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Global Ecohealth Themes: Unifying Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

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Global Ecohealth Themes: Unifying Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

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The Ecohealth sessions held across the globe, reveal a tapestry of distinct yet interconnected themes. These sessions showcase a shared commitment to addressing environmental and health challenges through holistic and collaborative approaches.

1. Advocacy for Holistic Approaches:

Across diverse regions, there is a vibrant advocacy for adopting a holistic and transdisciplinary approach. Participants consistently emphasize the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental well-being in addressing the complexity of health challenges.

2. Potency of Arts and Communication:

A recurring theme is the acknowledgment of the effectiveness of arts, particularly performance drama, in conveying messages. There's a shared recognition of the potency of artistic expressions in raising awareness and promoting a deeper understanding of complex ecological issues.

3. Community Engagement as a Key Element:

Community engagement emerges as a consistent and crucial theme. The emphasis is on actively involving communities as contributors rather than mere beneficiaries. This inclusive approach extends to policy statements, creative endeavours, and the development of sustainable initiatives.

4. Intersectionality of Ecohealth with Various Disciplines:

The sessions highlight the intersectionality of ecohealth with various disciplines. This promotes a nuanced understanding of issues as diverse perspectives, ranging from environmental communication and bioindicators to mental, physical and animal health and academic research, contribute to a holistic approach.

5. Ethical Considerations and Departure from Eurocentrism:

Participants stress the importance of ethical considerations, responsible approaches, and a departure from Eurocentric models. This theme reflects a commitment to cultural sensitivity, knowledge inclusivity, and a recognition that global solutions must align with local contexts.

6. Challenges and Long-Term Thinking:

Addressing challenges such as the Eurocentric nature of projects, time-bound impacts, and questioning the motivation behind development efforts is a consistent focus. There's a shared call for long-term thinking, ethical practices, and a shift toward mutual respect.

7. Collective Action and Collaboration:

A unified call for collective action and collaboration echoes throughout the sessions. Participants emphasize the importance of operating as a movement rather than isolated projects. This shared responsibility is deemed crucial for building a healthier, just, and sustainable future.

8. Planetary Health and Indigenous Wisdom:

Planetary health takes centre stage, emphasizing the interconnectedness of environmental well-being, cultural preservation, and community health. Integration of Indigenous wisdom and acknowledgment and elevating Indigenous voices emerge as recurrent themes, reflecting a commitment to valuing diverse perspectives.

9. Community Empowerment and Capacity Building:

There's a universal stress on the importance of community empowerment and capacity building. Building skills, engaging communities, and fostering a sense of ownership are seen as essential components contributing to sustainable solutions.

10. Government Engagement and Collaborative Strategies:

Sessions consistently highlight the significance of government engagement and collaborative strategies in addressing health challenges effectively. Building capacity, especially in developing the One Health sector, emerges as a key focus for a comprehensive and sustainable impact.

In summary, the Ecohealth sessions around the world showcase a harmonious blend of local perspectives and shared values. The commitment to holistic approaches, community engagement, and collaborative strategies reflects a unified effort towards building a healthier, more sustainable future for the diverse communities across the continents.

Summary of the connected conversations prepared by Shona Thorne

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Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA)

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Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA)

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Eleven African countries are part of this exciting OH initiative- COHESA and are working together to create an inclusive research and innovation ecosystem to: Increase the relevance of One Health research and policies in the region; Enhance national and sub-regional cross-sectoral collaboration between relevant government entities and OH stakeholders across society; Equip educational and research institutes to train the next generation of One Health workforce and to Increase the capacity of government and non-governmental stakeholders to identify and deliver One Health solutions to key problems. This is an example of working together, learning from each other build a healthy, just and sustainable planet!  REGION: East and Southern Africa

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Thank you for Walking Together in a Good Way

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Thank you for Walking Together in a Good Way

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Ecohealth 2023 wrap up - Thank you Dr. Albert Marshall https://indspire.ca/laureate/albert-marshall/

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This innovative picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk-or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi'kmaw language-as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher.

A poetic, joyful celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at maple tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk, also known as Two-Eyed Seeing-which braids together the strengths of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing-and the Mi'kmaq concept of Netukulimk-meaning to protect Mother Earth for the ancestors, present, and future generations- Walking Together nurtures respectful, reciprocal, responsible relationships with the Land and Water, plant-life, animals and other-than-human beings for the benefit of all.

"This important, gorgeous book has something for readers of all ages."
- Booklist, *starred review, 05/01/23

"A moving read to instill love and respect for the natural world."
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/25/23

"A beautiful celebration of Indigenous knowledge and the importance of respecting the land. . . . This is a great educational resource for elementary collections, and could serve as a powerful conversation starter for classroom discussions on the environment."
- School Library Journal, 05/26/23

"A lovely book to add to home, public or school collections."
- Canadian Children's Book News, Spring/23

"A gentle and beautiful exploration of how Indigenous and non-Indigenous people can see the world through two eyes-from two perspectives-which leads to an understanding that we are all connected and that we need each other to be strong."
- Canadian Teacher, Spring/23

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This innovative picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk-or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi'kmaw language-as we follow a group of young children ...

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AliveAFRICA is a multi-country ethnographic study carried out in Kenya and Sierra Leone. The project explores the changing role of animals in contemporary livelihood strategies in Africa, the impacts of emerging livelihood strategies for health and wellbeing, and the ways that people respond to governmental and non-governmental interventions that seek to manage these human-animal relations. With a focus on hunting and farming practices, and emergent and long-standing zoonotic diseases, AliveAfrica provides insights for sustainability across species and will help shift thinking towards multispecies stewardship. Banning of hunting wild game for meat is not a viable solution. The solution needs to be anchored on the cultural, social and political contexts in which these practices occur as well as taking into consideration community perspectives in creating a health just and sustainable future.

Region: East and West Africa

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What is AliveAFRICA?

Alive AFRICA is a multi-country ethnographic study funded by the European Research Council. The project explores the changing role of animals in contemporary livelihood strategies in Africa, the impacts of emerging livelihood strategies for health and wellbeing, and the ways that people respond to governmental and non-governmental interventions that seek to manage these human-animal relations.

With a focus on hunting and farming practices, and emergent and long-standing zoonotic diseases, Alive Africa will provide insights for sustainability across species and will help shift thinking around health and livelihoods in Africa towards a post-human vision that enables multi-species stewardship.

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Our Research

Our project will undertake detailed ethnographic case studies in Kenya and Sierra Leone to shed light on contemporary animal-based livelihood strategies in sub-Saharan Africa, and to explore the implications of these relationships for multispecies health and wellbeing.

A further multi-sited case study will follow One Health projects, policies, and relationships in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. This case study will explore the global dimensions of emerging forms of multi-species governance and study how One Health projects are produced, delivered, and received on the ground.

About AliveAFRICA and partners

AliveAFRICA is a collaboration between Durham University, the University of Nairobi, Njala University and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.
Our project will co-produce knowledge with non-academic partners and build capacity among African scholars to maximise the reach of the research and ensure its long term legacy. We are collaborating with various stakeholders and partner organisations, including the Ministries of Health and Agriculture in Kenya and Sierra Leone, ILRI in Kenya (the International Livestock research Institute) and the FAO (the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN).

Principal Investigator

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Senior Co-Investigator and Country Lead for Kenya

PDRA & Co-Investigator

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PDRA, Co-investigator and Country Lead for Sierra Leone

About

ALIVEAfrica is a 5 year project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 950952)

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ALIVEAfrica: Hannah Brown,
Department of Anthropology,
Dawson Building,
Durham University,
Durham DH1 3LE.

Email address: [email protected]

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AliveAFRICA is a multi-country ethnographic study funded by the European Research Council. The project explores the changing role of animals in contemporary livelihood strategies in Africa, the impacts of emerging livelihood strategies for health and wellbeing, and the ways that people respond to governmental and non-governmental interventions that seek to manage these human-animal relations.

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Changing livelihoods, needs taking people's culture etc into account

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Changing livelihoods, needs taking people's culture etc into account

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In response to comment in the East Africa session on challenge/ ethics of telling people top-down to change unhealthy/ unsustainable livelihood, here's a more positive example (of course reuse elsewhere will require adapting to those local people's culture, history etc): http://chedd-angier.com/savingtheocean/Season1/Episode9.html

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Saving the Ocean - Episode 9: The Sacred Island

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Approaching the island of Pemba from the Tanzania mainland

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ADVANCING THE ONE HEALTH AGENDA WITH A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT

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ADVANCING THE ONE HEALTH AGENDA WITH A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT

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Session: North Africa

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This event brought together decision makers, scientists, and implementers related to the environmental pillar of the One Health approach to push the agenda towards action. Discussions drew on insights from the Quadripartite's One Health Joint Plan of Action and the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP).

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My name is Mohamed ismail, a veterinarian by profession, ICRC economic security specialist and prior this role I was livestock specialist, and I have also worked with other organizations as a consultant, staff, and I worked in private and public sector. I'm, one health and climate change activist. 

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My name is Mohamed ismail, a veterinarian by profession, ICRC economic security specialist and prior this role I was livestock specialist, and I have also worked with other organizations as a consultant, staff, and I worked in private and public sector. I'm, one health and climate change activist. 

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Our health depends on the health of our planet. There is a compelling case to preventing pandemics. N4H uses an approach focused on the interdependencies of human, animal and ecosystem health. International Climate Initiative (IKI) provided initial seed funding of €50 million to do so.

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The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)

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The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)

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The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM)

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ACOPPHE Mentoring Research Network (MRN) - Food Solutions as Climate solutions

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The publications about Lawa Model, the integrated control using EcoHealth/ One Health for liver fluke control (3/3)

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The publications about Lawa Model, the integrated control using EcoHealth/ One Health for liver fluke control (3/3)

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The last... it's a reviewed article!

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The publications about Lawa Model, the integrated control using EcoHealth/ One Health for liver fluke control (2/3)

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The second!

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The publications about Lawa Model, the integrated control using EcoHealth/ One Health for liver fluke control (1/3)

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The 1st publication of Lawa Model.

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Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

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The University of Melbourne and the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) officially launched an innovative Australia Awards Fellowship program on 6 th November 2023. Fifteen emerging climate and health leaders from eleven Indo-Pacific countries are participating in an immersive six-week leadership, capacity development, knowledge exchange and networking program, hosted by the University of Melbourne.

Our recently arrived Australia Awards Fellows (L-R): Dr Arthit Phosri (Thailand), Mr Teanibuaka Tabunga (Kiribati), Mr Mackzine Lakjohn (Republic of the Marshall Islands), Dr Lutfan Lazuardi (Indonesia), Dr Im Sophea (Cambodia), Ms Tsatsa Seimarlie (Solomon Islands), Ms Vanessa Uelese Va'ai (Kiribati), Ms Litiana Talake (Tuvalu), Mr Correy Ariote Abraham (Federated States of Miconesia), Mr Ruben Robin (Papua New Guinea), Mr Samisoni Mumui Tupou (Tonga), Ms Loiloi Otuangu Evadne Latu (Tonga), Ms Victoria Ieremia-Faasili (Samoa), Mr Molyka Nov (Cambodia).
Dr Nhung Thi Trang Nguyen, who is also visiting the University of Melbourne as an Australia Award Fellow.
The 'Advancing Climate, Health, and Equity Outcomes through Local Action in the Indo-Pacific' program is co-hosted by Melbourne Climate Futures and the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health in partnership with PCCC, and has been funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia Awards initiative.

The initiative strives to develop leadership potential and stimulate lasting change by empowering a global network of talented individuals through high-quality education experiences in Australia and overseas. Fellows bring a diversity of lived experience and expertise from their climate and health roles in government and academia across the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The University was delighted to host Mr. Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General of the South Pacific Regional Environment Centre to officially launch the program, in collaboration with Professor Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global, Culture and Engagement; and Mr Shaun Starmer, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, DFAT.

Beyond completing formal training on a range of climate, health, equity, advocacy, policy and research strategies, delivered by experts from across the University and several external partners, Fellows will co-design and develop a climate and health policy/practice output relevant to their local context with support of a University mentor. In addition to strengthening public speaking and presentation skills, this will facilitate bidirectional knowledge exchange between the cohort and feedback from the group will strengthen each Fellow's capacity to implement their output upon returning home.

"This programme will establish a supportive, collaborative regional community and equip regional policy makers with practical knowledge to boost the development of healthy and equitable climate policies and programmes in their home countries, improving climate resilience and outcomes across the whole Indo-Pacific region," said Professor Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Futures; and Professor of Climate, Environment and Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne.

Cultural learning experiences to understand and engage with Australia's First Nations history and perspectives, and unique natural environments, are integrated throughout the program. Fellows will also visit the University of Melbourne's Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub at the Dookie campus in Week 3 of the program, to learn more about efforts to enhance economic, environmental and social resilience to drought and the interdependencies of sustainable agriculture, food and water security and health.
Attendees at the Australia Awards launch at Melbourne Connect.
The Fellows will join a hybrid follow-up workshop in early 2024, hosted by the PCCC in Samoa, to discuss implementation of their policy/practice output and explore how participants have applied skills developed during the Fellowship to their practice. Mrs Ófa Kaisamy, Manager of PCCC said, "This collaboration builds on existing efforts by PCCC and the University of Melbourne on climate and health capacity-building. It will create a regional community of policy makers and researchers whose knowledge of climate and health will support better outcomes for populations in their respective countries."

To learn more about the 'Advancing Climate, Health, and Equity Outcomes through Local Action in the Indo-Pacific' Australia Awards program and our visiting Fellows, visit the Climate CATCH Lab 's website for updates.

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University of Melbourne and the Pacific Climate Change Centre welcome 15 Indo-Pacific leaders for the Advancing Climate, Health, and Equity Outcomes Australia Awards program

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The IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education

GWG on Waiora Planetary Health

The IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing originates from the 23rd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Rotorua, in 2019, co-hosted by the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand Runanga Whakapiki Ake I Te Hauora o Aotearoa, and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). Its theme was "WAIORA: Promoting Planetary Health and Sustainable Development for All."

Waiora refers to an Indigenous perspective of our host country, Aotearoa New Zealand, on health and sustainable development. Waiora means water in its purest, life-giving form. Waiora is linked more specifically to the natural world and includes a spiritual element that connects human wellness with cosmic, terrestrial and water environments. It is a call to share knowledge from our diverse cultural systems for the wellbeing of the planet and humanity. Sustainable development for all is the means by which to ensure health justice globally and for future generations.

The aim of the conference was to provide an unparalleled opportunity to link and demonstrate the contribution of health promotion to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to acknowledge the way SDGs contribute to improvements in health and wellbeing, and to enhance the planetary health consciousness in health promotion.

Promoting planetary health constitutes a major current challenge for health promoters globally. There is increasing evidence that the current economic and social development paradigm of infinite growth and endless exploitation of limited natural resources, is unfair and unsustainable, leading to inequities within and among countries and across generations. Planetary health expands the scope of public health and health promotion and includes ecological and social determinants of health as goals for public health action.

The conference was part of a strategic process, a vehicle for the health promotion community to share how to address the major challenges of planetary health and sustainable development from a health promotion perspective.

Enhanced with an eco-social approach of planetary health and human wellbeing, health promotion can be transformative and more effective in contributing to a societal transformation, values shift and cultural evolution, if the world community is to avoid the converging environmental, economic, political, social, cultural and technological crises.

The IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing understands planetary health as defined by the Lancet Commission on Planetary Health (2015), and the two Legacy Statements of the 23rd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion. It adopts these two frameworks because they are comprehensive and inclusive of science, ethics, spirituality, and indigenous knowledge. Meanwhile, the GWG acknowledges other planetary-related conceptual frameworks such as One Health and Ecohealth, and seeks to collaborate with groups who use those frameworks to address the health and wellbeing of the environment and humanity.

To advance the aim of the conference and its two in order to be more central to IUHPE's aims and activities;

The group members to contribute to, and collaborate with IUHPE in the fields of planetary health and health promotion for mutually beneficial outcomes.

To enhance a planetary consciousness in health promotion;

To contribute an eco-social understanding of planetary health and human wellbeing into health promotion;

To value indigenous ways of knowing about the world, including spirituality and reverence for nature;

To collaborate and share knowledge with other GWGs within IUHPE, and external groups working in the field of planetary health;

To contribute to the research, teaching, policy-making and practice of planetary health and human wellbeing in health promotion;

To contribute to the translation of planetary health and human wellbeing in health promotion into practical applications at all levels, from the global to the local.

This three-year work plan is based on the objectives of the GWG.

6. To contribute to the translation of planetary health and human wellbeing in health promotion into practical applications at the global and local levels

1. Collaborate with IUHPE and other organisations and groups to translate the knowledge on planetary health and human wellbeing into practical applications, by working on joint projects

2. Collaborate with the project of IUHPE and three universities by Dec 2020

3. Explore growing local and national hubs of a movement of planetary health and human wellbeing by June 2022, in collaboration with other like organisations and groups such as Planetary Health Alliance

The aim is to be a unity-in-diversity representation of geography, language, gender, age, strategic areas of growth and a combination of complementary expertise in order to achieve the mission and objectives

To ensure effectiveness and achievement of aim and objectives, a more durable and appropriate structure will be in place in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the following members make up the GWG at this stage.

Sione Tu'itahi, Executive Director, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand,

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Professor Claudia Meier Magistretti, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, FHNW, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Professor Anthony Capon, Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Monash University

Huti Watson, Consultant and Health Promoter, Ngati Porou Hauora Trust

Professor Marco Akerman, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo

Professor Margot Parkes, School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia

Dr Mojgan Sami, California State University Fullerton, California

Dr Richard Egan, Senior Lecturer, Otago University

Dr Sandro Demaio, Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth

Dr Trevor Hancock, Retired Professor and Senior Scholar, University of Victoria

Dr Viliami Puloka, Health Promotion Strategist, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, and Lecturer, Otago University
Dr Viliami Tutone, consultant nephrologist, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland
Professor Vivian Lin, Executive Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong,

Chairs' and members' responsibilities
Chairperson

Convene meetings

Liaise between IUHPE and IUHPE Waiora GWG

Carry out decisions of IUHPE Waiora GWG, in collaboration with other members

Spokesperson of IUHPE Waiora GWG within IUHPE and public

Members

Endeavour to fulfil the mission and objectives of the GWG

Contribute to the goals and activities of GWG

Maintain the prestige and reputation of the GWG and IUHPE

Implement decisions of GWG

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education The IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing originates from the 23rd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Rotorua, in 2019, co-hosted by the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand Runanga Whakapiki Ake I Te Hauora o Aotearoa, and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).

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Tairāwhiti Waka Hourua mahi (work) that Te Aturangi shared

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This toolkit is designed to equip nurses with the information and resources to become influential changemakers for a more sustainable, resilient and low-carbon health care system.

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About CANE

The Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE-ACIIE) is a member of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Network of Nursing Specialties and represents Canadian nurses and nursing students dedicated to the improvement of planetary health. CANE-ACIIE members are engaged in a wide variety of nursing practices, from direct care in both acute and community/public health, to education, research and/or administration. CANE-ACIIE has been increasingly recognized for its expertise in environmental and climate health in the years since its original foundation in 2008-2009.

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Toolkit focusing on how nurses can contribute to climate action and planetary health.

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Understanding climate-related wellbeing using systems science 

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Here is a link to a recent publication in Health and Place that I co-authored with colleagues from Victoria, Australia.

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Drivers of climate-related mental wellbeing, and recommended actions

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Funding sources

This study was part-funded by the School of Health and Social Development and Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University.

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Minding our futures: Understanding climate-related mental wellbeing using systems science

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Climate change impacts mental wellbeing through complex pathways and young people are among the most vulnerable to climate-related anxiety. Minding ou...

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https://www.ecohealthontario.ca

https://www.ecohealthontario.ca/resources

EcoHealth Ontario (EHO) is a collaborative of professionals in the fields of public health, medicine, education, planning and the environment who are working together to increase the quality and diversity of the urban and rural spaces in which we live.

Our Roadmap to Success

There is growing evidence and awareness of the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide to the health and well-being of our communities. Yet the challenges we face include:

Intensifying climate change impacts

Increasing prevalence of physical and mental health issues

There is unequal access to the availability of good quality Greenspaces

We continue to see loss and degradation of greenspaces’ natural features and functions

Public policy to address these challenges is limited

The Shared Vision of EcoHealth Ontario is that everyone benefits from the provision of well-distributed, high quality greenspace, is aware of its contributions to health and well-being, and has access to its benefits.

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Clinical Case studies in Climate and Environmental Change

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Clinical Case studies in Climate and Environmental Change

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We are a group of health professionals motivated by a shared concern about how climate change and other disruptions to Earth’s natural systems are requiring new approaches to healthcare and new competencies for healthcare providers. We have developed a suite of case studies that highlight various clinical manifestations of environmental challenges – and skills that clinicians can develop to provide effective care for patients on a changing planet.

These cases are designed to be used in the clinical phase of training for medical professionals, since they focus on clinical competencies regarding the impact of environmental change on the patient care setting and the role of clinicians in detecting and managing the impacts of those changes on their patients.

On a global level, it is apparent that some of the most severe impacts of climate change and other environmental change are occurring in vulnerable populations and low- and middle-income countries. For this reason, while some of the cases are set in the United States or Europe, many of them are based in a low-resource setting and were developed with input from healthcare providers across multiple countries.

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Medical education resources to support health professionals in responding to climate change and other environmental threats

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Center for One Health Research - Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface

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Center for One Health Research - Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface

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The Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) research training program at the University of Washington supports students in the development of new competencies for research and for providing preventive occupational health services to workers in a wide range of animal contact settings—from research facilities to veterinary hospitals, zoos and agriculture.

The program uses the One Health paradigm to approach health problems involving humans, animals and the rapidly changing environments we share.

Trainees complete the requirements for the MS in Environmental Health Sciences with an Area of Emphasis in One Health in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences or MPH in Epidemiology in the UW Department of Epidemiology and take supplemental coursework in zoonotic infectious disease, ergonomics and safety principles. Students receive tuition and stipend as scholars of the program, as well as have opportunity to get travel funds to attend/present at conferences.

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Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety

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The Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) research training program supports students in the development of new competencies for research and for providing preventive occupational health services to workers in a wide range of animal contact settings-from research facilities to veterinary hospitals, zoos and agriculture.

The program uses an innovative and interdisciplinary "One Health" paradigm, an integrated, transdisciplinary approach to health problems involving humans, animals and the rapidly changing environments we share.

Trainees complete the requirements for the MS in Environmental Health Science, Area of Emphasis: One Health in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences or MPH in Epidemiology in the UW Department of Epidemiology and take supplemental coursework in zoonotic infectious disease, ergonomics and safety principles.

A seminar course called "Current Issues of Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface" serves as an anchoring core component of the program.

Central to the program is the completion of an experiential practicum and a research project on the occupational health of animal workers.
To apply or for more information: https://deohs.washington.edu/cohr/ohhai

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The Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface (OHHAI) research training program supports students in the development of new competencies for research and for providing preventive occupational health services to workers in a wide range of animal contact settings-from research facilities to veterinary hospitals, zoos and agriculture.

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The One Health Clinic, founded in Seattle, is an integrated veterinary and human health clinical care model that creates a single health care plan for the human-animal unit (pets, emotional support animals, service animals... applicable to agricultural settings as well!) and leverages the human-animal bond to improve the care of both owner and animal. This free toolkit helps guide people to create One Health Clinics (OHC) in their community. Our team also supports orgs through the process through group and one-on-one support (also free :) ). We now have OHCs in New York City, NY and Tucson, AZ, and a number of other locations working to set one up in their regions!

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One Health Clinic Toolkit

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The One Health Clinic is a place where people with pets can access medical and veterinary care at the same place and at the same time. Learn more about our approach.

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THE CALI STATEMENT OF ECOHEALTH 20187th BIENNIAL ECOHEALTH CONFERENCEAND 3rd LATIN AMERICAN MEETING OF PUBLIC HEALTH:"ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EQUITY: CONNECTING LOCAL ALTERNATIVESIN A GLOBALIZED WORLD”

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THE CALI STATEMENT OF ECOHEALTH 20187th BIENNIAL ECOHEALTH CONFERENCEAND 3rd LATIN AMERICAN MEETING OF PUBLIC HEALTH:"ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EQUITY: CONNECTING LOCAL ALTERNATIVESIN A GLOBALIZED WORLD”

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Region: South and Latin America

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Buenas, les saludo desde Uruguay, de la Universidad de la República. Soy integrante de la Red Temática de Medio Ambiente (RETEMA) por Facultad de Veterinaria (Udelar). Este año en nuestras Jornadas anuales tuvimos una mesa sobre Salud y Ambiente. Les dejo mis contactos y el link a la mesa para seguir coordinando.

retema@udelar.edu.uy

solanagonzalez@fvet.edu.uy

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La Red Temática de Medio Ambiente (RETEMA) es un espacio de trabajo sobre temas ambientales multidisciplinario, de vocación interdisciplinaria , en la Universidad de la República. Investigadores y docentes buscan superar los obstáculos de la formación ultra especializada y la institucionalidad fragmentadora para mejor abordar la complejidad de la educación ambiental, el análisis de los conflictos ambientales y realizar una extensión universitaria pertinente.
Estatutos de funcionamiento interno RETEMA 2018

Periodo 2023
Equipo Coordinador Solana González y Valentina Pereyra
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2022 Ver Memorias Ver documento fundacional Resolución del CDC de fecha 21 de diciembre de 1999 - Creación de RETEMA
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2021
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2020.
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2019
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2018
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2017
ACTIVIDADES RETEMA 2016

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La Red Temática de Medio Ambiente (RETEMA) es un espacio de trabajo sobre temas ambientales multidisciplinario, de vocación interdisciplinaria , en la Universidad de la República. Investigadores y docentes buscan superar los obstáculos de la formación ultra especializada y la institucionalidad fragmentadora para mejor abordar la complejidad de la educación ambiental, el análisis de los conflictos ambientales y realizar una extensión universitaria pertinente.

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 Red de profesionales que trabajan desde el enfoque OH en Latino e Iberoamérica (todos los países de habla hispana y portuguesa).  

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OHLAIC (One health Latinoamérica Ibero y El Caribe)

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OHLAIC (One health Latinoamérica Ibero y El Caribe)

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Nuestro propósito es actuar en sinergia y no-competitividad, obteniendo los mejores resultados a los problemas urgentes en Latino e Iberoamérica y el mundo.

One Health es una estrategia de pensamiento complejo promotora de la resiliencia de comunidades humanas que reconocen la estrecha relación existente entre la Salud y Bienestar del Medio Ambiente, Humano y Otras Especies. Nuestro objetivo es lograr la transformación de las sociedades (antifragilidad) frente a los eventos actuales que perjudican la salud y el bienestar de todos.

https://ohlaic.org/es/

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La Alianza One Health Selva Maya es un espacio de comunicación entre tomadores de decisión, investigadores, técnicos y público interesado

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Dirigido a quienes generan política pública, los científicos y las comunidades para poner en práctica el enfoque de One Health en la Selva Maya. En el contexto de la Selva Maya, la Alianza One Health genera estrategias coordinadas para preservar la biodiversidad, gestionar enfermedades zoonósicas y promover prácticas sostenibles que beneficien a la salud de los ecosistemas, la salud animal, vegetal y la salud humana. La Alianza One Health es una herramienta efectiva para abordar cuestiones de salud en la Selva Maya al reconocer y abordar la interdependencia de la salud humana, animal y ambiental en esta región rica en biodiversidad. La colaboración entre expertos en salud, ecología, políticos y otras profesiones sociales sumado a la colaboración de los pueblos que habitan la Selva contribuiran a enfoques más integrales y sostenibles para la gestión y preservación de la maravillosa biodiversidad selvática.

web: https://alianzaohselvamaya.info/

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UNA SALUD EN IBEROAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO Y PÉRDIDA DE BIODIVERSIDAD. Somos una Red que trabajamos de manera colaborativa y prosocial entre diferentes países de Latam incluyendo España y Portugal para abordar en conjunto las problemáticas del Cambio climático a través de soluciones basadas en el enfoque de trabajo "Una Sola Salud", considerando que la salud de humano-animal-vegetal y medio ambiental están intimamente relacionadas. El objetivo de “Una Salud y cambio climático” es consolidar y fortalecer las relaciones  académicas entre grupos de investigación para intercambiar evidencia científica, experiencias, metodologías y tecnología para abordar temáticas como:- El efecto del cambio  climático en ecosistemas vulnerables desde una perspectiva de Una Salud.

- Acciones de mitigación de los efectos del cambio climático y pérdida de la  biodiversidad en ecosistemas priorizados en Iberoamérica y de sus consecuencias en  la salud ambiental, animal y humana.

- Evidenciar la magnitud de la pérdida de la biodiversidad  en la región y sus efectos en la salud ambiental, animal y humana.

https://www.cyted.org/USCC

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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is a UK-based organisation which works with professionals across the health system to improve outcomes in both healthcare and the environment. We have designed a framework to embed sustainability into quality improvement in the NHS. This has been successfully used in several hospitals in the UK, resulting in environmental, social, and financial benefits. We are also working with partners on green space projects at NHS sites, which will improve patient and staff wellbeing, strengthen the local community, and support biodiversity. Through our training courses, we hope to empower more healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge to improve sustainability and build a network of champions for sustainable healthcare.

Region: Western Eurpe

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Working together to reduce anaemia prevalence among women in Ghana, identifying the drivers of the decline 

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Working together to reduce anaemia prevalence among women in Ghana, identifying the drivers of the decline 

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My name is Afua Tetteh, a PhD Candidate at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. My focus is on studying the drivers of anaemia reduction among women of reproductive age (WRA) in Ghana. The significance of this issue lies in the fact that anaemia limits women’s ability to perform their duties within the household, workplace, and community. Anaemia adversely affects the well-being of mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. Additionally, it reduces their work productivity and ultimately exerts high economic cost on national budgets. My research is based on the analysis of secondary data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 2003, 2008 and 2014, where I was able to identify the key drivers of anaemia among WRA. Now, I am working to unravel the stakeholders (women beneficiaries, healthcare providers, donors and other international organizations) involved in public health actions to decrease anaemia among women. By adopting an EcoHealth approach, we can develop sustainable, context-appropriate solutions that are also environmentally friendly to inform anaemia control. Full article here

Region: West Africa

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240436519_The_Okavango_Whose_Delta_is_it

December 2009 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 34(13):874-880

DOI:10.1016/j.pce.2009.07.011

Region: Botswana, Africa

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The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland) (formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a swampy inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. All the water reaching the delta is ultimately evaporated and transpired and does not flow into any sea or ocean. Each year, about 11 cubic kilometres (2.6 cu mi) of water spread over the 6,000-15,000 km ² (2,300-5,800 sq mi) area. Some flood waters drain into Lake Ngami. The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that had mostly dried up by the early Holocene.

The Moremi Game Reserve, a National Park, is on the eastern side of the Delta. The Delta was named as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, which were officially declared on 11 February 2013 in Arusha, Tanzania. On 22 June 2014, the Okavango Delta became the 1000th site to be officially inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Okavango is produced by seasonal flooding. The Okavango River drains the summer (January-February) rainfall from the Angola highlands and the surge flows 1,200 km (750 mi) in around one month. The waters then spread over the 250 by 150 km (155 by 93 mi) area of the delta over the next four months (March-June). The high temperature of the delta causes rapid transpiration and evaporation, resulting in a cycle of rising and falling water level that was not fully understood until the early 20th century. The flood peaks between June and August, during Botswana's dry winter months, when the delta swells to three times its permanent size, attracting animals from kilometres around and creating one of Africa's greatest concentrations of wildlife.

The delta is very flat, with less than 2 m (6 ft 7 in) variation in height across its 15,000 km ² (5,800 sq mi).

Every year, about 11 km ³ (11,000 billion l; 2.6 cu mi; 2,900 billion US gal) of water flow into the delta. Roughly 60% is consumed through transpiration by plants, 36% by evaporation, 2% percolates into the aquifer system; and 2% flows into Lake Ngami. This turgid outflow means that the delta is unable to flush out the minerals carried by the river and is liable to become increasingly salty and uninhabitable. Water salinity is reduced by salt collecting around plant roots as most of the incoming water is transpired by plants. Peat fires might contribute to deposit salt into layers below the surface. The low salinity of the water also means that the floods do not greatly enrich the floodplain with nutrients.[citation needed ]

When the water levels gradually recede, water remains in major canals and river beds, in waterholes and in a number of larger lagoons, which then attract increasing numbers of animals. Photo-safari camps and lodges are found near some of these lagoons. Among the larger lagoons are:

The agglomeration of salt around plant roots leads to barren white patches in the centre of many of the thousands of islands, which have become too salty to support plants, aside from the odd salt-resistant palm tree. Trees and grasses grow in the sand around the edges of the islands that have not become too salty yet.

About 70% of the islands began as termite mounds (often Macrotermes spp.), where a tree then takes root on the mound of soil.

Chief's Island

Chief's Island, the largest island in the delta, was formed by a fault line which uplifted an area over 70 km long (43 mi) and 15 km wide (9.3 mi). Historically, it was reserved as an exclusive hunting area for the chief, but is now a protected area of wild life.[of what? ] It now provides the core area for much of the resident wildlife when the waters rise.

The Delta's profuse greenery is not the result of a wet climate; rather, it is an oasis in an arid country. The average annual rainfall is 450 mm (18 in) (approximately one third that of its Angolan catchment area) and most of it falls between December and March in the form of heavy afternoon thunderstorms.

December to February are hot wet months with daytime temperatures as high as 40 °C (104 °F), warm nights, and humidity levels fluctuating between 50 and 80%. From March to May, the temperature becomes far more comfortable with a maximum of 30 °C (86 °F) during the day and mild to cool nights. The rains quickly dry up leading into the dry, cold winter months of June to August. Daytime temperatures at this time of year are mild to warm, but the temperature begins to fall after sunset. Nights can be surprisingly cold in the delta, with temperatures barely above freezing.

The September to November span has the heat and atmospheric pressure build up once more, as the dry season slides into the rainy season. October is the most challenging month for visitors - daytime temperatures often push past 40 °C (104 °F) and the dryness is only occasionally broken by a sudden cloudburst.[citation needed ]

The Okavango Delta is both a permanent and seasonal home to a wide variety of wildlife which is now a popular tourist attraction. All the big five game animals, the lion, leopard, African buffalo, African bush elephant and both the black rhinoceros and white rhinoceros are present.

The delta also hosts over 400 bird species, including the helmeted guineafowl, African fish eagle, Pel's fishing owl, Egyptian goose, South African shelduck, African jacana, marabou stork, crested crane, African spoonbill, African darter, Southern ground hornbills, wattled crane, lilac-breasted roller, secretary bird, and common ostrich.

Since 2005, the protected area is considered a Lion Conservation Unit together with Hwange National Park.

The most populous large mammal is the lechwe with recent estimates suggesting approximately 88,000 individuals. It is a bit larger than an impala, with elongated hooves and a water-repellent substance on its legs that enable rapid movement through knee-deep water. Lechwe graze on aquatic plants and, like the waterbuck, take to water when threatened by predators. Only the males have horns.[citation needed ]

The Okavango Delta is home to 71 fish species, including the tigerfish, species of tilapia, and various species of catfish. Fish sizes range from 1.4 m (4.6 ft) African sharptooth catfish to 3.2 cm (1.3 in) sickle barb. The same species are found in the Zambezi River, indicating an historic link between the two river systems.

Papyrus and reed rafts make up a large part of the Okavango's vegetation. During the flood season, they float well above the sandy river bed with roots dangling free in the water. This gap between bed and roots is used as shelter by crocodiles.

The plants of the delta play an important role in providing cohesion for the sand. The banks or levees of a river normally have a high mud content, and this combines with the sand in the river's load to continuously build up the river banks. In the delta, because the clean waters of the Okavango contain almost no mud, the river's load consists almost entirely of sand. The plants capture the sand, acting as the glue and making up for the lack of mud and in the process creating further islands on which more plants can take root.

This process is not important in the formation of linear islands. They are long and thin and often curved like a gently meandering river because they are actually the natural banks of old river channels which over time have become blocked up by plant growth and sand deposition, resulting in the river changing course and the old river levees becoming islands. Due to the flatness of the Delta, and the large tonnage of sand flowing into it from the Okavango River, the floor of the delta is slowly but constantly rising. Where channels are today, islands will be tomorrow and then new channels may wash away these existing islands.

The Okavango Delta peoples consist of five ethnic groups, each with its own ethnic identity and language. They are Hambukushu (also known as Mbukushu, Bukushu, Bukusu, Mabukuschu, Ghuva, Haghuva), Dceriku (Dxeriku, Diriku, Gciriku, Gceriku, Giriku, Niriku), Wayeyi ( Bayei, Bayeyi, Yei), Bugakhwe (Kxoe, Khwe, Kwengo, Barakwena, G/anda) and ||anikhwe (Gxanekwe, //tanekwe, River Bushmen, Swamp Bushmen, G//ani, //ani, Xanekwe). The Hambukushu, Dceriku, and Wayeyi have traditionally engaged in mixed economies of millet/sorghum agriculture, fishing, hunting, the collection of wild plant foods, and pastoralism.

The Bugakhwe and ||anikwhe are Bushmen, who have traditionally practised fishing, hunting, and the collection of wild plant foods; Bugakhwe used both forest and riverine resources, while the ||anikhwe mostly focused on riverine resources. The Hambukushu, Dceriku, and Bugakhwe are present along the Okavango River in Angola and in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, and small numbers of Hambukushu and Bugakhwe are in Zambia, as well. Within the Okavango Delta, over the past 150 years or so, Hambukushu, Dceriku, and Bugakhwe have inhabited the Panhandle and the Magwegqana in the northeastern Delta. ||anikhwe have inhabited the Panhandle and the area along the Boro River through the Delta, as well as the area along the Boteti River.

The Wayeyi have inhabited the area around Seronga as well as the southern Delta around Maun, and a few Wayeyi live in their putative ancestral home in the Caprivi Strip. Within the past 20 years many people from all over the Okavango have migrated to Maun, the late 1960s and early 1970s over 4,000 Hambukushu refugees from Angola were settled in the area around Etsha in the western Panhandle.

The Okavango Delta has been under the political control of the Batawana (a Tswana nation) since the late 18th century. Led by the house of Mathiba I, the leader of a Bangwato offshoot, the Batawana established complete control over the delta in the 1850s as the regional ivory trade exploded. Most Batawana, however, have traditionally lived on the edges of the delta, due to the threat that the tsetse fly poses to their cattle. During a hiatus of some 40 years, the tsetse fly retreated and most Batawana lived in the swamps from 1896 through the late 1930s. Since then, the edge of the delta has become increasingly crowded with its growing human and livestock populations.

After the flooding season, the waters in the lower parts of the delta, near the base, recede, leaving moisture behind in the soil. This residual moisture is used for planting fodder and other crops that can thrive on it. This land is locally known as molapo.

During 1974 to 1978, the floods were more intensive than normal and flood recession cropping was not possible, so severe food and fodder shortages occurred. In response, the Molapo Development Project was initiated. It protected the molapo areas with bunds to control the flooding and prevent severe flooding. The bunds are provided with sluice gates so the stored water can be released and flood recession cropping can start.

The Namibian government has presented plans to build a hydropower station in the Zambezi Region, which would regulate the Okavango's flow to some extent. While proponents argue that the effect would be minimal, environmentalists argue that this project could destroy most of the rich animal and plant life in the Delta. Other threats include local human encroachment and regional extraction of water in both Angola and Namibia.

South African filmmaker and conservationist Rick Lomba warned in the 1980s of the threat of cattle invasion to the area. His documentary The End of Eden portrayed his lobbying on behalf of the delta.

The Okavango catchment is projected to experience decreasing annual rainfall as well as increasing temperatures as a result of global warming. The effects of global warming are likely to result in reductions in the extent of floodplains in the Okavango Delta, which will have significant impacts on water availability as well as livestock rearing and agricultural activities in the region.

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2. ^ Galpine, N. J. (2006). "Boma management of black and white rhinoceros at Mombo, Okavango Delta-Some lessons" (PDF). Ecologic Journal. 7: 55−61.

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The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland) (formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a swampy inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. All the water reaching the delta is ultimately evaporated and transpired and does not flow into any sea or ocean.

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Phiri, K., Ndlovu, S., Khumalo, S., Ncube, S. B., & Nyathi, D. (2022). Multiplying Faces and Amplifying Voices: Do Women’s Lives Matter in Local Governance Politics in Gwanda, Zimbabwe? Journal of Asian and African Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221137658

Region: Africa

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Graca Machel Trust: Multiplying faces, amplifying voices - Gender Links

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Making the voices of women and children count. The Graca Machel Trust works with those people amplifying African women and children's voices

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More than 70 percent of new, emerging, and re-emerging infectious diseases originate from animals. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the tremendous global risks that can occur when zoonotic diseases spill over to humans.

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The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade 

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The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade 

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The Alliance is an open, inclusive and interdisciplinary multistakeholder platform that brings together different actors from various sectors engaging with the One Health approach in the context of health risks in the wildlife trade. Our aspiration is to improve the understanding and awareness of risks along the human-wildlife interface linked to wildlife trade and to reduce zoonotic spillover risks, leading to narrowing the gap between science and implementation. Through different on-the-ground projects that cover a wide range of topics, from risk assessment to behavioural change campaigns, to online events, working groups and an international governmental consultation facility, the Alliance aims to foster primary prevention and to broker and translate knowledge into action.

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International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade

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The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade is an inclusive and interdisciplinary platform aiming to reduce health risks from wildlife trade and consumption. We focus on preventive and sustainable measures and translate the commitment, knowledge and political will of our members through a One Health approach.

The Alliance is driven by evidence-based insight and addresses the entire wildlife trade spectrum.

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The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade

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The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade envisions a world of healthy and safe coexistence of people, animals, and the ecosystems.

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Lawa Model: the integrating control using EcoHealth/ One Health approach for liver fluke control

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Lawa Model: the integrating control using EcoHealth/ One Health approach for liver fluke control

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Please come and join the Asia (East) session on Fri 1 December 2023 from 2-4 pm ICT.

All are welcome!

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We can provide health care to humans and animals while preserving natural resources if we include them all in our research.

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Volunteering at a community farm in Prague, Czech Republic as a Canadian undergraduate student!

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Volunteering at a community farm in Prague, Czech Republic as a Canadian undergraduate student!

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My name is Melody Choi and I am a panelist for the Turtle Island/North America Session of the Ecohealth Global Summit 2023! I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. However, in my current studies abroad at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic I am volunteering at a community farm, namely Metrofarm, that focuses on urban and suburban community gardening and farming by adhering to permaculture principles and facilitating the production and care of plants, vegetables and animals. Idealistically, Metrofarm represents a future in which a financially independent agricultural economy operates in harmony with nature, and stands for appropriate economic activities that increase biodiversity in our agricultural landscape.

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The MetroFarm_ Císařský ostrov - MChoi Padlet

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Master's in Conservation Medicine Program - Tufts University

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Master's in Conservation Medicine Program - Tufts University

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The MS in Conservation Medicine (MCM) uses a One Health approach to address urgent issues facing our planet, including emerging and resurging diseases, habitat use conflicts, environmental contamination, ecosystem and climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem function degradation.

MCM students are passionate problems solvers, by nature. They are action-oriented individuals trained to investigate problems beyond STEM disciplines integrating political, social, cultural, economic and other factors to help solve global health issues.

Students enter the MCM program with unique experiences, passions, and perspectives. They network amongst each other, faculty and guest lecturers to motivate each other, learn from one another other, share thoughts and viewpoints, and tackle problems.

Through small group learning, individual mentoring, capstone project work and hands-on externship experiences, MCM students gain practical knowledge to address complex issues affecting our world today.

In the MS in Conservation Medicine program, students will:

Collaborate with an impressive network of experts and instructors.

Apply their own expertise, skills, and interests to a year-long, self-directed Case Study Project

Immerse themselves in a four-week "real-world" conservation medicine externship.

Contact Evan Griffith (Ecohealth International Early Career Representative) for more information about the MCM program!

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Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Grafton

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Master of Science in Conservation Medicine – Training the Next Generation to Solve Global Issues

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Kia ora from Te Upoko te ika, the head of the fish - in Aotearoa. Yesterday I was at the launch of a tremendous local initiative for an environmental framework led by communities- te Mauri Tūhono. https://www.maurituhono.org.nz

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My own work on multispecies dialogue emphasises the need to shift from domination to dialogue and to seek relational health in the systems we are seeking to transform. 

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My own work on multispecies dialogue emphasises the need to shift from domination to dialogue and to seek relational health in the systems we are seeking to transform. 

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The shift from domination to partnering challenges us to learn to listen deeply and to move away from debate and into genuine and generative dialogue. For further information on how this has been explored as a way of transforming human-equine relations please see:

http://revistas.uach.cl/index.php/australjvs/article/view/7002

This shift into partnering is not easy to foster, such is the ubiquity of the domination system. Fostering the shift is, arguably, confounded by the failure of our educational systems to promote vertical literacy at the level of the individual and the group. One way to address this is to promote trauma literacy and trauma informed practice. Sadly, however, many of our organisations are trauma organised. The shift to becoming trauma informed is an essential step if we are to cease being trauma organised and realise the rich potential of healing organisations, who genuinely understand how trauma integration contributes to healing and to relational health.

The following blogs highlight how this can help to address issues such as bullying in higher education and why this is needed if we are to learn to avoid how not to transmit trauma.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/traumainformed-approaches-can-help-address-bullying-higher-education

https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/trauma-awareness-and-compassion-essential-characteristics-of-educational-establishments-seeking-to-address-bullying/

https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/the-promise-and-power-of-non-violent-communication/

https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/becoming-unfrozen-seeing-sensing-and-presencing-to-better-face-and-respond-to-ecological-crises/

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On October 12th, 2022, Cowichan Tribes and the Environment, Community Health Observatory (ECHO) Network co-hosted a gathering in the Cowichan Watershed, on unceded Quw’utsun territory. This gathering brought together community, environmental, government, health authority and research colleagues to ‘come together as a whole’ to address critical connections among climate, land, water, community and health concerns.

Region: Turtle Island (Quw'utsun Territory)

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Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You

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Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You

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Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You collects ten short stories, four commentaires and two "enditorials" that share visions in which the work of health and care in the future is deliberately focused on responding to social and ecological challenges, while supporting healthier ways of living.

Region: Global

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Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You

The need for transformative change across healthcare and society at large is now well recognized in light of diverse social, ecological and health crises. Out of an introductory public health module for first-year students in the Bachelor's program in physiotherapy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Healthpunk writing emerged as an approach to imagine diverse futures for more socially and ecologically responsible physiotherapy and healthcare in general. A collection of stories written by this first cohort of students was published in Physiopunk volume 1 alongside an introductory editorial and a series of multilingual commentaries from physiotherapy educators from around the world.

Healthpunk volume 2 invited health students, clinicians, educators, researchers, professional representatives, policymakers, and patients from around the world to send us their own fictional stories located anytime in the future, in which the work of health and care is deliberately focused on responding to social and ecological challenges and supporting better ways of living and being healthy together in this manner.

The need for hopeful yet radically different possibilities for future health/care implies reaching beyond the parameters, logic, and politics of our siloed clinical environments and scopes of practice. This also means that Healthpunk stories do not need to be realistic in any narrow or immediate sense but, rather, to let go of established conventions and imagine otherwise futures filled with creativity and genuine care for the health of everyone we share this planet with.

A total of thirty-one authors came together to contribute ten Healthpunk Stories and four commentaries respectively. The stories are presented in four different languages where those that were written in French, Finnish or Portuguese are provided alongside English translations. The entire volume is framed by a prologue and two enditorials produced by members of the editorial team, where one of the latter was originally written in German, all in our continued effort to advance the diversification of health futures.

We hope you will enjoy the journey that Healthpunk Vol 2 invites you on and look forward to conjuring up even further future healthcares with you.

Your Healthpunk volume 2 editorial team,

Filip Maric (PhD), Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Founder and Executive Chair of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association

Liv J. Nikolaisen (MSc), Physiotherapy Programme Lead, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Mahitsonge Nomusa Ntinga (MSc) Lecturer, University of Cape Town

Jena Webb (PhD), Director of Programmes, CoPEH Canada Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health

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Table of Contents

Prologue

How do you do something you have never done before?
By Filip Maric, Liv J. Nikolaisen, Mahitsonge N. Ntinga, & Jena Webb

HealtHpunk Stories

Time by Meri Westlake

Embodied Case History Assessment: A new era of empathy
by Bonnie B. Y. Cheng, Lisa Anemaat, & Peter H. Worthy

If we could turn our emotions into light by Jiameng Xu

Soigner les Nouveaux Centaure / Caring for the New Centaurs by Sandra Friedrich

Utopioita genitaalisilta rajapinnoilta / Utopias from the Genital Limits
by Annastiina Rajala-Vaittinen

A Note for Future Bodyworkers by Eriko Fujii

Futuros Ancestrais: As Cantadoras de Histórias / Ancestral Futures: The Story Singers
by Jocyele Ferreira Marinheiro et al.

Night Swimming by David A. Nicholls

Homo Sapien by Bailey Davis

The Stand by Melissa Bates

Commentaries

Relational Becomings and Ethical Practices
by Louise Søgaard Hansen & Trine Schifter Larsen

Easier to Imagine by Ben Brisbois

Science Fiction: A Healthy Preoccupation? By Nick Pollard & Sandra Schiller

Embracing the Unknown by Kristen Abrahams & Rita Macamba

Enditorials

Als Physiotherapie noch in der Praxis stattfand / When Physiotherapy Still Happened in the Clinic by Filip Maric

Therein lies hope by Jena Webb

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Healthpunk Vol 2: Fiction + Healthcare + You

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The need for transformative change across healthcare and society at large is now well recognized in light of diverse social, ecological and health crises. Out of an introductory public health module for first-year students in the Bachelor's program in physiotherapy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Healthpunk writing emerged as an approach to imagine diverse futures for more socially and ecologically responsible physiotherapy and healthcare in general.

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Transformative learning for a sustainable and healthy future through ecosystem approaches to health: insights from 15 years of co-designed ecohealth teaching and learning experiences

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Transformative learning for a sustainable and healthy future through ecosystem approaches to health: insights from 15 years of co-designed ecohealth teaching and learning experiences

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Our paper published 01-04-2023 in The Lancet Planetary Health presents insights from the work of CoPEH-Canada and 15 years (2008–2022) of land-based, transdisciplinary, learner-centred, transformative learning and training, oriented to Head, Hands, and Heart. The process was a collaboration between people who delivered the course and graduates of the course.

Region: Turtle Island

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Summary

This paper presents insights from the work of the Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH-Canada) and 15 years (2008-2022) of land-based, transdisciplinary, learner-centred, transformative learning and training. We have oriented our learning approaches to Head, Hands, and Heart, which symbolise cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning, respectively. Psychomotor and affective learning are necessary to grapple with and enact far-reaching structural changes (eg, decolonisation) needed to rekindle healthier, reciprocal relationships with nature and each other. We acknowledge that these approaches have been long understood by Indigenous colleagues and communities. We have developed a suite of teaching techniques and resources through an iterative and evolving pedagogy based on participatory approaches and operating reciprocal, research-pedagogical cycles; integrated different approaches and ways of knowing into our pedagogy; and built a networked Community of Practice for continued learning. Planetary health has become a dominant framing for health-ecosystem interactions. This Viewpoint underscores the depth of existing scholarship, collaboration, and pedagogical expertise in ecohealth teaching and learning that can inform planetary health education approaches.

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Transformative learning for a sustainable and healthy future through ecosystem approaches to health: insights from 15 years of co-designed ecohealth teaching and learning experiences

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This paper presents insights from the work of the Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health (CoPEH-Canada) and 15 years (2008-2...

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Curriculum Reform for Public Health in the Anthropocene

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Curriculum Reform for Public Health in the Anthropocene

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Heatwaves, fires, flooding, pandemics, and the sequelae of intensified resource extraction are impacting population and planetary health, exacerbating social/health inequities, and ravaging peoples made vulnerable by historical and continuing injustice. Public health systems/professionals, along with other ‘first responders’, are expected to address and reduce the impact without burning out. Requisite training in emergency response, community development, climate adaptation, and self-determination is not provided, nor was the public health system designed to navigate these crises. Experts are sounding the alarm regarding the disconnect between current public health training programs and changing social, environmental, and political environments. In this context, competency in the ecological determinants of health is crucial as they are increasingly being recognized as foundational for human and planetary health. CIHR PDG funding will bring together a group of scholars affiliated with EDGE (www.CPHA.ca/EDGE) and beyond, who will organize around the need for curriculum reform for public health in the Anthropocene, and in doing so also build collegial connections across the country and beyond, forge interdisciplinary and inter-institutional relationships, share a range of perspectives, experiences, opportunities, map the existing landscape of ideas and initiatives, and experiment with novel approaches to collaborative research, while also working to explore how best to collaborate, consult and amplify BIPOC perspectives, engage with key thought leaders in Canada and beyond, include and elevate student voices/concerns/contributions, and ensure the work remains relevant to the exigencies of frontline public health practice (now and into the future).

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"A team of Indigenous organizations, governments, university researchers, and other resource people working together on research and action in support of the health and well-being of the environment and people. Arramat is working to strengthen Indigenous voices and capacities to document their knowledge about the importance of the whole environment (including biodiversity) to the health and well-being of their communities."

Region: Turtle Island and Global

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Ărramăt | Indigenous-led conservation and relationships with Biodiversity

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ⴰⵔⵔⴰⵎⴰⵜ Ărramăt is strengthening health and wellbeing through Indigenous-led conservation and sustainable relationships with biodiversity.

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"The Constellation Project provides a visionary space to weave new stories and emergent ways of being for a new era of planetary consciousness. Purpose: To provide a space for deeper exploration that can stimulate individual and community awakening—a place where inspiration, imagination, and courageous actions can dwell to create new stories that can set us on a different path."

Region: International

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At this critical moment in human history, we seek to ignite and reimagine more intentional spiritual relationships with ourselves, others, and the natural world-recognizing that so many challenges in the Anthropocene ultimately stem from erosion of these emotional connections. Understanding the interconnectedness of our health and the health of the planet, we seek to nurture love and empathy, restraint and resiliency, hope, and faith grounded in action. Our intention is to co-create a community of care where diverse voices from all disciplines, geographies, traditions, and practices are invited to contribute to a more ethical stance and an earth-based spirituality. In this collaborative space-where science, the arts and humanities, human health and spirituality meet-we hope to overcome the academic apartheid has for too long oppressed the imagination and stifled creativity. By empowering emotional connections that speak to the heart of our shared humanity, we may inspire change in more powerful ways than with logic alone.
We are calling together Storytellers who share a common reliance on Nature as a taproot to an evolving consciousness. By identifying this taproot of care and engagement, we can better anchor our humanity to a bedrock of planetary compassion.
For this cultural change, we need stories that will guide us toward a future of abiding strength and presence where our embrace of humanity becomes an embrace of the Earth, interconnected, and interrelated. The Constellation Project is committed to curating such stories, each one a small point of light offered up into the night sky, to form new constellations from which we can experience awe and wonder, and find the meaning and wisdom to answer the only question that matters: How shall we live?

Scope: We encourage open-minded, heart-centered activities that elevate "reverence for life" alongside more academic analyses for more holistic perspectives. Our non-sectarian agenda is intended to promote the fundamental positive elements of humanity, such as love, hope, kindness, compassion, respect, reciprocity, and need for more collaboration, rather than any specific faith or ideological agenda. We provide an open, non-judgmental, and expansive space for many perspectives, for the richer understanding that this brings, as we seek to magnifying the common threads.

Goals: In the spirit of its aspirational principles of co-creation and collaborative emergence, the project is anticipated to be self-evolving. To facilitate this, we propose a series of specific activities to encourage engagement, participation, and a sense of belonging. The initial aims are to:

Develop a diverse community dedicated to positive change through new narratives and creative ideas that promote awareness of the interconnectedness of all life.

Facilitate co-creation of a range of narratives, artistic works (of all kinds), contemplative practices, and activities that inspire worldviews that enable flourishing.

Contribute to wider narratives for cultural change through diverse outreach to seed these concepts into wider discourse across different groups and sectors.

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The Constellation Project - Planetary Health Alliance

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The Constellation Project at Harvard University

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One Health in Action: Rabies Awareness Campaign and Pet Rabies Vaccination Drive in Sarawak

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One Health in Action: Rabies Awareness Campaign and Pet Rabies Vaccination Drive in Sarawak

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“Through this program, I’ve been provided with a platform for meaningful interaction between the participants as well as communities. I really enjoyed sharing the knowledge on rabies, which can have a huge impact on the rate of morbidity and mortality of rabies cases in the area." - Mohd Khairudin, A medical student from Management and Science University (MSU)

The Angels Initiative and Stop Rabies Campaign is a collaborative effort undertaken by Boehringer Ingelheim Malaysia in partnership with Chevron, SEAOHUN, MyOHUN, UPM, Rhone Ma and various local stakeholders, including the Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak (DVSS). Continuous effort in fighting against rabies is needed in Sarawak, which is a rabies-endemic state in Malaysia.

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The Angels Initiative and Stop Rabies Campaign is a collaborative effort undertaken by Boehringer Ingelheim Malaysia in partnership with Chevron, SEAOHUN, MyOHUN, UPM, Rhone Ma and various local stakeholders, including the Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak (DVSS). Continuous effort in fighting against rabies is needed in Sarawak, which is a rabies-endemic state in Malaysia. With four cases of human rabies reported in the Serian district of Sarawak this year, the urgency to combat rabies by the community is heightened. Usually transmitted through dog bites, rabies in humans is almost always fatal. However, it is 100% preventable with measures including vaccination and dog population control.

A total of 24 undergraduate students from the veterinary and human medicine courses participated in the two-day program on the 18th-19th of August 2023 in Kuching, Sarawak. Of the 24 students, 14 were from UPM, UMK, UKM, MSU and USIM whom were fully sponsored by Chevron, with assistance from SEAOHUN and MyOHUN. The generous support granted by Chevron also enabled three academics from UPM and one NCO MyOHUN staff to participate in the program. As part of the preparation, the students were required beforehand to undergo online training via the Global Alliance for Rabies Control platform, obtain the Rabies Educator Certification, and be fully vaccinated against rabies to ensure their competency and safety when joining the activities on-site.

The first part of the program was a rabies awareness school program which took place on 18th August 2023 at a secondary school called Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kota Samarahan, a semi-rural district reachable by a 1-hour bus ride from Kuching. More than 350 primary and secondary students from four schools in the district were involved. The aim was to empower the younger generation on the basic yet vital information about rabies, dog bite wound management and prevention. The half-day program was filled with a short cartoon presentation on rabies to gain the attention of the school children, followed by hands-on, art-based activities to allow the students to demonstrate and enforce their understanding of the knowledge gained. The program also actively involved the sponsored university students, who diligently served as facilitators in guiding the students to produce posters with various sub-topics on rabies. They also served as rabies-prevention educators and applied the knowledge gained throughout their online training on rabies to the school children. The posters produced by the students were kept by the respective schools to be displayed in the school building, ensuring sustainability and further knowledge transfer to other school children who were not able to attend the program.

A medical student from Management and Science University (MSU), Mohd Khairudin, added that he was glad that he could contribute to the good cause. "Through this program, I've been provided with a platform for meaningful interaction between the participants as well as communities. I really enjoyed sharing the knowledge on rabies, which can have a huge impact on the rate of morbidity and mortality of rabies cases in the area."

The second part of the program was conducted on Saturday, 19th August 2023, at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hua, in Serian District, Sarawak. This was the district where rabies was first reported in Sarawak back in 2017. This program aimed to vaccinate as many dogs and cats as possible by offering free animal rabies vaccination to those residing in the area. Around 250 pet dogs and cats were administered anti-rabies vaccines by more than 20 veterinarians, with assistance from dedicated university students. During this vaccination drive, the university students were able to not only observe, learn and assist the veterinarians on duty, but also played an excellent role as rabies educators to the pet owners and public members who attended the event. Apart from the Stop Rabies campaign, attendees also had access to a booth dedicated to health screenings as part of the stroke awareness campaign attended by medical professionals from the Sarawak General Hospital, assisted by medical students and lecturers, who provided complimentary blood pressure and blood glucose tests and stroke and atrial fibrillation risk assessments. The university students and lecturers participating were able to communicate and work together effectively in a One Health spirit, despite just establishing their bonds and friendships in the past 24 hours.

Throughout the two-day program, it was evident that the university students were able to embody and appreciate important One Health core competencies, including multi-sectorial collaboration, communication, management and culture, beliefs and ethics.

POSTER WINNERS WITH THEIR MASTERPIECE!

"This program was an effective strategy for locals to get free rabies vaccinations for their cats and dogs, and we hope that by doing so, the public will become much more aware of the current rabies situation in Sarawak and do their part to stop the spread of rabies. It is a privilege for me to participate and experience this program as one of the volunteers," said Fineli Anak Dominic, a student from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

The university students were not the only ones reaping the benefits and positive impacts of this program, but also the school children and members of the public. None of this would have been made possible without the generous support from Chevron and SEAOHUN. The successful outcomes demonstrate the importance of partnership and collaboration that transverses different entities and sectors in positively impacting public health efforts. It is hoped that the Stop Rabies program 2023 will be the precedent to more collaborative efforts from both private and government sectors, locally and internationally, to further translate the One Health concept into action!

The Angels Initiative and Stop Rabies Campaign is a collaborative effort undertaken by Boehringer Ingelheim Malaysia in partnership with Chevron, SEAOHUN, MyOHUN, UPM, Rhone Ma and various local stakeholders, including the Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak (DVSS). Continuous effort in fighting against rabies is needed in Sarawak, which is a rabies-endemic state in Malaysia. With four cases of human rabies reported in the Serian district of Sarawak this year, the urgency to combat rabies by the community is heightened. Usually transmitted through dog bites, rabies in humans is almost always fatal. However, it is 100% preventable with measures including vaccination and dog population control.

A total of 24 undergraduate students from the veterinary and human medicine courses participated in the two-day program on the 18th-19th of August 2023 in Kuching, Sarawak. Of the 24 students, 14 were from UPM, UMK, UKM, MSU and USIM whom were fully sponsored by Chevron, with assistance from SEAOHUN and MyOHUN. The generous support granted by Chevron also enabled three academics from UPM and one NCO MyOHUN staff to participate in the program. As part of the preparation, the students were required beforehand to undergo online training via the Global Alliance for Rabies Control platform, obtain the Rabies Educator Certification, and be fully vaccinated against rabies to ensure their competency and safety when joining the activities on-site.

The first part of the program was a rabies awareness school program which took place on 18th August 2023 at a secondary school called Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kota Samarahan, a semi-rural district reachable by a 1-hour bus ride from Kuching. More than 350 primary and secondary students from four schools in the district were involved. The aim was to empower the younger generation on the basic yet vital information about rabies, dog bite wound management and prevention. The half-day program was filled with a short cartoon presentation on rabies to gain the attention of the school children, followed by hands-on, art-based activities to allow the students to demonstrate and enforce their understanding of the knowledge gained. The program also actively involved the sponsored university students, who diligently served as facilitators in guiding the students to produce posters with various sub-topics on rabies. They also served as rabies-prevention educators and applied the knowledge gained throughout their online training on rabies to the school children. The posters produced by the students were kept by the respective schools to be displayed in the school building, ensuring sustainability and further knowledge transfer to other school children who were not able to attend the program.

A medical student from Management and Science University (MSU), Mohd Khairudin, added that he was glad that he could contribute to the good cause. "Through this program, I've been provided with a platform for meaningful interaction between the participants as well as communities. I really enjoyed sharing the knowledge on rabies, which can have a huge impact on the rate of morbidity and mortality of rabies cases in the area."

The second part of the program was conducted on Saturday, 19th August 2023, at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hua, in Serian District, Sarawak. This was the district where rabies was first reported in Sarawak back in 2017. This program aimed to vaccinate as many dogs and cats as possible by offering free animal rabies vaccination to those residing in the area. Around 250 pet dogs and cats were administered anti-rabies vaccines by more than 20 veterinarians, with assistance from dedicated university students. During this vaccination drive, the university students were able to not only observe, learn and assist the veterinarians on duty, but also played an excellent role as rabies educators to the pet owners and public members who attended the event. Apart from the Stop Rabies campaign, attendees also had access to a booth dedicated to health screenings as part of the stroke awareness campaign attended by medical professionals from the Sarawak General Hospital, assisted by medical students and lecturers, who provided complimentary blood pressure and blood glucose tests and stroke and atrial fibrillation risk assessments. The university students and lecturers participating were able to communicate and work together effectively in a One Health spirit, despite just establishing their bonds and friendships in the past 24 hours.

Throughout the two-day program, it was evident that the university students were able to embody and appreciate important One Health core competencies, including multi-sectorial collaboration, communication, management and culture, beliefs and ethics.

POSTER WINNERS WITH THEIR MASTERPIECE!

"This program was an effective strategy for locals to get free rabies vaccinations for their cats and dogs, and we hope that by doing so, the public will become much more aware of the current rabies situation in Sarawak and do their part to stop the spread of rabies. It is a privilege for me to participate and experience this program as one of the volunteers," said Fineli Anak Dominic, a student from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

The university students were not the only ones reaping the benefits and positive impacts of this program, but also the school children and members of the public. None of this would have been made possible without the generous support from Chevron and SEAOHUN. The successful outcomes demonstrate the importance of partnership and collaboration that transverses different entities and sectors in positively impacting public health efforts. It is hoped that the Stop Rabies program 2023 will be the precedent to more collaborative efforts from both private and government sectors, locally and internationally, to further translate the One Health concept into action!

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One Health in Action: Rabies Awareness Campaign and Pet Rabies Vaccination Drive in Sarawak

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The Angels Initiative and Stop Rabies Campaign is a collaborative effort undertaken by Boehringer Ingelheim Malaysia in partnership with Chevron, SEAOHUN, MyOHUN, UPM, Rhone Ma and various local stakeholders, including the Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak (DVSS). Continuous effort in fighting against rabies is needed in Sarawak, which is a rabies-endemic state in Malaysia.

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The Lawa Model: Applying One Health Approach in the Community

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The Lawa Model: Applying One Health Approach in the Community

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"An amazing experience that provided a better understanding of the applicability of the core components of One Health on the ground."

"The experience was well thought of. Starting with the online module to sensitize us on concepts and the project. The field visit was the highlight, allowing us to witness the successful implementation of all the efforts in action. Additionally, the opportunity for intercountry networking was an added benefit."

Recognizing the significance of the Lawa Model, Chevron and SEAOHUN collaborated with TDRC to develop the Lawa Model Online Course. This online training program, launched in April 2023, aimed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to apply the One Health approach in solving complex health problems. The course received an overwhelming response, attracting 234 participants from 40 countries across various disciplines. Ultimately, 114 participants successfully completed the course, and 23 exceptional individuals were chosen for the Lawa Model Field Trip held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, 31 May to 2 June 2023.

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Applying One Health Approach to Address Community Health Issues

The Lawa Model, developed by the Tropical Diseases Research Center (TDRC) of Khon Kaen University, has achieved remarkable success in reducing Opisthorchis viverrini infection and bile duct cancer at the Lawa Lake community in Northeast Thailand. This innovative model, based on the EcoHealth/One Health approach, considers human, animal, and environmental health perspectives to address the O. viverrini parasite. Its effectiveness has gained national, regional, and global recognition, leading the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WHO/WPRO) to recommend the One Health as an approach for foodborne trematodiasiscontrol.

Recognizing the significance of the Lawa Model, Chevron and the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) collaborated with TDRC to develop the Lawa Model Online Course. This online training program, launched in April 2023, aimed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to apply the One Health approach in solving complex health problems. The course received an overwhelming response, attracting 234 participants from 40 countries across various disciplines. Ultimately, 114 participants successfully completed the course, and 23 exceptional individuals were chosen for the Lawa Model Field Trip held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, from May 31st to June 2nd, 2023.

The field trip was organized to provide hands-on experience in witnessing the Lawa Model in action. Participants from six Southeast Asian countries, plus India and Bangladesh, had the opportunity to visit Khon Kaen, Thailand, where they observed community health initiatives, educational integration, animal surveillance programs, and environmental modifications aimed at reducing the prevalence of the liver fluke parasite. This field trip allowed participants to apply their learnings from the online course and gain valuable insights into community health issues.

Participants provided positive feedback on their experience, highlighting the well-rounded nature of the program, from the online module to the field visit. They appreciated the opportunity for intercountry networking and expressed their satisfaction in witnessing the Lawa Model's successful implementation in the field. Participants commended the approach of working closely with the community, emphasizing the importance of assessing and improvising to address challenges effectively.

The Lawa Model's success can be attributed to its emphasis on systems thinking in One Health and its strong collaboration with community members affected by the disease. It serves as an exemplary and sustainable disease control effort that can be applied to various challenges. The TDRC, Chevron, and SEAOHUN share a common goal of nurturing future One Health leaders who can contribute meaningfully to the well-being of humans, animals, and the environment. Their collective efforts aim to inspire and cultivate a new generation of health professionals dedicated to the holistic approach of One Health, ensuring a better future for all.

Applying One Health Approach to Address Community Health Issues

The Lawa Model, developed by the Tropical Diseases Research Center (TDRC) of Khon Kaen University, has achieved remarkable success in reducing Opisthorchis viverrini infection and bile duct cancer at the Lawa Lake community in Northeast Thailand. This innovative model, based on the EcoHealth/One Health approach, considers human, animal, and environmental health perspectives to address the O. viverrini parasite. Its effectiveness has gained national, regional, and global recognition, leading the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WHO/WPRO) to recommend the One Health as an approach for foodborne trematodiasiscontrol.

Recognizing the significance of the Lawa Model, Chevron and the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) collaborated with TDRC to develop the Lawa Model Online Course. This online training program, launched in April 2023, aimed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to apply the One Health approach in solving complex health problems. The course received an overwhelming response, attracting 234 participants from 40 countries across various disciplines. Ultimately, 114 participants successfully completed the course, and 23 exceptional individuals were chosen for the Lawa Model Field Trip held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, from May 31st to June 2nd, 2023.

The field trip was organized to provide hands-on experience in witnessing the Lawa Model in action. Participants from six Southeast Asian countries, plus India and Bangladesh, had the opportunity to visit Khon Kaen, Thailand, where they observed community health initiatives, educational integration, animal surveillance programs, and environmental modifications aimed at reducing the prevalence of the liver fluke parasite. This field trip allowed participants to apply their learnings from the online course and gain valuable insights into community health issues.

Participants provided positive feedback on their experience, highlighting the well-rounded nature of the program, from the online module to the field visit. They appreciated the opportunity for intercountry networking and expressed their satisfaction in witnessing the Lawa Model's successful implementation in the field. Participants commended the approach of working closely with the community, emphasizing the importance of assessing and improvising to address challenges effectively.

The Lawa Model's success can be attributed to its emphasis on systems thinking in One Health and its strong collaboration with community members affected by the disease. It serves as an exemplary and sustainable disease control effort that can be applied to various challenges. The TDRC, Chevron, and SEAOHUN share a common goal of nurturing future One Health leaders who can contribute meaningfully to the well-being of humans, animals, and the environment. Their collective efforts aim to inspire and cultivate a new generation of health professionals dedicated to the holistic approach of One Health, ensuring a better future for all.

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Applying One Health Approach to Address Community Health Issues The Lawa Model, developed by the Tropical Diseases Research Center (TDRC) of Khon Kaen University, has achieved remarkable success in reducing Opisthorchis viverrini infection and bile duct cancer at the Lawa Lake community in Northeast Thailand.

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My name is Micol Fascendini and I'm a member of the Partnership Board of the OH4HEAL. A regional program, coordinated by VSF-Suisse together with Amref and ILRI and financed by the Swiss Development Cooperation. The OH4HEAL adopts the One Health approach to improve health and resilience among pastoralist communities in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia). We designed an integrated health service delivery model, called One Health Unit (OHU), which promotes the collaboration of service providers from different sectors. Multidisciplinary teams provide preventive and curative services to humans and animals, and promote an effective and sustainable management of rangelands. Design, implementation and monitoring of the OHU is done in collaboration with the pastoralist communities and local government. Thinking, planning and working across disciplines is indeed magic, though not without challenges and difficulties that we analyse and address together adopting a system approach.

Region: East Africa

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Turkana Pastoralists - One Health Experts

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Turkana Pastoralists - One Health Experts

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My name is Evan Griffith, and I am a PhD Candidate at Tufts University. I am currently developing a new tool to measure community health and well-being: the Community One Health Index (COHI), which includes human, animal, and environmental health indicators. I have gotten a lot of inspiration from EcoHealth during the project development stage. Specifically, our participatory research process centers Turkana pastoralists as One Health experts. This inverts the typical relationship between researchers and community members, in which data is extracted with little local input. In contrast, my research project is taking an EcoHealth approach in which knowledge and solutions are co-generated with pastoralists bringing their indigenous knowledge and unique and essential perspectives to the research process. I am passionate about championing this EcoHealth approach to research and emphasizing local perspectives in all aspects of my academic work. I am excited to see other examples of how communities are empowered in an EcoHealth context!

Region: North/East Africa

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Here is the Padlet of Global Examples of working together for a healthy, just, and sustainable planet: