Day 5
| Start | End | Topic | Responsible |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | 09:00 | Ethics in One Health | Judith Kimiywe (KU); Daniel Atwine (MUST) |
| 09:00 | 09:30 | ||
| 09:30 | 10:00 | ||
| 10:30 | 10:30 | ||
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Healthy Break | |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Management of public health | Margaret Keraka (KU) |
| 11:30 | 12:00 | ||
| 12:00 | 12:30 | ||
| 12:30 | 13:00 | Climate and environmental changes: Implications for infectious diseases diagnosis | Niyi Osuntoki (University of Lagos) |
| 13:00 | 13:30 | ||
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Light Lunch | |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | ||
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Project presentation | |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | ||
| 15:30 | 16:00 | ||
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Healthy Break | |
| 16:30 | 17:00 | Closing and award ceremony | |
| 17:00 | 17:30 |
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Ethics in Research
Prof. Judith Kimiywe – Kenyatta University
In every discipline where new knowledge is generated, ethical conduct is not just a procedural requirement but it is also the foundation of credible and responsible research. Emerging issues such as digital data collection, artificial intelligence, cross-border collaborations, and participatory research with communities bring new ethical dimensions. Ethical awareness enhances the quality, credibility, and social value of research. What once seemed straightforward as protecting participants’ privacy or obtaining consent, now requires rethinking in light of digital connectivity, global collaboration, and rapid innovation.
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Ethical Standards and Responsible Research in One Health
Dr. Daniel Atwine – Mbarara University of Science and Technology
The One Health approach integrates human, animal, and environmental health, providing a framework to address global challenges like zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and climate-related health risks. Despite its growing use, ethical guidance in One Health research is often limited and inconsistently applied.
This lecture reviews current ethical standards and responsible research practices in One Health. Key principles include the interconnectedness of all species, holistic well-being, shared benefits, and acknowledgment of scientific uncertainty. It contrasts human-centered ethics with multispecies approaches, highlighting the importance of animal welfare, ecosystem integrity, and community engagement.
Frameworks such as COHERE, EAROH, and reflexive governance provide tools to guide ethical research, while sector-specific guidance addresses challenges like antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease control.
Recommendations include declaring ethical orientations, assessing benefits across humans, animals, and ecosystems, involving diverse stakeholders, and ensuring transparency and accountability. Integrating these practices allows One Health research to promote fair, responsible, and sustainable health outcomes for all species.
Finally, the role of the African Biomedical Engineering Consortium ABEC will be presented.
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One health approach in public health management
Prof. Margaret Keraka – Kenyatta University
The presentation on One Health approach in public health will focus on how the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health can be used to address complex threats like zoonotic diseases (e.g., Ebola, rabies), antimicrobial resistance, and food safety. Key areas of focus will include surveillance, pandemic preparedness, climate change impact, ecosystem health, and collaborative, multidisciplinary policy.
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Climate and Environmental Changes: Implications for Infectious Diseases Diagnosis
Prof. Niyi Osuntoki – University of Lagos
This lecture discusses the basis of climate and environmental changes. It looks at how climate and environmental changes disrupt the dynamic equilibrium between the critical biotic and abiotic components of the environment, and how this affects factors such as host-pathogen interactions, pathogen resistance, host susceptibility, virulence, vector range and pathogen genetics. The course also looks at how these alterations affect the host and pathogen parameters used in infectious diseases diagnosis.