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Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Seminar: COVID-19 and Implications for One Health Research

Co-Organized by CGIAR COVID-19 Hub and IFPRI

May 4, 2021

  • 9:30 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 3:30 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
Podcast

The connections between human, animal, and environmental health have never been more evident than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, researchers are using integrated modeling to provide policy recommendations and address urgent issues on the role of agriculture in spreading zoonoses and how we can avoid future crossover events. 

This seminar will explore what a One Health approach means for food systems and the agricultural sector, what lessons can be learned from the current pandemic, and how risks, benefits, and consequences can be identified and assessed moving forward.

Welcome and Introduction

  • Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director, Programs, CGIAR System Organization and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

Speaker

  • John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub (Presentation) 

Panel Moderator

  • Jeff Waage, Professor of International Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Panelists

  • Bassirou Bonfoh, Director Afrique One-ASPIRE at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS)
  • Nitish Debnath, Team Lead, Fleming Fund Country Grant, Bangladesh, DAI 
  • Vipat Kuruchittham, Executive Director, Southeast Asia One Health University Network
  • Phuong Vu Thi, Vietnam One Health partnership coordinator, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
  • Alan Tollervey, Head of Agricultural Research, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK

    Presenters (Presentation) 

    • Elizabeth Cook, Epidemiology Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
    • Kimberly Fornace, Assistant Professor, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
    • Amy Ickowitz, Team Leader, Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Hu Suk Lee, Veterinary Epidemiologist Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
    • Jo Lines, Professor of Malaria Control and Vector Biology, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
    • Samuel Oyola, Genomics Molecular Biologist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
    • Steve Staal, Editor, Global Food Security, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) 

    Moderator

    • Janet Hodur, Senior Communications Specialist, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

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