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Introduction to One Health

Deadline: 15 January 2025

  • Modules

  • 6 ECTS Credits

  • English

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About the course

General information

This short course (or compulsary module of the MSc in Global One Health) aims to provide knowledge, skills and competences to address multifaceted global challenges related to diseases at the human-animal interface. The course consists of a face-to-face and an online part and is organised in collaboration with the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa. The face-to-face part is a one-week workshop organized in February at the Hans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station, situated at the Orpen gate of the Kruger National Park, South Africa (part of UP). The online part starts after the workshop and ends on 30 June.

Learning objectives

  • Formulate a holistic definition of health that can be applied to assess animal, human and environmental health and their interconnections in a global context.
  • Approach complex health issues at the human-animal interface as systems by identifying the components, their functions and the interconnections.
  • Prioritize zoonotic diseases taking into account context specific operational challenges, socio-economic burden and resources.
  • Conceptualize a research project using a One Health approach to bridge knowledge gaps in the control of diseases at the human-animal interface.
  • Develop a pitch to attract funding for a One Health research project.
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Tuition fee

€ 816 EEA / 1632 non-EEA

The fee does not include the costs related to travelling to South Africa.

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Course Coordinator(s)

  • Mieke Stevens

Contact

  • MSCGOH@itg.be