1. One Health Core Competencies & Curriculum Development in SEA & Vietnam
The 4th International Health Literacy Conference
Hai Phong, Nov 7th – 9th, 2016
One Health Core Competencies & Curriculum Development in SEA & Vietnam
Dr. Phuc Pham-Duc
Vietnam One Health University Network

2. Outline One Health (OH) Rationale & Definitions
Brief History of One Health
About SEAOHUN & VOHUN
OH Core Competency (OHCC) Domains
OH Modules
Challenges for One Health
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3. The world we live in is… Complex/Complicated Global/Interconnected
Challenging
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4. & exotic pest and diseases
.... Changing World ....
Increasing human population
Pathogen adaptation
Climate change
Environmental pollutants
Globalization
Modernized
technology
Differences in socio-economic development
and traditional livelihoods
Deforestation
& wild meat consumption
Invasion species
& exotic pest and diseases

5. Complex problems: systems approach
Food Insecurity
Food Safety
Poverty
Water Insecurity
Safe water
Climate Change
Unsustainable Natural Resources
Environmental contamination
Political Strife and Conflict
Infectious Disease
High Priority
HIV, TB, Malaria
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Antibiotic resistance
Emerging Diseases
Chronic Disease / NCDs
Heart Disease
Malnutrition
Allergies
Cancer
Diabetes

6. Global Health Security Agenda
“…We must come together to prevent, and detect and fight every kind of biological danger – whether it’s a pandemic like H1N1, a terrorist threat, or a treatable disease.” 
President Barack Obama, 2011
President Obama, during his September, 2011 speech to the UN general assembly, said:
“… And we must come together to prevent, detect, and fight every kind of biological danger – whether it is a pandemic like H1N1, a terrorist threat, or a treatable disease.” 6

7. Why One Health? Emerging and re-emerging zoonoses
Rapid worldwide spread
Serious threats to public health and economic stability
Early identification of pathogens and rapid response to outbreaks needed
Comprehensive disease detection and response capacities needed

8. Humans + Animals + Ecosystems
One Health
What is One Health?
The collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally to attain optimal health for people, animal and our environment
(FAO, OIE, WHO, WB…)
Humans + Animals + Ecosystems
Professionals working together:
Interdisciplinary (interactive)
Multidisciplinary (additive)
Transdisciplinary (holistic)
To create BETTER outcomes!

9. OH can be many partners…
Human health:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Ministries/Departments of Health
Community health centers
Animal health:
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
Ministries/Departments of Agriculture, Animal Health
Farming industry
Ecosystem health:
Foreign Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Ministries/Departments of Natural Resources
Wildlife/conservation organizations

10. MORE TO COME
BEGINNING

11. South East Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN)
Hanoi School of Public Health
Chiang Mai University
Mahidol University
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Institut Pertanian Bogor
Universitas Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Hanoi Medical University
Hanoi University of Agriculture

12. Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN)
Hanoi (Network Secretariat):
Hanoi School of Public Health
Hanoi Medical University
Vietnam National University of Agriculture
Thai Nguyen University:
College of Medicine & Pharmacy
College of Agriculture & Forestry
Thai Binh University of Medicine & Pharmacy
Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Bac Giang University of Agriculture and Forestry
Nam Dinh University of Nursing
Hue University:
College of Medicine and Pharmacy
College of Agriculture and Forestry
Dak Lak: Tay Nguyen University
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Can Tho
University of Medicine & Pharmacy
Can Tho University / Faculty of Agriculture and Applied Biology
Hochiminh City:
HCMC University of Medicine and Pharmacy
HCMC University of Agriculture & Forestry
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13. Aim
To promote the One Health approach through university training and research to inspire a new generation of lecturers and researchers equipped with a full range of knowledge and skills to practice the One health approach
Vision
National network of social and intellectual excellence on One Health against infectious and zoonotic diseases
Mission
To link and empower leading universities in Vietnam to generate social and intellectual capital on One Health against infectious and zoonotic diseases

14. How do you “do/make” One Health (in academia)?
Identify and/or understand the knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors that are necessary for collaboration
These are known as the One Health Core Competencies (OHCCs)
Map your curricula for these OHCCs
Embed these OHCCs into various training platforms
Curricula (for students)
In Service Training

15. What do we mean by “Core Competency” (vs. Domain)?
Core Competency: Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, Behaviors to be a One Health Professional
Domain: Broader grouping of competencies
Management
Communication and Informatics
Culture and Beliefs
Leadership
Collaboration and Partnership
Values and Ethics
Systems Thinking

16. One Health Competency Domains for SEAOHUN - Country and Regional
OHCC Regional Domains by Country July 2012 Workshop Results
SEAOHUN
Regional
Domains
October 2012
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Management
Planning and Management
Communication
Communication and Informatics
Culture and Belief
Culture and Ethics
Culture and Beliefs
Leadership and Professionalism
Leadership
Collaboration and Partnership
Collaboration
Collaboration and
Partnership
Ethics
Values and Ethics
Systems Thinking
One Health Knowledge
Policy, Regulation and Advocacy

17. Management:
Includes competencies that enable partners to plan, design, implement, and evaluate programs across disciplines and sectors in order to maximize effectiveness of action and desired One Health outcomes.
Program:
Planning
Design
Implementation
Evaluation

18. Communication: Communication Management Information Management
Includes competencies that foster effective communication and information sharing across disciplines and sectors.
Communication Management
Information Management

19. Culture and Beliefs: Cultural Sensitivity Belief Systems
Includes competencies focusing on effective communication and interactions through the understanding of diverse social norms, roles, and practices of individuals, communities, and organizations that impact an intended One Health outcome.
Cultural Sensitivity
Belief Systems

20. Leadership:
Includes competencies that focus on creating shared visions, championing collaborative solutions through critical and strategic decision- making, and energizing commitment to transdisciplinary approaches for One Health challenges.
Strategic/Critical Thinking
Shared Visions
Decision Making
Collaborative Solutions
Team Commitment

21. Collaboration & Partnership
Includes competencies that identify, recruit, work with, and sustain the willingness and ability of a diverse range of stakeholders to work effectively to advance One Health
Stakeholder
Identification
Recruitment
Roles
Retention

22. Values and Ethics
Includes competencies that enable partners to identify and respond with respect and fairness across all disciplines and sectors to One Health issues in diverse human, animal and ecosystem contexts, and promote accountability for the full impact of decisions on the integrated system at local, national, and international levels.
Respect and Fairness
For Individuals
In Teams
Between Organizations
Accountability for Full Impact

23. Systems Thinking Systems Knowledge Management Evaluation Improvement
Includes competencies that recognize how elements influence and interact with one another within a whole that result from the dynamic interdependencies among human, animal, environmental and ecological systems, and how these interdependencies affect the relationships among individuals, groups, organizations, and communities
Systems
Knowledge
Management
Evaluation
Improvement

24. SEAOHUN Regional OH Course Modules
Behavior development
Collaboration and partnership
Ecosystem health
Fundamentals of infectious disease
Communication and informatics
One Health concepts and knowledge
Culture, beliefs, values and ethics
Leadership
Epidemiology and risk analysis
Infectious disease management
Policy, advocacy and regulation
Management
Public health
One Health economics
Systems thinking

25. Courses vs. OH Core Competencies
How well does your curriculum align with OH core competencies already?
Identify strengths and gaps of your curriculum
Use existing courses as an avenue for building OH core competencies
Create new courses to bridge the missing core competencies

26. Know Your OH Competencies
Making your curriculum a One Health Curriculum is as easy as ,,
Identify Your Gaps
Modules
Know Your OH Competencies
Fill Your Gaps

27. How to Make Your Curriculum a
One Health Curriculum
Academic Curricula
(pre-service)
One Health Competencies
(Core & Technical)
Learning Objectives
Modules
Professional Development “Short Course”
(in-service)

28. The One Health modules design is flexible and adaptable
MANY OPTIONS/CHOICES:
May choose to teach the core competencies as standalone modules
May choose to combine elements of modules
May choose to teach specific sessions
May choose modules to create a new unit in existing course or create “short course”
May choose to localize content and change context
May tailor to audience of learners

29. Challenges for One Health
Institutional challenges: acceptance, policy engagement
Capacity building: One Health Workforce
Incentives: how to share credits, added values of One Health.
Deeper coordination between sectors on human and animals health and the environmental agencies.
Improving the translation of evidence and research into policy.

30. Universities, Institutes, Private Sectors & Community Members
ACKNOWLEDEGMENT
Universities, Institutes, Private Sectors & Community Members

31. Thank you very much!
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