Tuesday, March 17, 2009

New Avian Flu Papers From The STEPS-Centre

 

 

# 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.

(Continue . . . )

 

 

 

Country Studies - papers and presentations

 


Presentation: Cambodia (on Slideshare)


Presentation: Indonesia (on Slideshare)


Presentation:Thailand (on Slideshare)


Presentation: Vietnam (on Slideshare)

 

 

The 5th paper is the from the One World, One Health expert meeting held in February of this year.

 

Other publications

 

 

 

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.