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USAID RESPOND

USAID RESPOND. Innocent B. Rwego Regional Technical Lead and Lendell Foan Regional Director. Outline. RESPOND objectives RESPOND activities to date Future activities Summary. Wildlife, Livestock, Human Interaction. RESPOND Objectives.

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USAID RESPOND

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  1. USAID RESPOND Innocent B. Rwego Regional Technical Lead and Lendell Foan Regional Director

  2. Outline • RESPOND objectives • RESPOND activities to date • Future activities • Summary Wildlife, Livestock, Human Interaction

  3. RESPOND Objectives • Improve training capacity for skills necessary to respond to suspected outbreaks • Improve cross-sectoral linkages to support coordinated outbreak response • Improve capacity to conduct disease investigations of suspected outbreaks • Introduce new technologies to improve training, surveillance and outbreak investigations

  4. RESPOND Activities to Date Outbreak Response • Unknown diseases? • Human Hemorrhagic Fever • Yellow Fever • Anthrax • Ebola Capacity building • Global Health Institute • Public Health Institute • Wildlife Investigation, Livestock and Public Health (WILD) training • Veterinary Public Health Residency • Masters in “Field Epidemiology” • Epidemic Preparedness and Response training

  5. RESPOND Activities to Date Organizational Development • One Health Leadership • Engaging Intergovernmental Organizations • University Network building • One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA) • South East Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) • University of Minnesota and Tufts University (US non-voting partners) • IT strengthening through TUSK

  6. RESPOND Activities to Date University Partnerships and Engagement • Faculty exchanges between US universities and OHCEA institutions One Health Sensitizations • Students and Faculty in universities • Country OH sensitizations • Regional AFENET conference

  7. RESPOND Activities to Date Government Engagement • Country Coordinating Committees (CCC) • National Task Force • National Laboratory Forum • Intergovernmental Organisations • WHO-AFRO • FAO • AU-IBAR Private Sector Engagement • Uganda Manufacturers Association • Federation of Uganda Employers • Risk communication to journalists

  8. Future Activities • One Health Sensitizations • University partnership and engagement • Continued government engagement through CCC • Organizational capacity building • Curriculum review and strengthening • New pre-service and in-service training programs • Faculty exchanges • Continued involvement in outbreak response

  9. Summary • RESPOND’s vision is to build a cadre of future One Health professionals • Build capacity in disease outbreak response and surveillance • Create and strengthen university and government partnerships and collaboration

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