Second announcement of the Asian Neglected Tropical Disease Conference 2017 (NTDASIA2017) in Khon Kaen over 8-9 March 2017 at Pullman Raja Orchid Hotel, Thailand. The theme of this year’s meeting is NTDs without Borders: From Bench to Community. It will cover multidisciplinary basic and translational research on important NTDs in Asia including, but not limited to, soil-transmitted diseases, foodborne trematodiases, schistosomiasis, taeniasis, dengue, rabies, leptospirosis, leishmaniasis, melioidosis, etc.

 The abstract submission for PMAC 2018 is now open and will close on March 31, 2017 at 4.00 PM (Thailand local time).

All submissions should fall under three main sub-themes as follows:

Sub-Theme 1: Tracking Progress Towards Success

Sub-Theme 2: Harnessing the Power of Public-Private-Community Partnerships for "Preventing, Detecting, and Responding" to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance

The 5th GHI will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from the 5th to the 24th of February 2017. It will offer intensive studies combined with a 2-day research conferences in support of the goal of One Health Leadership in emerging diseases at the convergence of animal, human and environmental health. The GHI program offers 6 course options for participants in order to fulfill and complement the One Health Leadership experiences.

• 5 themes have been selected for the researchers conferences (10-11th February 2017) :

Emerging and re-emerging diseases

In the framework of the world Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016 (see the WHO website), An International Conference on Tackling the Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance is organized by the DG SANTE European Union Delegation the 15th of November at the Swissohel, Bangkok, Thailand.

The conference is divided into 3 sessions: The global challenge of AMR, Tackling AMR in the European Union, Tackling AMR in Asia, Discussion and conclusion.

A publication about exposure pathways of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) at the Animal-Human interface designed from an expert opinion elicitation has been published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science. The expert-opinion elicitation was used in order to obtain ideas on relative importance of MERS-CoV risk factors and estimates of transmission risks from various types of contact between humans and dromedaries.

The International Conférence on Veterinary Science 2016 will be held at the IMPACT Forum, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand, the 23rd to the 25th November 2016. The theme for this ICVS2016 is "Interdisciplinary Cooperation to Strengthen One Health". During the 3 days conferences, the program will provide the application of One Health in veterinary practices by interdisciplinary cooperation. A ComAcross presentation talk will be done by one of the project coordinator.

For more information : https://icvsthailand.com/

The first International OneHealth and EcoHealth Congress will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from the 3rd to the 7th December 2016. The Congress will be a ‘meeting of the minds’ for researchers, policy makers and practitioners who are working towards more integrated approaches and effective responses to complex global health challenges. More than 1,000 experts will gather to deliver 9 plenary presentations, 200 oral presentations and 780 poster presentations. The science, ideas and thinking draw on diverse expertise from more than 60 countries.

The International Conférence on Veterinary Science 2016 will be held at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, the 23rd to the 25th November 2016. The theme for this ICVS2016 is "Interdisciplinary Cooperation to Strengthen One Health". During the 3 days conferences, the program will provide the application of One Health in veterinary practices by interdisciplinary cooperation. A ComAcross presentation talk will be done by one of the project coordinator.

For more information : https://icvsthailand.com/

The European OnHealth EcoHealth workshop will be held in Brussel, Belgium the 6th and 7th of October 2016. Some ComAcross representatives will participate to the conferences and notably present ComAcross experience during a plenary session, named Experiences on OneHealth practice and integration challenges, the first day from 16.30 to 18.30.

For more information about the workshop: https://biodiversity.be/health/58 

Each year since 2007, the "Tam Đảo School in Social Sciences” (JTD) has been offering training in analytical methodologies of the social sciences  – geography, economics, statistics, socio-anthropology, history, etc. – to nearly 100 participants from Southeast Asia (students, university lecturers, researchers, civil servants, development practitioners).

The training takes place both at the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS in Hà Nội) and in residence at the Tam Đảo hill station close to the capital, or in another university in Central or South Việt Nam.

The STIC-BIO Asia 2016 workshop will be held on the 30th and 31st May in Kuala Lumpur. It’s organized by the French-Malaysian University center (French Embassy in Malaysia), Malaysia Sciences Academy and Malaya University.

A scientific publication developing the Participatory One Health Modelling approach developed by ComAcross and published in One health Elsevier Journal providing a platform for rapid communication of high quality scientific knowledge.

Abstract:

A study led by Sabine Didier-Laurent, was carried out to produce a status report on One Health education in Southeast Asia in order to guide the finalization of the InterRisk master curriculum and to prepare the launching of the master at Kasetsart University