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Stopping Spillover in Uganda — Illustrated

In 2021 STOP Spillover and Africa One Health University Network held a participatory planning workshop with national One Health stakeholders in Uganda. As participants discussed and prioritized the country's high-risk interfaces, knowledge gaps, and possible risk-reduction interventions, Kampala illustrator and designer Micheal Lubega took visual notes.

New Research

How Human and Animal Health Regulations Impact Responses to Disease Outbreaks

Vietnam One Health University Network's Dr. Pham Duc Phuc and others published new research in One Health looking at the role of regulatory capacity in the animal and human health systems in driving response to zoonotic disease outbreaks in the Mekong region. They also considered how animal and human health systems can better work together to respond to zoonotic disease outbreaks.

New Research

Integrating Social and Behavior Change and Health Systems Strengthening

USAID’s Bureau for Global Health released a new white paper this month, exploring the role that human behavior plays in strong health systems. "High performing health systems enable all stakeholders, from clients to policymakers, to practice behaviors that support health, while the collective practice of these behaviors reinforces and strengthens the health system."

This new research could have important implications for STOP Spillover’s work to limit bidirectional viral spillover between animals and humans and to address human behaviors that may increase spillover risk.

Bridging the Gap Between Health and Technology

The rapid convergence of health systems with emerging technologies continues to progress, offering local health workers and multi-sectoral decision makers the opportunity to share more accurate information, faster and more efficiently. However, health practitioners and policy makers have questions about the efficacy and reliability of these technologies, and the pros and cons (and costs) of specific technologies in different contexts.

On February 15th, Devex’s Prescription for Progress event will virtually bring together experts from human health, philanthropy, civil society, pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and the World Health Organization to share views and experiences, and answer questions about technology and innovation in COVID-19 responses, digital health tools, and more.

Today's event is free, and open to the public.

Meet Right Track Africa

Right Track Africa (RTA), based in Kenya, has provided technical support in outcome mapping, situational analyses, monitoring and performance evaluation for research and development projects across the African continent for nearly 20 years.

As part of the STOP Spillover global consortium, RTA is leading the outcome mapping planning process and is supporting the monitoring of agreed outcomes and interventions related to stakeholder engagement in order to bring about sustainable social change.

“Taking the outcome mapping approach helps ensure that STOP Spillover’s priorities align with stakeholders’ goals,” said Julius Nyangaga, team leader at RTA.

You can read more here about how STOP Spillover is using outcome mapping, a participatory process that brings stakeholders together in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of interventions that lead to sustainable institutional change.