# 2906
Last October I highlighted a pandemic information resource called the STEPS-Centre in one of my columns. I added a link in my sidebar to their avian flu website, and to their blog: The Crossing.
The STEPS Centre describes themselves as `a new interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. We aim to develop a new approach to understanding, action and communication on sustainability and development.’
While the scope of the STEPS Centre goes far beyond Avian flu – confronting such vital issues as water and sanitation, agriculture and food, along with health and disease - they are very active on the pandemic prevention front.
Today I received an email from Julia Day, the STEPS Centre communications manager, alerting me to 5 new papers just published on their website, along with 5 slideshow presentations hosted on slideshare.
The 4 country papers document country-level experiences of avian flu responses in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.
But I’ll let Julia continue to explain with her blog entry today on The Crossing.
Follow the link to read it in its entirety.
NEW AVIAN FLU PUBLICATIONS FOCUS ON SE ASIA
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member
As participants gather for the major international meeting in Winnipeg Canada this week to discuss ways forward on the One World, One Health initiative, a series of new papers have been published, documenting country-level experiences of HPAI responses in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia (papers and presentations.
Photo credit: Avian flu blood sample / UNSIC.
The papers were discussed at an expert meeting last month - The political economy of the response to highly pathogenic avian influenza: lessons for the One World, One Health initiative - co-hosted by the STEPS Centre and Chatham House and funded by DFID/the World Ban as part of a wider project on avian flu.
A group of 25 researchers and practitioners - both social and natural scientists - met to review the country-level experiences of HPAI response in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia (papers and presentations) and draw out more general lessons for the One World, One Health approach, on the basis of a comparative analysis.
Country Studies - papers and presentations
- STEPS Working Paper 16 - Cambodia
Cambodia’s Victim Zero: Global and National Responses to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Sophal Ear (pdf 2MB)
Presentation: Cambodia (on Slideshare)
- STEPS Working Paper 17 - Indonesia
The Political Economy of Avian Influenza in Indonesia by Paul Forster (pdf 1MB)
Presentation: Indonesia (on Slideshare)
- STEPS Working Paper 18 - Thailand
The Political Economy of Avian Influenza in Thailand by Rachel M. Safman (pdf 834kb)
Presentation:Thailand (on Slideshare)
- STEPS Working Paper 19 - Vietnam
The Political Economy of Avian Influenza Response and Control in Vietnam by Tuong Vu (pdf 775kb)
Presentation: Vietnam (on Slideshare)
- Overview presentation: The political economy of avian influenza - SE Asia country study workshop (on Slideshare)
The 5th paper is the from the One World, One Health expert meeting held in February of this year.
Other publications
- One World, One Health – From principles to action Perspectives from the expert meeting held in Brighton, UK, 26-27 February 2009
These are extensive reports, running anywhere from 50 pages to just over 100 pages, and so I’ve not yet had a chance to give them more than a cursory glance. I look forward, however, to examining them in greater detail.
My thanks to Julia for the heads up on these papers.
