Funding to boosting Asia-Pacific animal epidemic preparedness

15 Jul 2024
Joerg Henning
UQ's Professor Joerg Henning will be leading simulation exercises of animal disease outbreaks and field research projects in Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

A project aimed at strengthening epidemiology training in Asia Pacific has received a significant boost with a five-million-dollar funding grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The funding marks the beginning of the second phase of the Asia Pacific Consortium of Veterinary Epidemiology (APCOVE), which will provide applied field training and eLearning opportunities to boost veterinary epidemiology and One Health capacity in eight countries across the region.

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