GCRF: One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN)

One Health是一种概念，即人的健康和福祉与他们动物的健康和环境有关。在非洲之角(肯尼亚、埃塞俄比亚、厄立特里亚和索马里)，情况尤其如此，那里的许多人的生计高度或在某些情况下完全依赖牲畜。动物在该地区的文化、社会和经济上都是至关重要的。例如，畜牧业占非洲之角农业GDP的60%以上。牲畜也是人类疾病的源头。因此，动物疾病的暴发直接影响到人们的健康，也影响到他们的财富和营养。非洲之角的牲畜生产和人类健康和福祉可以通过研究来增加，从而改善农业系统；增加粮食和减少营养不良；增加财政复原力；以及更好地检测、诊断、预防和控制疾病。HORN的使命是通过提高当地能力，在人与动物之间的相互作用-One Health.HORN旨在发展一个One Health区域网络--一个横跨非洲之角的个人和组织网络，可以对人的健康和财富以及牲畜和环境之间的联系进行高质量的研究。HORN的任务是通过五个步骤加强组织进行研究的能力。(I)首先，将评估组织的现有研究能力，相对于他们的目标；然后将制定一项计划，以弥合差距并实施，并将监测进展情况。(Ii)从第一条开始，将向这些组织中具有为研究提供基础的角色的非学术人员提供培训：这些角色可能是领导角色、技术角色或其他角色，如财务、合同或信息技术。(Iii)还将向来自该地区的学术研究人员提供培训。研讨会和短期课程(2-5天)、4-8周的大师班和暑期学校将在同一健康的方面向研究人员提供教育，并提供支撑高质量研究的通用技能，如研究方法、统计、演示、赠款。一个电子学习平台将使更多的研究人员能够获取课程材料。(Iv)研究人员将通过开展为期3-12个月的研究项目来“在工作中学习”。这些项目将在小组活动(“沙坑”)上共同创建(通过与专家学者的讨论和互动)，成功的想法将迅速达成一致并获得资金。预计许多研究人员将在国家之间流动，研究重点放在肯尼亚和埃塞俄比亚的特定地区。英国研究人员也将驻扎在这些国家，遵循与发展挑战相一致的研究计划，并为来自非洲之角国家的研究人员提供监督和指导。(V)通过将人们聚集在一起，鼓励流动性和增加竞标研究项目的组织数量，我们打算为非洲之角发展一个健康区域网络。

One Health is the concept that the health and well-being of people is linked to the health of their animals and the environment. It is nowhere more true than in the Horn of Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia) where many people's livelihoods are highly, or in some cases entirely, dependent on livestock. Animals are culturally, socially and economically vital in the region. Livestock provide, for example, over 60% of agricultural GDP in the Horn. Livestock are also a source of human disease. Outbreaks of disease in animals thereby directly affect people's health but also their wealth and nutrition.Livestock production and human health and wellbeing in the Horn of Africa can be increased through research, leading to improved agricultural systems; more food and less malnutrition; more financial resilience; and better detection, diagnosis, prevention and control of disease.HORN's mission is to improve the health and wealth of the people of the Horn of Africa by increasing the local capacity to undertake high quality research in the interactions between people and animals - One Health.HORN aims to develop a One Health Regional Network - a network of individuals and organisations across the Horn of Africa that can undertake high quality research into the link between people's health and wealth and that of livestock and the environment.HORN will strengthen the ability of organisations to undertake research with a 5 step process.(i) First, the current research capacity of the organisations will be assessed, relative to their goals; a plan will then be developed to bridge the gap, implemented, and progress will be monitored.(ii) Following from #1, training will be provided to non-academics in these organisations that have roles that provide the foundations for research: these could be leadership roles, technical roles or other roles, such as in finance or contracts or IT.(iii) Training will also be provided to academic researchers from the region. Workshops and short courses (2-5 days), 4-8 week masterclasses and summer schools will educate researchers in aspects of One Health, as well as providing the generic skills that underpin high quality research, like research methods, statistics, presentation, grantsmanship. An e-learning platform will enable a wider body of researchers to access the course material.(iv) Researchers will 'learn on the job' by undertaking research projects of 3-12 months duration. These projects will be co-created (by discussion and interaction with expert academics) at group events ('sandpits'), with successful ideas rapidly agreed and funded. Mobility of many researchers between countries is envisaged, with research focused in specific parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. UK researchers will be based in these countries too, following research programmes aligned with the development challenges, and providing supervision and mentoring to the researchers from the Horn countries.(v) By bringing people together, encouraging mobility and increasing the number of organisations who bid in for research projects, we intend to develop the One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa - HORN.