Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
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About this course: The University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal and Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes welcome you to this new MOOC on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface"! Over the next 5 weeks, you will explore and learn about some of the major and current Global Health Challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: zoonotic emerging infections (e.g. Ebola, Nipah, MERS, Avian Influenza), antimicrobial resistance, neglected tropical diseases (e.g. rabies, leishmaniasis, zoonotic TB), snakebite and other human-animal conflicts etc. You will learn new concepts from the field of epidemiology, social anthropology, disease ecolo…
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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan .
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About this course: The University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal and Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes welcome you to this new MOOC on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface"! Over the next 5 weeks, you will explore and learn about some of the major and current Global Health Challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: zoonotic emerging infections (e.g. Ebola, Nipah, MERS, Avian Influenza), antimicrobial resistance, neglected tropical diseases (e.g. rabies, leishmaniasis, zoonotic TB), snakebite and other human-animal conflicts etc. You will learn new concepts from the field of epidemiology, social anthropology, disease ecology, veterinary sciences, global health policy etc. and approaches such as One Health, Eco-Health and Planetary Health. Also, you will learn about innovative tools and frameworks used to study and tackle some of these Global Health challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals era. This MOOC proposes you a dynamic, international and interdisciplinary programme based on the One Heath approach (human-animal-environmental dimensions) and involving more than 30 top experts from more than 20 academic and research institutions and international organisations based in Geneva, Paris, Montreal and the world. Policy makers from the World Health Organisation, clinicians from the University Hospitals of Geneva, epidemiologists from Institut Pasteur etc. will share with you their knowledge and experiences all along this MOOC. Video-lectures have been filmed in different parts of the world and settings (from the field to the lab and office) and will be combined with the latest open readings and interactive activities in the discussion forum, video-conferences etc. This MOOC will keep evolving and enriching actively over time and a whole section on health promotion at the human-animal-ecosystem interface will be added in autumn 2017. The development of this MOOC was led by Dr. Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Dr. Isabelle Bolon and Prof. Antoine Flahault from the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva. The list of instructors is completed by Prof. Arnaud Fontanet (Institut Pasteur) and Prof. André Ravel (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal). Watch our teaser here and let’s get started! https://youtu.be/WT7-cC21uLU?list=PLnZ (with subtitles in French and in Chinese)
Who is this class for: This MOOC is open and free to follow for everyone with an interest in Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface. This MOOC is proposed in English with subtitles in English, French and Chinese. More specifically, this MOOC is particularly relevant for Masters and PhD students, researchers and health professionals from the human, animal and environmental sector. This MOOC is based on the One Health approach and it brings together a large diversity of experts from different backgrounds but at the same time it should also bring together a large diversity of learners (e.g. clinicians, public health experts, epidemiologists, vets, ecologists etc.).
Created by: University of Geneva-
Taught by: Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda, Institute of Global Health - Faculty of Medicine
University of Geneva -
Taught by: Isabelle Bolon, Institute of Global Health - Faculty of Medicine
University of Geneva -
Taught by: Antoine Flahault, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)
University of Geneva and Université Paris Descartes – Sorbonne Paris Cité -
Taught by: Arnaud Fontanet (in Partnership with UNIGE), Director Center for Global Health – Head of Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit
Institut Pasteur -
Taught by: André Ravel (in Partnership with UNIGE), Faculté de médecine vétérinaire
Université de Montréal
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University of Geneva Founded in 1559, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is one of Europe's leading universities. Devoted to research, education and dialogue, the UNIGE shares the international calling of its host city, Geneva, a centre of international and multicultural activities with a venerable cosmopolitan tradition.Syllabus
WEEK 1
Welcome! Key information on the MOOC
In this Module, we provide you a general description of the MOOC, including some videos and readings that give you an overview of the content, evaluation and activities. This MOOC is based on a highly interdisciplinary and international approach to health, please check the huge diversity of experts involved (see in the Syllabus & list of Experts). By following this MOOC, learners from the first cohort (registration before 25th March 2017) will have the opportunity to join us in Geneva and Basel for free to learn and work with us during some days in July 2017! Please, read details in "Global Flipped Classroom and Workshop in Global Health in July 2017". Let's get started and do not hesitate to ask any doubts in the forum of the course! We will be pleased to help you!
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- Video: Overview of the MOOC - Teaser
- Video: Description of the MOOC : From Content to Evaluation (Dr. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Reading: Syllabus & list of Experts
- Reading: Learning material, activities & interactions with experts
- Reading: Evaluation & Certificate
- Reading: Global Flipped Classroom & Workshop in July 2017: Join us in Geneva! - Last call for SSPH+ and/or Swiss participants!
- Video: "Global Flipped Classroom & Hackathon on One Health”, 10-14th July 2017
- Reading: Acknowledgements
- Practice Quiz: Motivation to follow this MOOC
Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: The Need for Intersectoral Approaches (Section 1)
In this section of the course, you will learn about some of the major current Global Health challenges at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface and the need for cross-sectoral approaches to health, including One Health, Eco-Health and Planetary Health. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 1" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 1 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: The importance of One Health for Global Health (Prof. A. Fontanet, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: Zoonotic Diseases and One Health Approach
- Practice Quiz: Importance of One Health in Global Health
- Video: Human & Animal Health: A Historical Perspective (Prof. P. Zylberman, EHESP)
- Reading: Origins of major human infectious diseases
- Video: The Tripartite Collaboration: FAO-OIE-WHO (Dr. K. Miyagishima, WHO)
- Reading: The FAO-OIE-WHO Collaboration: A Tripartite Concept Note
- Practice Quiz: Tripartite Alliance: Priorities & Actors
- Video: Cross-Sectoral, Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment for Health Threats at the Human-Animal Interface (Dr. L. Mumford, WHO)
- Reading: WHO - Rapid risk assessment of acute public health events
- Practice Quiz: Cross-sectoral heath risk assessments
- Video: How to link Global Health Priorities with Biodiversity? (Dr. M. Neira, WHO)
- Reading: Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: Biodiversity and Planetary Health
- Video: Global Animal Trade: Health Risks and Regulations (Dr. J. Berezowski, UniBe)
- Reading: WTO - Understanding the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Reading: UNEP - The Latest Frontier - Exotic Consumerism: Illegal Trade in Live Animals
- Practice Quiz: Global Trade of Animals
- Video: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction & Health (Dr. C. Wannous, UNISDR)
- Reading: UNISDR - Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
- Reading: UNISDR - Bangkok Principles for the implementation of the health aspects of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
- Practice Quiz: Sendai Framework & Bangkok Principles
- Video: Pillars of One Health: A Sustainable Development Perspective? (Dr. S. Ruegg, UZH)
- Reading: Recommended Reading
- Discussion Prompt: One Health, Eco-Health & Planetary Health: What is your definition?
- Discussion Prompt: "Expectations for a new WHO Director General: health in a rapidly changing environment". What are your expectations?
Graded: Graded quiz on "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: The Need for Intersectoral Approaches"
WEEK 2
Emerging Infectious Diseases (Section 2)
This section focuses on the current global threat posed by zoonotic emerging infections and the tools and challenges for studying and controlling them. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 2" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 2 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: Challenges for the Spread of Emerging Viruses (Prof. L. Kaiser, UNIGE/HUG)
- Reading: Spillover and pandemic properties of zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity
- Practice Quiz: Spill over of emerging pathogens
- Video: Investigating Emerging Zoonotic Outbreaks: Importance of the One Health Approach (Dr. M. van Kerkhove, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: Taking forward a 'One Health' approach for turning the tide against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and other zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential
- Practice Quiz: Investigating zoonotic outbreaks with One Health
- Video: Institute Pasteur Global Network & the Fight against Emerging Infections (Dr. M. Jouan, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: The Institut Pasteur International Network: a century-old global public health powerhouse
- Practice Quiz: Institut Pasteur and its Global Network
- Video: IHR 3.0 Simulator: Improving our Response to Global Health Emergencies (Prof. A. Flahault, UNIGE)
- Reading: The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa: A Wake-up Call to Revitalize Implementation of the International Health Regulations
- Reading: Further Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: IHR & Gamification
- Video: Exploring Bat Population Dynamics at the Frontline of the Emergence (Dr. J. Cappelle, Institut Pasteur)
- Video: Exploring The Human-Bat Interface (Dr. J. Cappelle, Institut Pasteur)
- Video: Tracking bats with Telemetry (Dr. J. Cappelle, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study
- Practice Quiz: Research on bat Disease Ecology
- Video: Fight against VBDs (I): Molecular Biology for Global Health (Dr. C. Bourgouin, Institut Pasteur)
- Video: Fight against VBDs (II): Global Change & the Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach (Prof. A. Flahault, UNIGE)
- Reading: An interdisciplinary approach to controlling chikungunya outbreaks on French islands in the south-west Indian ocean
- Reading: Further recommended readings
- Practice Quiz: Tackling VBDs with transdisciplinarity
- Video: The Importance of Understanding Animal Behaviour for Global Health (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Reading: Global patterns of influenza A virus in wild birds
- Practice Quiz: Animal Behaviour & Global Health
- Video: Social Anthropology of Zoonoses (Dr. T. Giles-Vernick, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: Further Recommended Lecture and Video
- Practice Quiz: Social Anthropology & Emerging Infections
- Discussion Prompt: "Why killer viruses are on the rise?" Read, listen and comment
Graded: Graded quiz on "Emerging Infectious Diseases"
WEEK 3
Antimicrobial Resistance & Zoonotic Foodborne Infectious Diseases (Section 3)
Antimicrobial resistance is a current top priority in the Global Health agenda. In this section, you will learn about its global burden and the challenges for its control from the national to the global levels based on cross-sectoral approaches to health. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 3" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 3 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: The Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. E. Tayler, WHO)
- Reading: Tackling drug-resistant infections globally: Final report and recommendations. The review on antimicrobial resistance chaired by Jim O’Neill
- Practice Quiz: Antimicrobial Resistance and its threat for Global Health
- Video: WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. E. Tayler, WHO)
- Reading: WHO - Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance
- Practice Quiz: WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
- Video: Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
- Video: Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
- Reading: Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: CIPARS in Canada
- Video: Why should we care about Multi-Resistant Bacteria? Clinical Impact & Public Health Implications (Prof. S. Harbarth, UNIGE/HUG)
- Reading: Antimicrobial resistance: one world, one fight!
- Reading: Use antimicrobials wisely
- Practice Quiz: Pan-drug resistant pathogens
- Video: Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in the Environment (Dr. J. Poté, UNIGE)
- Video: "Counterfeit medicines" & Antimicrobial Resistance in West Africa (Dr. A. Gnassingbe , UNIGE)
- Reading: Substandard/counterfeit antimicrobial drugs.
- Video: Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Infections: Importance of the One Health approach (Dr. S. Le Hello, Institut Pasteur)
- Video: FoodNet Canada: Why is this important? (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
- Video: FoodNet Canada: Why is this important? (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
- Reading: Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Kentucky
- Practice Quiz: FoodNet Canada
- Discussion Prompt: Implementing One Health at the national level to tackle AMR, what do you recommend?
Graded: Graded quiz on "Antimicrobial Resistance & Zoonotic Foodborne Infectious Diseases"
WEEK 4
Zoonotic Neglected Infectious Diseases (Section 4)
Neglected Tropical Diseases are not neglected in this MOOC and you will have here the opportunity to learn about their common determinants and the interventions and challenges to fight them. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 4" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 4 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: Neglected Tropical Diseases & Zoonosis: Challenges & Solutions (Dr. B. Abela-Ridder, WHO)
- Reading: World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolutions on Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Reading: Rescuing the bottom billion through control of neglected tropical diseases
- Reading: Further interesting reading
- Practice Quiz: Neglected Zoonotic Diseases
- Video: Towards Rabies Elimination: The case of Kuazulu-Natal (South Africa) (K. Le Roux, Dpt. of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kwazulu-Natal)
- Reading: WHO Webpages
- Practice Quiz: Rabies control in Kuazulu-Natal in South Africa
- Video: Major Research Challenges & Opportunities in the fight against Rabies (Dr. H. Bourhy, Institut Pasteur)
- Video: Research & Innovation: Examples from Institut Pasteur’s fight against Rabies (Dr. H. Bourhy, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: Current and future tools for global canine rabies elimination
- Reading: Laboratory diagnostics in dog-mediated rabies: an overview of performance and a proposed strategy for various settings
- Video: Ecodog: A One health and Ecohealth approach to Rabies (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
- Video: Ecodog: A One health and Ecohealth approach to Rabies (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
- Reading: Recommended Readings
- Reading: Leishmaniasis WHO factsheet
- Video: One Health fight against Leishmaniasis (Prof. Afif Ben Salah, Institut Pasteur)
- Reading: Reading to go Further: Leishmania major infection among Psammomys obesus and Meriones shawi: reservoirs of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sidi Bouzid (central Tunisia)
- Practice Quiz: Leishmaniasis in Tunisia
- Video: Zoonotic Tuberculosis in the WHO End TB Strategy (Dr. M. Raviglione, Dr. A. Dean, WHO)
- Reading: Zoonotic tuberculosis in human beings caused by Mycobacterium bovis - A call for action
- Reading: Further Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: Zoonotic TB and WHO End TB Strategy
- Discussion Prompt: Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases: Disease specific actions vs systemic actions? Comment and give examples
Graded: Graded quiz on "Zoonotic Neglected Infectious Diseases"
WEEK 5
Conflicts & Injuries (Section 5)
So far we have mainly focused zoonotic infections, but human-animal interactions can also involve other threats for human health. This section focuses on these conflicts and injuries, paying particular attention to snakebite and the current snakebite crisis. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 5" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 5 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: Protected Areas: How to manage Human-Wildlife-Domestic Animals Interface? (Dr. G. Mauvais, IUCN)
- Reading: The Wild Side of Disease Control at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface: A Review
- Practice Quiz: IUCN, PAPACO & human-animal conflicts
- Video: Snake-bites: A Neglected Global Health Challenge (Prof. F. Chappuis, UNIGE/HUG)
- Reading: Vipers, mambas and taipans: the escalating health crisis over snakebites
- Reading: Snake bite in South Asia: a Review
- Reading: The need for full integration of snakebite envenoming within a global strategy to combat the neglected tropical diseases: the way forward
- Practice Quiz: Snakebite: Clinical implications
- Video: Snake-bites in Sub-Saharan Africa: A priority for "Doctors Without Borders" (Dr. G. Alcoba, HUG/MSF)
- Video: On the 9th June 2017 WHO decided to add snakebite envenoming to its list of top-priority NTDs (Comments by Dr. G. Alcoba, HUG/MSF)
- Reading: MSF - Global Health Community Walks Away from Snakebite Crisis as Antivenom Runs Out - Press Release
- Reading: Global Snakebite Initiative (website and video)
- Reading: June 9th 2017, Snakebite Envenoming Back to the WHO NTD List
- Practice Quiz: Snakebite as a medical priority
- Video: Impact of Snake-bites in Livestock: The Case of Costa Rica (Dr. M. Herrera, Instituto Cladomiro Picado)
- Reading: Bothrops asper envenoming in cattle: Clinical features and management using equine-derived whole IgG antivenom
- Practice Quiz: Snakebite & livestock in Costa Rica
- Discussion Prompt: Snakebite as a major challenge in Global Health, what did you know about it?
Graded: Graded quiz on "Conflict and Injuries"
Innovation & Opportunities (Section 6)
In this section, we propose you to learn about some innovative approaches, tools, frameworks etc. that offer interesting opportunities for application in Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface: Citizen Science, Crowdsroucing, Digital Epidemiology and Big Data etc. Please watch video "Introduction to Section 6" for a more detailed description.
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- Video: Introduction to Section 6 (Dr. R. Ruiz de Castaneda, UNIGE)
- Video: The Need for Monitoring: Challenges and future Perspectives A Conversation with Cécile Aenishaenslin (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal)
- Video: The Need for Monitoring: Challenges and future Perspectives A Conversation with Cécile Aenishaenslin (Prof. A. Ravel, University of Montreal) (French Version)
- Reading: Recommended Readings
- Practice Quiz: The need for monitoring
- Video: Citizen Science & Crowdsourcing: Opportunities & Challenges in Health (Prof. F. Grey, UNIGE)
- Reading: Citizen surveillance for environmental monitoring: combining the efforts of citizen science and crowdsourcing in a quantitative data framework
- Practice Quiz: Citizen Science & Global Health
- Video: Digital Epidemiology: Opportunities & Challenges in Global Health (Prof. M. Salathe, EPFL)
- Reading: Digital Epidemiology
- Reading: Influenza A (H7N9) and the importance of digital epidemiology
- Practice Quiz: Digital Epidemiology
- Video: Network for Evaluation of One Health (Dr. S. Ruegg, UZH)
- Reading: Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) - Website
- Practice Quiz: NEOH
- Discussion Prompt: Citizen science and crowdsourcing: How you would you apply it? Give examples
Graded: Graded quiz on "Innovation and Opportunities"
WEEK 6
Revision of the Course (Key Messages) and Final Quiz
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- Video: Key Messages (all experts)
- Reading: Congratulations!
Graded: Final Quiz
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