Alumni webinar #3 Global Research Prize 2025 - Wahid Fakhri Husein

In this alumni webinar, MGOH alumnus and Global Research Prize laureate Wahid Fakhri Husein (Indonesia) shares insights from his master's thesis, entitled 'Evaluating the Dog Vaccination Programme and Integrated Bite Case Management to Eliminate Rabies in Bali, Indonesia'. Register to attend this inspiring discussion.

22/10/2025

14:00 - 15:00

Online

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Background

This new series of ITM alumni webinars features the four ITM winners of the 2025 Global Research Award. The Global Research Award is presented yearly by the Province of Antwerp to research projects of ‘master-after-master’-students of ITM and other higher education institutes. Development relevance, quality and originality of the master's theses are key in the selection. Through this award, the Province of Antwerp wants to stimulate global research.

In webinar #3, MGOH alumnus and laureate Wahid Fakhri Husein (Indonesia) will share insights from his master's thesis, entitled 'Evaluating the Dog Vaccination Programme and Integrated Bite Case Management to Eliminate Rabies in Bali, Indonesia'. Since 2010, Bali Province in Indonesia has implemented dog vaccination initiatives and integrated bite case management (IBCM) as the main strategies to eliminate rabies. Nevertheless, the virus continues to spread.

In his thesis, Wahid Fakhri Husein aimed to evaluate these rabies elimination programmes, with three specific objectives: to evaluate the dog vaccination programme, to measure the application of the IBCM protocol, and to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the programme. This analysis was based on retrospective data, spanning the years 2008 to 2022.

In this webinar, Wahid Fakhri will present the main findings and outcomes of his thesis, and discuss his recommendations and conclusion. The Q&A session, moderated by his co-thesis supervisor Chiara Trevisan, will provide an opportunity to answer questions from the audience.

Registration

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

Wahid Fakhri Husein

Speaker

Wahid Fakhri Husein (Indonesia) is a veterinarian with a passion for zoonotic disease epidemiology, particularly rabies, and high-impact animal diseases. He used to work for the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), under the UN-FAO as an animal health consultant. He currently works as a practicing veterinarian at a sheep farm in Indonesia and recently joined the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) as an individual consultant to support its activities to enhance Indonesia's veterinary services.

He graduated from our Master in Global One Health in 2025.

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Wahid Fakhri Husein will present his master's thesis, 'Evaluating the Dog Vaccination Programme and Integrated Bite Case Management to Eliminate Rabies in Bali, Indonesia', for which he received the 2025 Global Research Award.