28 Apr 2023 (Thailand) – APCOVE is a consortium of more than 40 veterinary epidemiologists, established to strengthen field veterinary epidemiology capacity in the Asia Pacific region. The consortium works with government animal health authorities and educators in the Asia-Pacific region to train animal disease detectives to detect, prevent and control animal disease outbreaks that may impact human health, animal health and farmer livelihoods. Led by the University of Sydney, it includes veterinary epidemiologists from all veterinary schools of Australia and New Zealand, one veterinary school from the US and schools from eight countries in the Asia Pacific. Dr Ronello Abila, Sub-Regional Representative of SE Asia is a member of the APCOVE Steering Committee.
On 26-28 April 2023, a networking meeting was held in Bangkok to explore the diversity of field epidemiology training (FET) programs in South-East Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on addressing common interests and country-specific needs. On this occasion, Dr Karma Rinzin, Animal Health Coordinator of SRR SE Asia serves as a plenary speaker on the third day.
Concise record of the workshop: Communiqué
Website of APCOVE
