Table 1 Ecohealth projects, countries involved and types of projects
From: Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: past, present and the way forward
Project name | Objective(s) | Countries involved | Project type | Field | Donor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (APEIR) | Communication and knowledge sharing to reduce the threat of EIDs using a ’trust-based’ bottom-up approach. Focusing on avian influenza and expanded to other EIDs. | Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Laos, Malaysia | Research | EIDs | IDRC |
Ecohealth Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiative (EcoEID) | Understand the relationship between EIDs and agricultural, land utilisation and ecosystem management practices. | Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Laos, Philippines | Research | EIDs | IDRC/DFATD/AUSAID |
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast Asia Region (EcoZD) | Increase the knowledge, skills, and capacity of research and infectious disease control personnel in SEA to understand the risks and impacts of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (ZEIDs). | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, China, Thailand | Research–Capacity building | EIDs | IDRC |
Eco-Bio-Social dengue control programmes | Combine the social and ecological dimensions of the emergence of dengue fever. | Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Laos, Philippines | Research – Capacity building | Dengue | IDRC/WHO |
Lawa Model: Integrated Opisthorchiasis Control in Northeast Thailand | Strategies for controlling the liver fluke infection using the Ecohealth/One Health approach. | Thailand | Operational Research | O. viverrini | IDRC |
The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) project | Liver fluke infection in the lowland area of the Savannakhet Province in relation to the development of wet rice field and irrigation systems. | Lao PDR, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Yunnan China | Research | EIDs | IDRC |
Building Ecohealth Capacity in Asia (BECA) | Building capacity in Ecohealth at different individual and institution levels. | Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China | Capacity building | EIDs | RIHN |
The Field Building Leadership Initiative in Southeast Asia (FBLI) | Research focus is on solving human health problems associated with agricultural intensification in SEA. | Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China | Research – Capacity building | Agriculture and Health | IDRC |
Strengthen the capacity for Ecohealth research. Facilitate networks and knowledge sharing to mainstream Ecohealth and engage policy makers. | |||||
Integrated assessment of environmental sanitation and health (NCCR North–South) | Develop a conceptual framework for improving health and environmental sanitation using an approach combining health, ecological and socio-economic assessments. | Vietnam, Thailand | Operational research | Agriculture and Health | SDC |
Land Use Change and Human Health in the Eastern Himalayas: An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach | Reduce the vulnerability of mountain people to human health issues caused by land use change. | Nepal, Yunnan Province, Tibetan Autonomous Region of China | Â | Agriculture and Health | IDRC |