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WildHealthNet Approach
WildHealthNet in South East Asia

Scientific Lead
Sarah Olson, PhD
Director of Research, Health Program
Wildlife Conservation Society

Scientific Co-Leads
Amanda E. Fine, VMD, PhD
Director of One Health, Health Program
Wildlife Conservation Society

Mathieu Pruvot, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
WCS-affiliated Wildlife Epidemiologist

Funding
WildHealthNet is currently funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the U.S. Department of Defense (2018-2022) and the Wildlife Conservation Society Health Program. The initiative builds on other large-scale pathogen surveillance projects like USAID's PREDICT1-2 (2009-2020), USAID’s Wild Bird Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS) (2006-2009), the Lao PDR-Cambodia One Health Surveillance and Laboratory Network (LACANET) (2014-2018), and the WCS-led long-term wildlife mortality surveillance in northern Republic of Congo (2005-present; Kuisma et al. 2019). 

WildHealthNet in South East Asia
WildHealthNet is deployed in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Policy development, trainings, laboratory analyses, and reporting are conducted jointly by the following partners: 

Cambodia: Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity, Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF); General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, MAFF; General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection; Ministry of Environment; Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN.
Laos: Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF); National Animal Health Laboratory, MAF; Department of Forestry, MAF; Department of Forestry Inspection, MAF; Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU); Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife.
Vietnam: Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD); Regional Animal Health Offices 6 and 7, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD); National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health; Vietnam National University of Agriculture; Hanoi Medical University; Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN.

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