One Health and Arboviruses: Threats and Solutions

The Discipline of Public Health & Tropical Medicine and Discipline of Veterinary Sciences invites you to the World One Health Day and Professor Rick Speare’s memorial annual event. Join the panel of Prof. Bruce Gummow, Dr Diana Rojas-Alvarez, Dr Paul Horwood and facilitated by Prof. Maxine Whittaker. Discuss the global challenge of arboviruses to human and animal health, and one health approaches to prevention, surveillance and response. What is an arbovirus? What arboviruses have you been involved wit? What aspects of the prevention, surveillance and response, control? Why is the global health world concerned about arboviruses? What is driving this increased in arboviruses and their emergence? Why do you think a one health approach will help in our efforts to fight this spreading concern? Tell me a bit about how you are doing this One health approach in your work? What value add does a one health approach provide? Friday, 1 November 1:00pm – 2:00pm in TSV DB045-002 / CNS A001-129