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Governance, Policy & Legal Frameworks

From Data Silos to Shared Governance: Developing Policy and Legal Frameworks for Wildlife Data Integration in Pandemic Early Warning
Tracey MCNAMARA (1), Louise GRESHAM (2), Lauren CHARLES (3), 1: Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, United States of America;
2: PAX sapiens, United States of America;
3: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America
Between Policy and Practice: A Qualitative Assessment of National One Health Governance Structures and Legal Framework Gaps Across Sub-Saharan African Countries
Yusuff AZEEZ (1,2,3), Oyindamola OGUNSEYE (4), 1: ACES AFRICA, Nigeria;
2: University of Ibadan;
3: Iconic Open University;
4: University of Ilorin
Strengthening Global Wildlife Health for better One Health – The WOAH Global Wildlife Health Collaborating Centre Network (WOAH-WildNet)
Casey BARTON BEHRAVESH (1), Kelly BATEMAN (2), Charlotte BERG (3), Jemma BERGFELD (4), Mathieu BOURGAREL (5), Cristina CASALONE (6), Claire CAYOL (7), Erin DAVIS (8), Alexandre FEDIAEVSKY (7), Charlene FERNANDEZ (9), Antonio FERNANDEZ (10), Merid GETAHUN (11), Federica GIORDA (6), Keith HAMILTON (7), David T. S. HAYMAN (12), Damien JOLY (13), Sascha KNAUF (14,22), Christa KÜHN (14), Jean-Claude MANUGUERRA (15), Daniel MASIGA (11), Anita MICHEL (16), Paolo MULATTI (17), Misheck MULUMBA (18), Annah NJUI (11), Sarah OLSON (19), Richard PALEY (2), B. Dharmaveer SHETTY (7), Eva SIERRA (10), David Poumo TCHOUASSI (11), Steve UNWIN (8), Jandouwe VILLINGER (11), Christian WALZER (19), Youming WANG (20), Frank WONG (4), Anna WONG (9), Gongxun ZHONG (21), 1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States of America;
2: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, United Kingdom;
3: SLU-SCAW Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare, Sweden;
4: Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Australia;
5: Centre international en recherche agronomique pour le développement, France;
6: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Italy;
7: World Organisation for Animal Health, France;
8: Wildlife Health Australia, Australia;
9: National Parks Board Singapore, Centre for Wildlife Forensics, Singapore;
10: Institute for Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain;
11: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya;
12: Massey University, Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, School of Veterinary Sciences, New Zealand;
13: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Canada;
14: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Germany;
15: Institut Pasteur, France;
16: University of Pretoria, South Africa;
17: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy;
18: International Animal Health Consultant, Zambia;
19: Wildlife Conservation Society, USA;
20: China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, China;
21: Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, China;
22: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Strengthening One Health Governance in Eastern and Southern African: Structures, Systems, Strategies, and Outcomes from multi-sectoral engagement
Simon ANGOMBE (1), Flora PULE-MEULENBERG (2), Salome BUKACHI (3), Lucinda DE ARAUJO (4), Gabriel M. SHIRIMA (5), Theodore KNIGHT-JONES (6), Shauna RICHARDS (6), Buke YUSSUF (6), Alex CARON (7), Margaret KAREMBU (8), Edna MACHARIA (8), Geofrey NGURE (8), Brooker SIMON (6), Gift MATOPE (9), 1: University of Namibia;
2: Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
3: University of Nairobi;
4: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane;
5: Nelson Mandela - African Institution of Science and Technology;
6: ILRI;
7: CIRAD;
8: ISAAA;
9: University of Zimbabwe
One Health Systems Readiness Assessment in Croatia, Ghana and Nigeria to support Evidence-informed Policy Making
Racha FADLALLAH (2), Fadi EL-JARDALI (2), Francis Sena NUVEY (1), Davi ROMAO (3), Tanja KUCHENMULLER (3), Nadine DARWICHE (2), Anna S FAHRION (1), 1: Friedrich Loeffler Institut FLI, Germany;
2: Knowledge to Policy Center, American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
3: World Health Organization, Switzerland
Water-Related Exposure and Systemic Constraints in Schistosoma mekongi Endemic Region: A One Health Perspective
Meng-Hua YU (1,2), Jian HE (1,2,3), Peter STEINMANN (5), Rita REYBURN (6), Kazim SANIKULLAH (7), Thipphavanh CHANTHAPASEUTH (6), Virak KHIEU (8), Peter ODERMATTE (4,5), Somphou SAYASONE (9), Kun YIN (1,2), Guo-Hong LI (1,2), Su-Ying GUO (10), Wang-Ping DENG (10), Chao LV (10), Li-Juan ZHANG (10), Jing XU (10), Xiao-Nong ZHOU (1,2,10), Xiao-Xi ZHANG (1,2), 1: School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China;
2: School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China;
3: Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on the Molecular Biology of Parasites, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;
4: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland;
5: University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;
6: Integrated Communicable Disease Unit, World Health Organization, Lao PDR Country Office, Vientiane, Lao PDR;
7: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), Manila, Philippines;
8: National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia;
9: Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Vientianne, Lao People’s Democratic Republic;
10: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China