INTERNATIONAL ON ONE HEALTH AND
INDOHUN ANNUAL MEETING
INDOHUN had organized
I ter atio al “y posiu o O e
Health and INDOHUN Annual
Meeti g i “urakarta, Ce tral Java,
Indonesia. It was expected that after
attending this workshop, the
participants would be updated with
One Health issues and be able to
implement One Health approach on
their work environment. The
program was held for two days,
from October 22
nd–
23
rd, 2014,
featuring keynote speeches,
seminar series, as well as oral and
poster presentation, followed by
One Health collaborative workshop,
leadership training and youth
forum. The participants are
professionals, researchers, students,
and government stakeholders from
faculty of medicine, public health,
veterinary medicine, nursing,
biology, and social science in
Indonesia. Altogether, there were
around 200 participants come from
31 faculties and 20 universities, 7
government institutions, 3
international organizations, and 1
NGO across Indonesia.
Prof. Wiku Adisasmito, PhD INDOHUN Coordinator Giving the welcoming remarks in International Symposium on One
On the first day, welcoming remark was performed by Sebelas Maret University ‘e tor s representative and followed by opening speech conveyed by INDOHUN coordinator, Prof. Wiku Adisasmito. Next, three keynote speakers delivered their speech, including Prof. Hassim Ismail as the Chairman of SEAOHUN (Southeast Asia One Health University Network), Prof. Mohd. Hair Bedjo as the Chairman of MYOHUN (Malaysia One Health University Network), and Prof. Saul Tzipori as representative of Tufts University.
Following the keynote speeches, there were two seminar sessions. The first seminar sessions discussed about Update on One Health facilitated by Dr. Denny Widaya Lukman, a Division Head of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University. This seminar session invited three prominent speakers which consist of Prof. Agus Purwadianto as Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Pudjiatmoko as Director of Animal Health, Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, and Prof. Wiku Adisasmito as INDOHUN Coordinator. This session mainly discussed about the current situation on zoonotic and infectious disease in Indonesia, challenges on animal health and agricultural development in Indonesia as well as One Health s update and implementation in Indonesia.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
The second seminar sessions was performed within 90 minutes led by Dr. Marc Baril, an international trainer from Stelerix Strategic Management Inc. This session discussed about One Health Best Practices and invited three distinguished speakers including Dr. Rachmat Sentika from The National Committee of Zoonoses Control, Dr. Phuc Pham Duc from Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research, Hanoi School of Public Health Vietnam, and Prof. Saul Tzipori from Tufts University. The seminar talked about Indonesia success story in fighting avian influenza, application of integrated farming and its relation to improve human, animal and ecosystem health and a brief introduction of Emerging Pandemic Threat (EPT) 2 program.
After lunch, six panel of symposiums was held to explore several strategic issues on One Health namely Co trolli g infectious & zoonotic diseases , E ergi g and re-emerging pandemic threats ,
E viro e tal health & e ology , Cli ate change & population
INDOHUN Annual Meeting
The oral presentation (symposium) was back to back with INDOHUN Annual Meeting conducted on separate room near the ballroom. Fifty eight deans or its representatives from 32 faculties and 21 universities across Indonesia were attended the INDOHUN Annual Meeting, including Universitas Indonesia, Bogor Agricultural University, Gadjah Mada University, Airlangga University, Andalas University, Brawijaya University, Cendrawasih University, Diponegoro University,
On the second day, the participants are divided into two outstanding
orkshops, a ely O e Health Collaborati e Workshop a d
Leadership Trai i g a d O e Health Youth Foru .
One Health Workshop
One Health Collaborative Workshop engaged professionals, researchers, and government stakeholders to develop a winning proposal and build successful collaboration. This workshop led by Prof. Saul Tzipori from Tufts University, Dr. Katey Pelican from University of Minnesota and Prof. Amin Soebandrio from The National Committee of Zoonoses Control. In the beginning of workshop, Prof. Saul explained about how to write a good research proposal and followed by Dr. Katey who explained about how to make a winning project proposal.
Next, Ms. Kaylee described four potential call for proposals which offers up to USD 2.5 million for four years project. The participants are divided into six groups with their main research or project interest. After 1,5 hour working group discussion, each group presented their brief research/project proposal and received feedbacks from the speakers. It is expected that by attending the workshop, all participants are endorsed to create an innovative, creative and collaborative proposals
which may be granted by the
LEADERSHIP AND YOUTH FORUM
Leadership Training and One Health Youth Forum engaged 63 students and
young professionals to further discuss global health and zoonotic disease as
well as develop their leadership skills. This workshop led by Dr. Marc Baril from
Stelerix Strategic Management Inc and facilitated by 4 Global Health True
Leader Fellows.
At the beginning of workshop, participants were divided into several groups across faculties, universities, and background. It was expected that they could create a positive collaboration by combining their best potential and expertise. After short introduction between groups, drh. Andri Jatikusumah explained about Glo alHealth, Global Issues andChalle ges then followed by a Jeopardy Quiz. Next, Dr. Marc Baril delivered modules on Be o i g a True
Value of the event
Participants acknowledge that the ISOOH 2014 is the right place to develop new opportunities in collaboration with other people across the world and increase their leadership skills. They were enlightened that One Health approach is a proper approach in tackling emerging and reemerging disease so they are willing to implement it in their work environment.
Many participants admitted that the event was attractive, however they suggested that it would be great if the duration of symposium and workshop were extended as they claim this event was useful for them. Moreover, the participants were delighted about the workshop content which provides the information regarding how to write a winning proposal and list of do or s requirements. Besides, this symposium and workshop equip the participants with the knowledge and skill on collaboration and working with multidisciplinary knowledge. Most of the participants were very exciting about the event and topics. They are expecting to have this event annually as well as there will be another related event following up the ISOOH 2014. However, the participants claimed that game session and outdoor activities need to be increased.