6th Issue
VPHCAP
E-Newsletter
8
Global Health Institute - 2017
5-24 February 2017
Global Health Institute – Thailand 2017 represents an international collaboration between two World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Collaborating Centres for Veterinary Services Capacity Building: the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS), University of Minnesota, and the Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Chiang Mai University, also an Excellence Centre for Veterinary Public Health at Chiang Mai University. The GHI provides an opportunity for participants from university, government and industry sectors to meet together with faculties from the University of Minnesota and academic institutions in Thailand to examine the impact of globalization on health and identify strategies that support a healthy and productive global workforce. The purposes of the GHI 2017 were;
• To understand One Health approaches by
using an interactive mapping process to
build consensus on best practices and
standardized operating procedures for
current and future cross-sectoral work for
outbreak detection and response
• To better understand ‘grand challenges’:
complex, multi-factorial, systemic issues
emerging at the convergence of public
health, animal health, economic
development and environmental health
• To develop key leadership skills for
catalyzing collective action including:
Communications, Working across
boundaries, Influence, Vision and strategic
thinking, Accomplishing results and
Catalyzing change
• To update knowledge and share One Health
experiences and success stories
• To increase opportunities to use these
technical skills and leadership
competencies to address complex
challenges and opportunities, such as
global food security, emerging infectious
diseases, or the control of catastrophic
animal disease
• To nurture integrative research and
diffusion of learning in human, animal and
environmental interaction through a
collaborative network among international
researchers