One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)
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This project uses One Health to enhance the well-being and resilience of vulnerable communities in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Find out more from our website https://www.oh4heal.org
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Item Community conversations on One Health hazards: Report of the first round of conversations(Report, 2024-10-15) Lemma, Mamusha; Mumin, F.I.; Fascendini, M.; Mor, Siobhan M.Item Training of trainers on One Health principles and applications in pastoralist settings(Report, 2023) Lemma, Mamusha; Mor, Siobhan M.Item Module 3: Practice of One Health in HEAL sites(Training Material, 2024-08-15) Mor, Siobhan M.; Lemma, Mamusha; Osunga, G.; Mwita, N.; Masake, R.; Fascendini, M.Item Community Conversations: Facilitating awareness and behaviour change regarding One Health hazards(Training Material, 2024-08-01) Mor, Siobhan M.; Lemma, Mamusha; Mumin, F.I.; Fascendini, M.; Assefa, A.; Kaba, M.Item IHR-PVS national bridging workshop for Somalia: An interactive and participatory approach for operationalizing the One Health roadmap(Journal Article, 2024) Osman, A.Y.; Saidouni, A.; Wambua, L.W.; Mahrous, H.; Malik, S.M.M.R.; Lubogo, M.; Weerdt, R.V. de; Adam, A.H.; Mohamed, H.H.; Makhzoumi, K.A.; Ali, G.A.; Nur, M.O.; Fevre, S.; Mucheru, G.; Njue, S.; Mosindo, A.O.; Sandhaus, K.; Wigand, R.C.; Standley, C.; Sorrell, E.; Kock, R.; Guitian, J.; Zumla, A.; Dar, O.; Mor, Siobhan M.Background: National Bridging Workshops (NBW) are a tool for reviewing collaboration gaps between line ministries relevant to the One Health framework. Methods: The NBW for Somalia was held on November 11–13, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya with support from WHO and WOAH. Participants included representatives from the Somali government both national and sub-national (including Ministry of Health; Ministry of Livestock, Forestry and Range; Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change). Other participants included representatives from non-governmental organizations, academia and the quadripartite. Structured sessions guided participants through a step-by-step process, starting from identifying gaps to collectively developing solutions. The design of these sessions aimed to foster active engagement and collaboration with the outcomes of each session contributing to the subsequent one. Results: A total of 60 participants partook in the exercise, representing human health (35%), animal health (27%), agriculture (13%), environmental health (7%) and other relevant sectors (18%). Eighty-three percent of participants represented the national level and 17% the sub-national level. The collaborative effort yielded a joint roadmap comprising 36 activities and 11 objectives. Priority objectives included: development of national joint surveillance systems for selected One Health threats (41/47 votes, or 87% of the total votes); establishment of a high-level ministerial system to govern and coordinate One Health activities (30/47; 64%); and establishment of emergency funding structures for priority zoonotic diseases along with development of a 5-year national investment plan for One Health (27/47; 57%). A total of 94% of activities required low or moderate cost to be implemented, and 90% of activities were identified to have a likely high impact on multisectoral collaboration. The timeline for implementing the activities is projected to span one to two years. Conclusion: The workshop promoted high-level engagement, national ownership, and leadership in addressing health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The resulting co-created roadmap will be integrated into the National Action Plan for Health Security, supporting ongoing One Health efforts in Somalia.Item One Health units: A service delivery innovation for pastoralist areas of Ethiopia(Presentation, 2024-03-14) Mor, Siobhan M.Item Institutional Capacity Assessment for Community Rangeland Management Institutions in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia(Report, 2024-04-30) Eba, Bedasa; Flintan, Fiona E.; Iya, Golicha; Abdi, Hamse; Said, MohammedThe International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in partnership with African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) and Veterinaires Sans Frontiere (VSF) Suisse, are jointly implementing HEAL (One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihood in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. ILRI is implementing the rangeland health component. The target is to enhance the community’s capacity for natural resource management, rangeland health and One Health through participatory rangeland management (PRM) trainings and administration of the Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool (ICAT). This is to enhance rangeland productivity and reduce threats to livestock health through organized grazing, enhance livestock mobility and restore degraded rangelands. The tool comprises a set of indicators and levels that measure the performance, governance and resilience of rangeland management institutions and can help identify strengths and weaknesses, monitor changes and provide recommendations for improvement. This document reports the ICAT for HEAL rangeland sites in Ethiopia.Item Assessing Opportunities for Establishing a System of Community based Rangeland Health Workers in Ethiopia(Report, 2024-04) Ebro, AbuleItem Community-designed One Health units as a model for integrated service delivery in pastoralist areas of Africa(Journal Article, 2024-03-26) Mor, Siobhan M.; Fascendini, M.; Imbach, S.; Ayehu, M.; Belay, K.Pastoralists often live in remote and hard-to-reach areas that are poorly served by existing health services and surveillance systems. To address this challenge, the One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL) project has developed an integrated service delivery model called ‘One Health Units’ (OHUs), which promotes collaboration and cooperation between service providers working in the areas of human health, animal health, environmental health, and natural resources management. Working as a multi-sectoral team, OHU staff deliver a range of sector-specific preventive and curative services as well as cross-cutting targeting vulnerable pastoralists, their livestock, and the rangeland ecosystems they depend on. The design, planning, management, and monitoring of OHU activities are led by communities through ‘Multistakeholder Innovation Platforms’ (MSIPs) and by local government through ‘One Health Taskforces (OHTFs)’. The HEAL consortium partners, including Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse (VSF-Suisse, lead agency), Amref Health Africa (Amref), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provide technical and logistical support to the OHUs, MSIPs and OHTFs. The project is co-funded for a period of 12 years by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and aims to generate strong evidence on OHUs as an effective and sustainable solution for service delivery in pastoralist areas.Item Dukusu rangeland unit seasonal grazing area(Map, 2023-12-04) Getahun, YasinItem Osobey-Golbo rangeland unit(Map, 2023-12-04) Getahun, YasinItem Dukusu rangeland unit(Map, 2023-12-04) Getahun, YasinItem Osobey-Golbo rangeland unit seasonal grazing areas(Map, 2023-12-04) Getahun, YasinItem Arda-Olla rangeland unit(Map, 2023-11-30) Getahun, YasinItem Arda-Olla rangeland unit seasonal grazing areas(Map, 2023-11-30) Getahun, YasinItem The initial status of rangeland institutions in HEAL project sites – Isiolo, Kenya(Report, 2023) Wako, Malit; Bulle, Adan; Ng'ang'a, Irene N.; Sircely, Jason A.Item The initial status of rangeland institutions in HEAL project sites – Marsabit, Kenya(Report, 2023) Bulle, Adan; Ng'ang'a, Irene N.; Sircely, Jason A.; Wako, MalitItem Module 1: Principles and applications of One Health(Training Material, 2023-07-10) Mor, Siobhan M.; Lemma, Mamusha; Eba, Bedasa; Assefa, A.; Osunga, G.; Mwita, N.; Masake, R.; Fascendini, M.Item Module 2: Gender, culture and One Health(Training Material, 2023-07-10) Lemma, Mamusha; Fascendini, M.; Mor, Siobhan M.Item Livestock infrastructure in Miyo, Moyale and Filtu districts of Ethiopia(Map, 2023-01-02) Getahun, Yasin