Kenya One Health conference

The One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA) is pleased to announce the upcoming online Kenya One Health Conference that will take place from 6-8 December, 2021. The conference will bring together experts across different sectors to share information and build partnerships in the One Health space in Kenya. Join us online and contribute to the understanding and management of the shared threats at the human animal and environment interface.

CPD POINTS 

The Kenya One Health Conference has been approved as a CPD activity for registered members of the Kenya Veterinary Board, Environment Institute of Kenya and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council.

• The Kenya Veterinary Board will offer 14 CPD points for members who attend the conference over the 3 days.
• The Environment Institute of Kenya will offer 20 CPD points for members. 10 points for Day 1, 5 points for Day 2 and 5 points for Day 3.
• The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council will award 9 CPD points over the 3 days. 3 points for each day attended.

Register today and attend the conference and get these professional CPD points.

                           We look forward to your participation on 6-8 December 2021!

In this session, we will explore the One Health research landscape in Kenya. Royal Society Africa Prize winner Prof. George Warimwe will give a keynote on developing a Rift Valley fever vaccine suitable for human and livestock use before opening the floor to selected presentations from the active research community in Kenya. The session will wrap up with a deep dive into how we can improve how we conduct One Health research with a panel of eminent researchers from various domains within the One Health space.

To implement One Health, we need a cadre of trained professionals who can deploy systems thinking and facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration. Yet, these concepts have not been incorporated formally into the curricular of our animal, human and environmental health professions.

This session will explore how to develop One Health capacity at the local level and integrate the concept at all levels of informal and formal training— from primary to tertiary levels – so that systems thinking and transdisciplinary collaboration can be used to solve the ‘wicked’ global health challenges of today.

One Health approach has been recognised and proposed as a solution to the complex global and local health challenges. Poor collaboration and coordination between the medical, veterinary and environmental disciplines/ fraternities remain stumbling block in fast tracking the achievement of One Health Agenda. Several recommendations have been brought forward by different research groups, scientists, and institutions. In this session we will hear from government officials how One Health recommendations have been adopted in the animal, human and environment sectors. This will be followed by sharing of experiences of delivering One Health projects in Kenya.