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Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface

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Course Summary

This course explores the complex interconnections between human, animal, and ecosystem health, and the ways in which they intersect with global health trends.

Key Learning Points

Understanding the One Health approach to health challenges
Exploring zoonotic diseases and their impact on human and animal health
Examining the role of climate change in affecting health outcomes
Learning how to design and implement effective One Health interventions

Learning Outcomes

Understand the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health
Identify the impact of zoonotic diseases and climate change on health outcomes
Design and implement effective One Health interventions

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic understanding of public health and biology concepts
Access to a computer and internet connection

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online self-paced course
Video lectures
Quizzes and assignments
Discussion forums

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Description

The University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal and Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes welcome you to this MOOC on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface"!

Over the next 8 weeks, you will explore and learn about some of the major and current Global Health Challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: zoonotic emerging infections (e.g. Ebola, Nipah, MERS, Avian Influenza), antimicrobial resistance, neglected tropical diseases (e.g. rabies, leishmaniasis, zoonotic TB), snakebite and other human-animal conflicts etc. You will learn new concepts from the field of epidemiology, social anthropology, disease ecology, veterinary sciences, global health policy etc. and approaches such as One Health, Eco-Health and Planetary Health. Also, you will learn about innovative tools and frameworks used to study and tackle some of these Global Health challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals era. This MOOC proposes you a dynamic, international and interdisciplinary programme based on the One Health approach (human-animal-environmental dimensions) and involving more than 30 top experts from more than 20 academic and research institutions and international organisations based in Geneva, Paris, Montreal and the world. Policy makers from the World Health Organisation, clinicians from the University Hospitals of Geneva, epidemiologists from Institut Pasteur etc. will share with you their knowledge and experiences all along this MOOC. Video-lectures have been filmed in different parts of the world and settings (from the field to the lab and office) and will be combined with the latest open readings and interactive activities in the discussion forum, video-conferences etc. This MOOC keeps evolving and enriching actively over time and two new sections on "Health Benefits at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface" and "Management of Ecosystems under Global Changes: Implication for Human Health" have been added in May 2018. This latter section was developed in close collaboration with experts from World Health Organisation and the Convention on Biological Diversity and is introduced by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. The development of this MOOC was led by Dr. Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Dr. Isabelle Bolon and Prof. Antoine Flahault from the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva. The list of instructors is completed by Prof. Arnaud Fontanet (Institut Pasteur) and Prof. André Ravel (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal). Watch our teaser here and let’s get started! https://youtu.be/WT7-cC21uLU?list=PLnZ (with subtitles in French and in Chinese)

Outline

Welcome! Key information on the MOOC
Overview of the MOOC - Teaser
Description of the MOOC : From Content to Evaluation (Dr. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
"Global Flipped Classroom & Hackathon on One Health”, 10-14th July 2017
Discovering Global Health Together: UNIGE’s students and African refugees connected through an UNIGE’s MOOC
Syllabus & list of Experts
Learning material, activities & interactions with experts
Evaluation & Certificate
Acknowledgements
Global Flipped Classroom & Workshop in July 2017: Join us in Geneva! - Last call for SSPH+ and/or Swiss participants!
Published: First 'Global Flipped Classroom in One Health': From MOOCs to research on real world challenges
Win a Travel Grant to Attend the Geneva Health Forum in April 2018
Motivation to follow this MOOC

Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: The Need for Intersectoral Approaches (Section 1)
Introduction to Section 1 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
The importance of One Health for Global Health (Prof. A. Fontanet, Institut Pasteur)
The Tripartite Collaboration: FAO-OIE-WHO (Dr. K. Miyagishima, WHO)
Cross-Sectoral, Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment for Health Threats at the Human-Animal Interface (Dr. L. Mumford, WHO)
How to link Global Health Priorities with Biodiversity? (Dr. M. Neira, WHO)
Global Animal Trade: Health Risks and Regulations (Dr. J. Berezowski, UniBe)
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction & Health (Dr. C. Wannous, UNISDR)
Zoonotic Diseases and One Health Approach
The FAO-OIE-WHO Collaboration: A Tripartite Concept Note
WHO - Rapid risk assessment of acute public health events
Recommended Readings
'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?
WTO - Understanding the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
UNEP - The Latest Frontier - Exotic Consumerism: Illegal Trade in Live Animals
UNISDR - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and Webinar (October 19, 2017)
Importance of One Health in Global Health
Tripartite Alliance: Priorities & Actors
Cross-sectoral heath risk assessments
Biodiversity and Planetary Health
Global Trade of Animals
Bangkok Principles and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Graded quiz on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: The Need for Intersectoral Approaches"

Emerging Infectious Diseases (Section 2)
Introduction to Section 2 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
Challenges for the Spread of Emerging Viruses (Prof. L. Kaiser, UNIGE/HUG)
Investigating Emerging Zoonotic Outbreaks: Importance of the One Health Approach (Dr. M. van Kerkhove, Institut Pasteur)
Institute Pasteur Global Network & the Fight against Emerging Infections (Dr. M. Jouan, Institut Pasteur)
IHR 3.0 Simulator: Improving our Response to Global Health Emergencies (Prof. A. Flahault, UNIGE)
Exploring Bat Population Dynamics at the Frontline of the Emergence (Dr. J. Cappelle, Institut Pasteur)
Exploring The Human-Bat Interface (Dr. J. Cappelle, Institut Pasteur)
Fight against VBDs : Global Change & the Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach (Prof. A. Flahault, UNIGE)
The Importance of Understanding Animal Behaviour for Global Health (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
Bushmeat & Emerging Infectious Diseases: Joint Conservation & Health Strategies (Dr. G Mauvais, IUCN)
Social Anthropology of Zoonoses (Dr. T. Giles-Vernick, Institut Pasteur)
The Reversed Spill-over: From Humans and Domestic Animals to Wildlife (Dr. G. Mauvais, IUCN)
Spillover and pandemic properties of zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity
Origins of major human infectious diseases
Covid-19: Escaping pandora’s box—another novel coronavirus
Taking forward a 'One Health' approach for turning the tide against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and other zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential
The Institut Pasteur International Network: a century-old global public health powerhouse
The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa: A Wake-up Call to Revitalize Implementation of the International Health Regulations
Further Recommended Readings
A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study
An interdisciplinary approach to controlling chikungunya outbreaks on French islands in the south-west Indian ocean
Further recommended readings
Global patterns of influenza A virus in wild birds
Learn more about this hot topic: A selection of articles and press releases
Further Recommended Lecture and Video
Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife-threats to biodiversity and human health
The hunt for the next potential coronavirus animal host
Spill over of emerging pathogens
Investigating zoonotic outbreaks with One Health
Institut Pasteur and its Global Network
IHR & Gamification
Research on bat Disease Ecology
Tackling VBDs with transdisciplinarity
Animal Behaviour & Global Health
Bushmeat & Emerging Diseases
Social Anthropology & Emerging Infections
The Reversed Spill-over
Graded quiz on "Emerging Infectious Diseases"

Antimicrobial Resistance & Zoonotic Foodborne Infectious Diseases (Section 3)
Introduction to Section 3 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
The Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. E. Tayler, WHO)
WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. E. Tayler, WHO)
Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
Why should we care about Multi-Resistant Bacteria? Clinical Impact & Public Health Implications (Prof. S. Harbarth, UNIGE/HUG)
Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Infections: Importance of the One Health approach (Dr. S. Le Hello, Institut Pasteur)
FoodNet Canada: Why is this important? (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
FoodNet Canada: Why is this important? (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
Tackling drug-resistant infections globally: Final report and recommendations. The review on antimicrobial resistance chaired by Jim O’Neill
WHO - Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance
Recommended Readings
Antimicrobial resistance: one world, one fight!
Use antimicrobials wisely
Recommended Readings
Antimicrobial Resistance and its threat for Global Health
WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
CIPARS in Canada
Pan-drug resistant pathogens
Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Kentucky
FoodNet Canada
Graded quiz on "Antimicrobial Resistance & Zoonotic Foodborne Infectious Diseases"

Zoonotic Neglected Infectious Diseases (Section 4)
Introduction to Section 4 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
Neglected Tropical Diseases & Zoonosis: Challenges & Solutions (Dr. B. Abela-Ridder, WHO)
Towards Rabies Elimination: The case of Kuazulu-Natal (South Africa) (K. Le Roux, Dpt. of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kwazulu-Natal)
Major Research Challenges & Opportunities in the fight against Rabies (Dr. H. Bourhy, Institut Pasteur)
Research & Innovation: Examples from Institut Pasteur’s fight against Rabies (Dr. H. Bourhy, Institut Pasteur)
Ecodog: A One health and Ecohealth approach to Rabies (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
Ecodog: A One health and Ecohealth approach to Rabies (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
One Health fight against Leishmaniasis (Prof. Afif Ben Salah, Institut Pasteur)
Zoonotic Tuberculosis in the WHO End TB Strategy (Dr. M. Raviglione, Dr. A. Dean, WHO)
World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolutions on Neglected Tropical Diseases
Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases
Further interesting reading
WHO Webpages
Current and future tools for global canine rabies elimination
Laboratory diagnostics in dog-mediated rabies: an overview of performance and a proposed strategy for various settings
Recommended Readings
Leishmaniasis WHO factsheet
Reading to go Further: Leishmania major infection among Psammomys obesus and Meriones shawi: reservoirs of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sidi Bouzid (central Tunisia)
Zoonotic tuberculosis in human beings caused by Mycobacterium bovis - A call for action
The New Roadmap for Zoonotic Tuberculosis
Neglected Zoonotic Diseases
Rabies control in Kuazulu-Natal in South Africa
Leishmaniasis in Tunisia
Zoonotic TB and WHO End TB Strategy
Graded quiz on "Zoonotic Neglected Infectious Diseases"

Conflicts & Injuries (Section 5)
Introduction to Section 5 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
Protected Areas: How to manage Human-Wildlife-Domestic Animals Interface? (Dr. G. Mauvais, IUCN)
Snake-bites: A Neglected Global Health Challenge (Prof. F. Chappuis, UNIGE/HUG)
Snake-bites in Sub-Saharan Africa: A priority for "Doctors Without Borders" (Dr. G. Alcoba, HUG/MSF)
On the 9th June 2017 WHO decided to add snakebite envenoming to its list of top-priority NTDs (Comments by Dr. G. Alcoba, HUG/MSF)
Impact of Snake-bites in Livestock: The Case of Costa Rica (Dr. M. Herrera, Instituto Cladomiro Picado)
The Wild Side of Disease Control at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface: A Review
Vipers, mambas and taipans: the escalating health crisis over snakebites
Snake bite in South Asia: a Review
In May 2019 the WHO launched the official snakebite envenoming road map
Global Snakebite Initiative (website and video)
June 9th 2017, Snakebite Envenoming Back to the WHO NTD List
What is the impact of snakebite on domestic animals?
IUCN, PAPACO & human-animal conflicts
Snakebite: Clinical implications
Snakebite as a medical priority
Snakebite & livestock in Costa Rica
Graded quiz on "Conflict and Injuries"

Innovation & Opportunities (Section 6)
Introduction to Section 6 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
Citizen Science & Crowdsourcing: Opportunities & Challenges in Health (Prof. F. Grey, UNIGE)
Digital Epidemiology: Opportunities & Challenges in Global Health (Prof. M. Salathe, EPFL)
Citizen science could map snakebite risk
Citizen surveillance for environmental monitoring: combining the efforts of citizen science and crowdsourcing in a quantitative data framework
Digital Epidemiology
Influenza A (H7N9) and the importance of digital epidemiology
Snakebite and snake identification: empowering neglected communities and health-care providers with AI
Citizen Science & Global Health
Digital Epidemiology
Graded quiz on "Innovation and Opportunities"

Health Benefits at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface (Section 7)
Introduction to Section 7 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
What is Environmental Health? A Historical Overview (Dr. J. Simos, UNIGE)
Ecosystem Services & Health (Dr. M. Schlaepfer, UNIGE)
Growing with Nature: Implications for Child Health & Allergies (Dr. C. Roduit, UNIZH)
Biodiversity as a Source of Food for Humans and Animals: Socio-cultural Determinants of Food Habits (Dr. E. Fourat, University of Toulouse - Jean Jaures)
Companion Animal Ownership: Benefits for Human and Animal Health (Dr. D. Turner, Institute for Applied Ethology and Animal Psychology, Zurich)
Companion Animals & Economic Benefits of One Health (Dr. D. Turner, Institute for Applied Ethology and Animal Psychology, Zurich)
Rethinking Environmental Protection: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World
The environmental health practitioner: new evidence-based roles in housing, public health and well-being
Further readings
Development of atopic dermatitis according to age of onset and association with early-life exposures
The Hygiene Hypothesis
Agricultural biodiversity as a link between traditional food systems and contemporary development, social integrity and ecological health
Zooeyia: an essential component of One Health
Companion animals and human health: Benefits, challenges, and the road ahead
Environmental Health
Ecosystem Services & Health
Nature & Allergic Diseases and Asthma
Food Categories
Benefits of Companion Animal Ownership
Graded Quiz on "Health Benefits at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface"

Management of Ecosystems under Global Changes: Implications for Human Health (section 8)
Increasing Health Sector Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risk: the Value of Biodiversity and Ecosystems (Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General)
Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health (Cristina Romanelli, CBD)
Harnessing Biodiversity to Maximize Health Co-benefits in Agroecosystems (Dr. David Cooper, CBD)
Biodiversity and Human Health Linkages: Concepts, Determinants, Drivers of Change and Approaches to Integration (Dr. D. Campbell-Lendrum, WHO)
Global Overview of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (Dr. F. Branca, WHO)
Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Change: The Need for a Cross-sectoral Approach (Ms. L. Mahy, WHO)
Agrobiodiversity for Healthy, Diverse Diets and Food Systems. Case Studies from Brazil, Turkey, Kenya and Sri Lanka (Dr. D. Moura, Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition)
Sustainable Oceans Management and Health (Dr. J. Rice, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada)
Sustainable Management of Agroecosystems and Health (Dr. S. Newman, FAO)
The Role of Sustainably Managed Seascapes / Landscapes in Health and Nutritional Outcomes (Dr. C. Golden, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston)
Gender and Health in the Face of Global Environmental Change (Ms. E. Villalobos Prats, WHO)
Biodiversity and health in the international agenda
Biodiversity as a part of Planetary health
Biodiversity and human health
United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition
WHO Ambition and Action in Nutrition 2016-2025
Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Initiative Factsheet
Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape
Sustainable fisheries
Further Readings
Recommended readings
Gender, climate change and health
Biodiversity and human health linkages
International efforts on the food systems, nutrition and climate change
Agrobiodiversity for healthy, diverse diets and food systems
Sustainable oceans management and health
Agroecosystems and health
Sustainable management of ecosystems
Gender and Health in the face of Global Environmental Change
Graded Quiz on "Management of Ecosystems under Global Changes"

Final Quiz
Final Quiz

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Learn about the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health with this informative course on global health. Users have rated this course highly for its comprehensive coverage and engaging teaching style.

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Users appreciate the course's emphasis on the One Health approach to global health, which considers the interplay between human, animal, and environmental health.

Pros from User Reviews

Comprehensive coverage of global health topics
Engaging teaching style and interactive learning activities
In-depth exploration of the One Health approach
Relevant case studies and real-world examples
Useful resources and readings provided for further learning

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Some users found the course content to be too basic
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Some users found the quizzes and assessments to be too challenging

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