Project Title: A Comparative Analysis of One Health Policies in Asia: Opportunities for Application in British Columbia
Client: Genome BC
Students: Lisa Slager, Lindsey Wall, Soumya Kolluru, Benedetta Beltramo
Faculty Lead: Kai Ostwald, Drona Rasali
Fieldwork Location: Virtual – Vancouver, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Thailand
Year: 2021-22
Publication: Genome BC
About the Project: This research explored the implementation of One Health (a multidisciplinary approach that recognizes and addresses the interdependencies between human, animal, and environmental health) in jurisdictions in Asia to find ‘good’ practices that can inspire, inform, strengthen, and accelerate One Health policy implementation in British Columbia, Canada. The outputs from this project were a blog post, presentations, and a policy report published by the One Health Commission provided to Genome BC to support these goals.
Key Words: Health, Interdisciplinary, Whole-of-Government Approach