Projects and Collaboration Groups

Overview

This section presents information about:

Collaborative investigation projects implemented under the South Asia Regional Training Program in Animal and Human Health Epidemiology, funded by the AHIF Trust Fund, administered by the World Bank, and

Collaborative programs, workshops/symposia and group activities operating within the One Health Network South Asia, including the current "Integrating Education and Action for One Health (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal)" program funded by the European Union and implemented by Massey University (also listed under the "Education and Programs" menu).

These activities are providing practical opportunities for professionals working in the human, animal and wildlife health sectors in South Asia to put the One Health concept into practice by working together to benefit biosecurity knowledge and implementation in their country and the region.

Current Activities

Risk mapping of Japanese encephalitis using swine movement network analysis and environmental factors including land use patterns in Nepal

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a serious cause of mortality and disability in humans, particularly

Collaborative Investigation Projects contributing to disease control policy for brucellosis and Q fever in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan there is little officially reported data to understand the incidence and impact of

Descriptive epidemiology and identification of risk factors of clinical scrub typhus in people in Bhutan

Scrub typhus is an emerging disease in Bhutan that was first diagnosed in 2008.

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of clinicians administering post-exposure-prophylaxis for rabies exposure in Bhutan

For more than two decades no rabies cases have been reported in the interior areas of Bhutan, the

Association of date palm sap management practices with risk of Nipah virus infection in people in Bangladesh

A major risk factor for Nipah encephalitis in people in Bangladesh is thought to be the consumpti

Characterisation of poultry movement and contact patterns associated with transmission of newly-introduced subtypes of avian influenza virus in Bangladesh

A newly introduced subtype of avian influenza virus (AIV) could spread rapidly through poultry in

Assessment of biosecurity practices and network analysis of cattle and buffalo movements to understand the risk of brucellosis spread in Nepal

Brucellosis is disease that is endemic in cattle, buffalo, yaks, goats and sheep in Nepal, which

Sri Lanka Leptospirosis Project Update

The Sri Lanka Leptospirosis Project aims to identify risk factors and reservoir species for Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. View preliminary results.

Nepal: Sampling has been completed in the leptospirosis project

Nepal CIP has now completed collection of convalescent blood samples from the human participants and simultaneously sampling their domestic animals and rodents trapped in their household. View preliminary results.

Bangladesh: Anthrax case-control project — Data collection completed

This case-control project has completed collection of questionnaire data from the targeted number of 200 people with cutaneous anthrax and 400 control people without anthrax from 10 Upazilla Health Complexes in north-western Bangladesh. View preliminary results.

Afghanistan: Brucellosis/Q fever/CCHF project — Survey completed

A survey of the prevalence of brucellosis, Q fever and CCHF in humans and livestock within the Herat province has been completed by members of the Afghanistan Brucellosis/Q Fever Project. Results will be presented at the South Asia Regional One Health Symposium in Bhutan, December 2013. View preliminary results.

Bangladesh: Anthrax surveillance in livestock — Data collection update

The livestock surveillance study aims to improve the reporting accuracy of anthrax cases in livestock across north-west Bangladesh by formulating and evaluating an enhanced surveillance program that utilises village volunteers to report suspected cases. View preliminary results.

Projects and Collaboration Groups

Overview