterization
- risk mitigation
- early detection
- one health capacities
- outbreak response
Viral discovery is a part of ______
Predict
- address the need for early discovery of new, emerging disease threats
- uses genomics and informatics to collect data that tracks changes in select viruses for the purpose of developing a predictive model for pathogen emergence
Predict
Focus on detection and discovery of zoonotic diseases at the wildlife human interface
- strengthening surveillance and lab capacities for monitoring wildlife and people in contact with wildlife for novel viral agents that may pose a significant public health threat
Characterizing human and ecological drivers of disease spillover from animals to people
Predict
Predict - by the end of EPT 1
- 100% of target countries will be capable of conducting appropriate animal sampling
- 100% of target countries will have capacity and/or access to diagnostics for target high consequence viral families
- surveillance data will be incorporated into global predictive model
- initial characterization of viral and wildlife species diversity in target countries
Prevent
Focuses on characterizing risks associated with disease transmission between animals and people and developing risk mitigation strategies
Specific activities of prevent
- characterize specific practices and behaviors that expose people to zoonotic diseases
- developing and deploying risk mitigation strategies, including a tool for extractive industry workers to decrease exposure to emerging zonoses
Identify
Strengthening lab capacity to safely diagnose and report common animal and human pathogens
Implementing partners of identify
- Food and agriculture organization (FAO)
- world health organization (WHO)
- world organization for animal health (OIE)
Specific activities of identify
- improve lab assessment tools to allow for better targeting of technical support and training
- developing and rolling out training modules on diagnosing highly infectious diseases
- improving lab management practices
- expanding monitoring of antimicrobial resistance rates among priority bacterial pathogens
Implementing partners of respond
Development Alternatives Inc (DAI)
- Tufts, U of Minnesota, Ecology and Environment, Training Resources Group
Respond
Pre-service workforce training and strengthening outbreak response capacity
- built upon CIMTRADZ and LIPHEA
Specific activities of respond
Networking between schools of public health, vet med, and environment in both Africa and Southeast Asia to promote One Health approach among future grads
- developing an outbreak response algorithm for health events where the cause has not been identified
OHECA
One Health Central and Eastern Africa
- to drive transformation change for continuous improvement of health and well being of humans, animals, and ecosystems through multi-disciplinary research, training and community service
