Global One Health News

GOHi provides solutions to enhance monitoring of the causes of disease

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi) recently provided the Ethiopian Public Health Institute with essential laboratory reagents to detect various pathogens that cause disease, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and anthrax. This contribution is pivotal for enhancing routine monitoring of respiratory pathogens and responding effectively to the suspected anthrax outbreak in the northern part of the country.

GOHi responds to malaria, cholera outbreak

Ethiopia is currently facing a challenging situation with multiple ongoing outbreaks, such as cholera, measles, malaria and dengue fever. To effectively manage these crises, the Multi-Outbreak Response Incident Management System was activated by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute on March 23, 2023.

Both the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Ministry of Health have developed comprehensive plans to address these outbreaks, emphasizing the crucial need for active involvement from various partners. In response to the ministry's and EPHI’s call to action, the Global One Health Institute (GOHi) is supporting the mobilization of response teams to regions including Tigray, Afar, Oromia and southwest Ethiopia, where active outbreaks of diseases like cholera and malaria are prevalent.

Recent GOHi publications

The GOHi team continuously works to address the spread of disease, promote health and emphasize the connection among humans, animals and the environment. One way GOHi does this is through research. Read some of the latest projects the team has worked on:

• "Detection and quantification of the Epstein-Barr Virus in lymphoma patients from Ethiopia: molecular and serological approaches"
• "Genotype characterization of Epstein-Barr among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus in Ethiopia"
• "Genotype distribution of Epstein-Barr Virus among lymphoma patients in Ethiopia"
• "Geographic EBV variants confound disease-specific variant interpretation and predict variable immune therapy responses"
• "Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990-2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050"
• "Comment on global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990-2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050"
• "The burden of Epstein-Barr virus and its determinants among adult HIV-positive individuals in Ethiopia"