Zoonotic influenza preparedness: a transdisciplinary One Health approach (ZIP)

Collaboration type Research project seed funding 

Aim  The aim of Phase One of ZIP will be to develop a transdisciplinary collaborative modelling approach to enable a better understanding of the biological, social, economic and ecological systems from which risks for avian influenza might develop and propagate within poultry in Bangladesh, Vietnam and UK.

Problem addressed The One Health approach offers potential for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research to address emerging infectious diseases including zoonotic influenzas. However, very few methods exist that can sufficiently accommodate non-human health perspectives such as the economic and social constraints within which livestock production occurs. The ZIP project will build upon earlier work and research collaborations that applied interdisciplinary collaborative modelling and systems thinking approaches to zoonoses to develop a methodological approach to conduct transdisciplinary ‘collaborative modelling’ which can examine the connection between economic and health risks of zoonotic influenzas.  

Focus countries Bangladesh, Vietnam, UK 

Project duration One year

Funder UKRI

Partners Institute of Development Studies, Chattogram Veterinary Animal Sciences University, International Livestock Research Institute, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, University of Cambridge, University of Surrey, University of Sussex

Principal investigators Dr Syed Abbas Dr Ayako Ebata

GCRF One Health Poultry Hub link This collaboration was facilitated by One Health Poultry Hub networking and takes further some of the thinking developed within the Hub.

Key Contact Dr Syed Abbas