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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ON PG ONE HEALTH HELD @POOKODE

                             The 2 day workshop on “Curriculum development of One post graduate programme” organized by the Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, COVAS, Pooode was held at Hotel Wayanad Gate, Lakkidi. The programme was inaugurated by Registrar, Dr. K. P. Sreekumar. Dean, Dr. Leo Joseph presided the function. Dr. Gyanendra Gongal, Scientist, Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology, WHO Regional Office, delivered the key note address and congratulated the University for the development of “One Health” Curriculum which will be a great step to provide guidance to future champions who will translate principles to practice. Dr. B. Sunil welcomed the gathering. Dr. S. Ramkumar, Director of Entrepreneurship spoke on Need for One Health platform and have also briefed on Technology enabled distance learning for delivering One Health PG course. Dr. Prejit, Asst. Prof and Course Director gave a brief overview of the course. Dr.Vinod V. K, Assistant Professor delivered vote of Thanks. Dr. K. Udayavarman, President, Kerala State Veterinary Council, Dr. K. G. Thara, Head, Disaster Management Centre, Institute of Land & Disaster Management, Dr. A.Sukumaran and Dr. Umarul Farook, State Epidemiologist, IDSP, Kerala offered felicitations. Dr. C. Ramani, Addl. DHS (Medical) later joined the session.

 Dr. Laura H Kahn, MD, MPH, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International affairs, Princeton University delivered a talk via SKYPE on " One Health: A concept for 21st century". Dr. Kahn is a leader and spokesperson for the expanding One Health movement. She is a co-founder of the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com.Following the talk, Dr. Kahn interacted with members of the workshop and cleared all the query put forth by the members.
                             The workshop was attended by various well known experts from field of public health and other diverse professions who also acted as the course content developer. There were 2 interactive sessions (Core/ allied) on how to develop the One Health syllabus and delivery mode. Dr. Gongal, chaired the session on One Health core and Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayan, Chaired the One Health Allied session. Parallel and in continuation to the One Health PG curriculum development, there was a meeting organized for “Developing One Health platform: Building intersectoral collaboration” where all members participated. Dr. U. V. S. Rana, Chaired the session. Following are the recommendations put forth in this meeting and Dr. S. Ramkumar, DE, KVASU and Dr. K. P. Sreekumar, Registrar, KVASU read this recommendation

 WAYANAD ONE HEALTH DECLARATION
The One Health Initiative is a global movement dedicated to improving the lives of all species – human, animal and environment- through the integration of human medicine, veterinary medicine and environmental science. One Health is not a new idea or principle but it is simply recognition of the need of promoting working together culture in a sustainable way particularly in resource-constraint countries to address health risks at the human-animal interface.
One Health concept is based on the understanding that the health of the humans, animals and the environment is inextricably linked, and that promoting the well being of all species can only be achieved through a holistic multidisciplinary approach at the human-animal-ecosystems interface. It recognizes that we cannot have a healthy human population unless our domestic farm animals, our agricultural fields and the broader ecosystem are also healthy. Fundamental to One Health thinking is that inter-disciplinary research and development should be implemented; undertaken by health, veterinary and environmental professionals pooling their insights, knowledge and expertise.
Considering all these and realizing the significance of One Health concept for complete health care, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) decided to launch a course on One Health. A workshop was also held on 16th and 17th of December 2013 for building up a platform on One Health for the state involving experts from medical and veterinary fields, disaster management, social scientists, biostatisticians and wild life experts.
The Declaration:
1. In view of the increasing importance of the optimal health of Man, Animal and Nature (M. A. N.) in the development of the community locally, regionally and globally, it was decided to establish a Centre for One Health under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) at Wayanad to promote One Health involving Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences (WIMS), Department of Health Services, District Medical Office (DMO) and District Animal Husbandry Office (DAHO). This will be facilitated by new one health website to be launched as a part of the centre.

i. A core committee will be formed which could be expanded as per needs
ii. The Centre for One Health will laise with state health department and state animal husbandry department and disaster management
iii. There will be a district committee – District Panchayat President, District Veterinary Officer and District Medical Officer.
iv. Committee at panchayat / ward level – Panchayat President, Ward Member, Innovators, Veterinary and Medical Doctors, Nurses / health Inspectors / Livestock Inspectors.
v. Strengthen the Centre for One Health
2. The Centre for One Health will build up
i. an inventory of the laboratory and networking them under various sectors
ii. facilities available at labs, and
iii. identify experts
3. Advocate One Health at policy level so that the state government may strengthen in-service training of district level staffs supporting annual One Health workshop to share data, information and research funding on One Health issues.
i. Advocate One Health model in one of the districts / panchayats as model
ii. Encourage administration in establishment of One Health Committee
iii. Establish awareness programme for public on One Health issues
4. Advocate One Health at school level – teachers, students
5. Take rabies elimination as a priority area for operationalizing One Health with a target to achieve “Rabies-free Kerala by 2020”.

Pookode,

17. 12. 2013.

Signitories
Name Designation Signature
Dr. S. Ramkumar Director of Entrepreneuship, KVASU
Dr. K. P. Sreekumar Registrar, KVASU
Dr. Leo Joseph Dean, COVAS, Pookode
Dr. Gyanendra Gongal Scientist, Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology, WHO Regional Office
Dr. U. V. S. Rana Joint Director (Rtd), NCDC, Delhi
Dr. Kumar Venkitanarayan Professor, University of Connecticut, USA.
Dr. C. Ramani Additional DHS, Directorate of Health Service, Kerala
Prof. Umarul Farook State Entomologist, IDSP
Dr. A. Sukumaran State Epidemiologist, IDSP
Dr. K. Udayavarman Director, IAH&VB, Palode
President, Kerala State Veterinary Council
Dr.Ravi Jacob Korula Dean, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences
Prof. (Dr) Ramakumar V. Former Secretary, VCI
Dr. L. Gunaseelan Professor and Head, Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, Madras Veterinary College
Dr. R. K. Agarwal Principal Scientist and head, Division of Bacteriology, IVRI, Bareilly.
Dr. Jeram P. Head of the Dept., Community Medicine, DM-WIMS, Wayanad.
Prof. K. R. Sundaram Head, Dept. of Biostatistics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi,
Prof. K. R. John Prof. and Head, Dept. of Community Medicine, SRM University, Chennai.
Dr. Dinesan V. P. Scientist and Head, Geoinformatics, CWRDM, Calicut.
Dr. Thara K. G. Head, Disaster Management Centre, Govt. of Kerala.
Dr. P. Kuttinarayanan Prof. and Head, Dept. of Livestock Products Technology, COVAS, Pookode.
Dr. Remadevi Clinical Epidemiology and training centre, Medical colloge, Trivandrum
Dr. Vidhukumar Additional Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Medical College, Trivandrum.
Dr. Arun Zacharia Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Dept. of Forest and Wild life, Kerala
Dr. Jaideep Rayapudi Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, DM-WIMS, Wayanad
Dr. Priyankaraj Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, DM-WIMS, Wayanad
Sherin K. Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Rani J. R. Lecturer, DCBB
Rafi P. District Epidemiologist, IDSP, DMO, Wayanad.
Dr. C. Latha Associate Prof. and Head, Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, COVAS, Mannuthy
Dr. B. Sunil Associate Prof. and Head, Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, COVAS, Pookode.
Dr. Prejit Asst. Prof., Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, COVAS, Pookode.
Dr. Vinod V. K Asst. Prof., Dept. of Veterinary Public Health, COVAS, Pookode.