Le Thi Huong, Dean from the Preventive Medicine and Public Health School, speaks at the conference in Hanoi on November 13 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Local andinternational health experts discussed measures to confront infectious diseasesat an international conference which opened in Hanoi on November 13.
“One Health Academic Challenges: PreparingToday’s Workforce to Combat Tomorrow’s Infectious Diseases”, was organised bythe Hanoi Medical University, the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Schooland the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN).
“We live in a fragile and connected world wherea disease can easily transmit across the globe in just a matter ofdays. Experts say that the next outbreak or epidemic is inevitable, butpreventing it from becoming a pandemic is possible,” said Le Thi Huong, Dean ofthe Preventive Medicine and Public Health School.
Huong said university members needed tostrengthen the One Health network to provide education and training forstudents and in-service health professionals
“Today I ask you to join with many others toexplore the academic challenges and strengthen the One Health project toprepare the current and future workforce to combat any global health securitythreats that will hit us,” said Huong.
Delegates also shared their research andexperience in building a sustainable One Health workforce to ensure that eachcountry can effectively respond to any infectious disease threat.
Established in 2011, SEAOHUN currently has fournational country networks in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, with67 member universities.
The network’s mission is to link and empowerleading universities in Southeast Asia to generate social and intellectualcapital on One Health against infectious disease threats.-VNA
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