Symposium on One Health and Urban Transformation
November 3, 2020 | 10:00 h - 16:00 h
Launched in July 2016, the “One Health and Urban Transformation – identifying risks, developing sustainable solutions” Graduate School has engaged in researching the various dimensions and transformations of the urban systems and their impact on human, animal and environmental health, in urban metropolitan areas in Germany, Ghana, India and Brazil. This symposium provides an opportunity for dialogue between stakeholders and academia on One Health and urban transformations.
The symposium will be held online only. Find more information on the One Health Symposium Website (including Photo and poster exhibition, background materials)
Program
10:00-10:15am Welcome addresses
Prof. Dr. Christian Borgemeister, Bonn University
Prof. Dr. Katja Bender, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Shen Xiaomeng, United Nations University - EHS
10:15-11:15am Keynotes
One Health - Video message by Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss TPH
One Health - Lessons from the Field
by Prof. Dr. Jorg Heukelbach, One Health Institute, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
11:15-11:45am Break / Online photo exhibition Insights into research
11:45am-1:45pm One Health and Urban Transformation
Introduction and framework by Dr. Timo Falkenberg, ZEF, University of Bonn
Presentation of country cases on Brazil, Germany, Ghana, India
1:45-2:45pm Break / Online poster exhibition
2:45-3:45pm Opportunities and Knowledge Gaps for Implementing One Health
Panel participants (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Dr. Walter Bruchhausen, University of Bonn, Prof. for Global Health
Dr. Thomas Claßen, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW)
Juliana M.G. Paris, One Health and Urban Transformation Graduate School
Dr. Rüdiger Krech, WHO Director of the Department of Ethics and Social Determinants of Health
Krupali Patel, One Health and Urban Transformation Graduate School
Sunandan Tiwari, Project manager Global Projects, ICLEI
Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss TPH
Moderator: Dr. Timo Falkenberg
3:45pm-4pm Closing remarks
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The event will be held online in English.
Participation is free of charge but registration with sonja.keller@h-brs.de is required.
Background information:
One Health is an integrative approach at the interface between human, animal and environmental health, requiring inter- and transdisciplinary research and intersectoral collaboration to comprehensively investigate risk dynamics and develop management and mitigation options. The interactions between humans, animals and their shared environment are greatly affected by urbanization processes and transformations leading to health implications and risks both at local and global level.
Find out more about the One Health and Urban Transformation researchers!
The NRW Forschungskolleg “One Health and Urban Transformation” is jointly operated by the Center for Development Research (ZEF), the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) Bonn, in collaboration with the Department of Geography (University Bonn), the Medical Faculty (University Bonn) and the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health. Additionally, the Forschungskolleg collaborates with research and implementation oriented partners in each of the four research areas: Ruhr Valley, São Paulo, Accra and Ahmedabad.
The NRW Forschungskolleg One Health and Urban Transformation is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, MKW).
