PMAC World Art Contest is now calling young artists! Winning prizes totaling more than THB 300,000 or Approx. ~ $9000 USD. “The World We Want: Actions Towards a Sustainable, Fairer and Healthier Society” With the aim to create a more sustainable, health-centric world where all people live better in societies with social, environmental, and economic resilience, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference gladly invites everyone to take part in the #PMAC2022WorldArtContest on the topic “The World We Want: Actions Towards a Sustainable, Fairer and Healthier Society” through Drawings & Paintings and Short Video Clips and win prizes totaling more than THB 300,000 or Approx. ~ $9000 USD. The submission deadline is 30 September 2021. Interesting? please visit their site and explore more detail here! https://pmac2022.com/artcontest

We are opening voting for our finalists’ videos today. You will have the chance to vote for the videos from now until Sunday, August 29th at 6pm (ICT). You can participate in voting by doing the following: Step 1: Check out our student videos playlist here! via our YouTube channel using this link https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-B9ZefyHD4wYGUPKserdUmSpSBvaHJGx Step 2: Enjoy watching all the videos in the playlist. Step 3: Vote for your favorite video by clicking "Like" using the "thumbs up" at the bottom of the video. The submissions this year were excellent. We are encouraged to see so many participants who wish to contribute to One Health by practicing using video to communicate the risks of zoonotic diseases. The video with the most “likes” by Sunday, August 29th at 6 pm (ICT) will be the winner of our Public Pick Award!

Extension of the application deadline for Health Security Fellowships and Civil Society Grants through Mekong Connections Program that shared with you earlier in June. I apologized that it was a short notice last time. The new deadline is September 30, 2021. We are organizing two rounds of virtual ‘Roadshow’ to introduce the program and solicitation on August 25th and 30th. No pre-registration is required. Mekong Policy Fellowships Have you recently completed your doctoral research? Does your work focus on health security, planetary health and the connections between human, animal and ecosystem health (the ‘One Health’ approach?)? Did you conduct your fieldwork in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, or Viet Nam? If you answered “yes” to all questions, this opportunity may be for you. Pact Thailand is putting out a call for applications through its new program, 'Mekong Connections.' The program is supported by the US Department of State. The Mekong Policy Fellowships will support emerging academics to present the policy implications of their work, and promote policy solutions to health security challenges. The program team is inviting applications from early to mid-career academics who would like to receive funding and mentoring to help take their work to the next level. Fellows will take part in online ‘writeshops’ organized as part of their Fellowship, write opinion pieces for the mass media and other public channels, and network with other Fellows in the region. The Fellowship will provide a US$2,000 grant and give access to a number of networking events and opportunities. Come to the online ‘Roadshow’ session to learn more. The Mekong Connections team will discuss the purpose of the Mekong Policy Fellowships, and answer any questions about how to apply. Applicants must be citizens of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand or Viet Nam. Check out the available times below, and drop in to chat with the team! 25 August 2021 at 10 AM Indochina time: https://zoom.us/j/91996203218 30 August, 2021 at 2 PM Indochina time: https://zoom.us/j/99506743746 You are welcome to contact Mekong Connections team if you have questions: mekongconnections@pactworld.org For more details and application package can be found at https://www.pactworld.org/country/thailand/procurement. ………………………………………………………………… Grants for civil society organizations Does your work focus on water and ecosystems, protecting wildlife, or health security? Do you work closely with local communities? If "yes", this call for applications may be of interest. Pact Thailand is putting out a call for applications for grant funding through a new program, 'Mekong Connections.' The program is supported by the US Department of State, and offers grants of US$25,000, available from October this year, for civil society organizations in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand or Viet Nam, whose work focuses on any ONE of these areas: - protecting water-related ecosystems; - combating the illegal traffic in wildlife; OR - understanding the connections between human, animal and ecosystem health (the ‘One Health’ approach to health security). The grants would be for a 12-month project designed to improve governance, transparency and accountability in one of these areas. The Mekong Connections team will be holding open online ‘Roadshow’ sessions for people to drop in, hear more about the program, and answer any questions about how to apply. The times and Zoom links are here: 25 August 2021 at 9 AM Indochina time https://zoom.us/j/93204150402 30 August 2021 at 1 PM Indochina time https://zoom.us/j/97149403755 You are welcome to contact Mekong Connections team if you have questions: mekongconnections@pactworld.org For more details and application package can be found at https://www.pactworld.org/country/thailand/procurement.

Interested in developing a workforce that is capable of preventing, detecting and responding to infectious diseases around the world? Read on the latest achievements from our partnership with USAID for the One Health Workforce - Next Generation project through this link! https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/12xxzkFw3gt98TPeUj_wkwRpQPnXn4xP7

The ASEAN Foundation and Peking University with the support of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN are excited to present the first virtual ASEAN-China Young Leaders' Summit (ACYLS) 2021 in celebration of the 30 years of ASEAN-China relations! ACYLS offers a fun and authentic stimulation of ASEAN-China Summit where young delegates play the role of Minister and Head of State from different countries. An excellent opportunity for aspiring youths to hone their diplomacy skills and foster cross-cultural understanding and friendship. Seize this opportunity to gain an authentic ASEAN experience and connect with youths from different ASEAN countries and China! Join us and apply by clicking the link button below. Deadline: 17 August 2021 ASEAN-China Young Leaders’ Summit 2021 Application is Now Open! - ASEAN Foundation

Ausvet Europe is offering 2 fully-funded PhD positions to work on their new TRANSFORM research project for 3 years. The two PhD projects aim at using a market- and data-driven approach to develop decision-support tools tailored to low- and middle-income countries to help producers tackle the challenges of antimicrobial resistance and transboundary animal diseases. The PhD projects also include a socio-economic assessment of the decision-support tools developed and implemented as part of TRANSFORM. The two projects will use poultry production in Indonesia and Vietnam as case studies. • PhD 1 will focus on the development and evaluation of decision-support tools aiming at reducing antibiotic usage in the poultry sector. • PhD 2 will focus on the development and evaluation of decision-support tools aiming at improving the management of transboundary animal diseases. The deadline for applications is August 31st, 2021. Applications should be submitted to Catriona Mackenzie (catriona@ausvet.eu)

The PACER Dialogues were held from June to September 2020 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated around the world. They shared cutting-edge knowledge and best practices to help countries in Southeast Asia and the People’s Republic of China mitigate the devastating effects of COVID-19, strengthen cooperation, and accelerate their economic recovery. This compendium of 13 briefs from the Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogues provide insights on how Southeast Asian countries and the People’s Republic of China can overcome the pandemic. Download and see the paper here: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/715196/policy-actions-covid-19-economic-recovery.pdf

We are delighted to announce the launch of SEAOHUN Annual Report 2020, available now for download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nROonlAQU7YA58cTk6d-STYaT0WYEikN?usp=sharing

The SEAOHUN Small Grants Program aims to support in-service One Health professionals and faculty members in the development of innovative research and training that can have high impact. It is expected that Small Grants will catalyze innovative operations research, curriculum development, and training implementation. This program provides critical support for member countries’ activities to advance One Health agendas, increasing SEAOHUN’s and OHUNs’ visibility and the visibility of the USAID One Health Workforce – Next Generation (OHW-NG) project. In addition, it strives to foster multisectoral collaboration, as well as cooperation across government agencies, member Universities and member countries. The proposals can touch upon the broad spectrum of ideas related to the One Health approach, enabling better response to the increasingly complex dilemmas at the convergence of animals, humans, plants, and the environment. In 2021, the SEAOHUN Small Grant Program is implemented with the support from USAID through the OHW-NG project, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional office for Asia and the Pacific, ASEAN +3 Field Epidemiology Training Network (FETN) and the Regional Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (R-FETPV). Objective of the webinar: The primary objective of this webinar is to share results of selected SEAOHUN Small Grants Program and to promote the Program for the 2021-year cycle. Date: 22 July 2021 (Thursday) Time/duration: 10.00 -11.00 (Bangkok) / 11.00 – 12.00 (Kuala Lumpur) Link to join the webinar via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81896343302?pwd=bkdVVHJjZUVYak1QVTU2emZGc1ZIdz09 Meeting ID: 818 9634 3302 Passcode: Smallgrant See AGENDA here: https://www.seaohun.org/seaohun-webinars

In 2021 SEAOHUN Fellowship Program will focus on in-country placement opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic yet providing its recipients with opportunities to interact with international/national experts and broaden their perspectives in One Health. SEAOHUN Fellowship Program aims: • To provide young and mid-career professionals with practical, trans-disciplinary experience in One Health at leading institutions, • To encourage fellows to integrate and apply One Health knowledge, skills, and experience gained during the fellowship into their professional practice after returning to their home country, and • To develop and foster an active community of One Health professionals working collaboratively to address One Health issues. Host Organization: SEAOHUN is pleased to announce the fellowship opportunity to one successful candidate to work at the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture (BAI) in Philippines. Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, is a governmental organization in the Republic of the Philippines, celebrating 90 years since its formation in January 2020. The organization’s Mission is “To make the animal industry productive and profitable under sustainable environment through sound policies, programs, research and services on animal production, post-harvest, health, and welfare.” Download application here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1orZMvEhjH-NlXG-q1HL2dotJw4ATYe77 Submit Application here: https://www.seaohun.org/fellowship

To enable current and future One Health professionals to pursue their advanced studies and gain cross-sectoral competencies that are necessary to advance the One Health agenda in their respective country and in the Southeast Asian region Visit: https://www.seaohun.org/scholarship Download Call for Applications: https://bit.ly/SEAOHUNscholarship2021

Si Thu Hein has been teaching students about veterinary anatomy at the University of Veterinary Science in Yezin, Myanmar for almost 8 years. Now he is also pursuing his PhD at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Si Thu Hein is very proud of his profession, as he believes that vets have an immense impact on human and planetary health.​ His counterpart in Cambodia, Dr. Bunna Chea, has been teaching veterinary microbiology and a One Health course at the Royal University of Agriculture in Phnom Penh for over 5 years. He believes that this work is very important because a workforce focusing on food security, public health, and One Health is lacking in Cambodia. From October to December 2020, Si Thu Hein, Dr. Bunna Chea, and nearly 100 additional lecturers and faculty members from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR met virtually during an online risk communication training organized by SEAOHUN in collaboration with Global Team partners from USAID’s One Health Workforce-Next Generation project. The group comprised veterinarians, epidemiologists, doctors, social scientists, and national outbreak response team members. The topics covered across the 8 training sessions helped participants to not only develop and refine their teaching and technical skills, but also allowed everyone the opportunity to demonstrate their competency in these areas through small and large group exercises. The post-training survey revealed that participants who previously felt uncomfortable with teaching on-line are now more confident in doing so. Dr. Karen Saylors: "The most challenging thing about teaching via an online platform is getting people to talk and participate. Speaking out in English is sometimes challenging, especially when participants come from diverse countries. We tried a combination of approaches to help people feel more comfortable: using the Chat Box to express ideas was often a great solution. Sometimes we called upon more advanced English speakers to lead by example and help colleagues feel more at ease about speaking out. Overall, we all learned a lot about communication challenges together!" Overall, this training greatly improved participants’ confidence for teaching in multidisciplinary team settings and in developing successful risk communication strategies, as demonstrated by the post-training survey.​ Dr. Karen Saylors and Dr. Michael Wilkes comment: "This result was not surprising to us, as we were very impressed with the improvement made by this dynamic group. We learned from each other’s experiences with outbreaks in our different countries, and the diversity of our backgrounds taught us a lot about how to bring our different perspectives to enhance risk communication." "Collaboration and sharing ideas is fun, and they allow for personal growth. In learning about risk communication, there are core concepts and approaches that should be discussed but there is not one right way to proceed. Creativity, evidence, and brainstorming lead to better outcomes than a top-down approach." Insight from workshop trainers on the importance of teaching risk communication to faculty members and students from diverse academic backgrounds: "The One Health approach is by nature multidisciplinary. Faculty members who participated in the risk communication training have expertise in their particular discipline, but our hope was to broaden participants’ vision of a more holistic approach to health emergency response. When a country is dealing with COVID-19 or another epidemic, it is crucial to draw upon a diverse range of disciplines and types of expertise for risk communication to work optimally.​" ​ Dr. Karen Saylors, Research Scientist, CEO, and Co-Founder of Labyrinth Global Health, Inc "Increasingly, health risks are not confined to one population, one geographic area, or one species. We all need to be able to communicate with each other clearly and to understand the complex factors that impact risk – some environmental, some behavioral, some cultural, and some epidemiological. We are all in this together." ​ Dr. Michael Wilkes, M.W. Professor, General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Bioethics School, University of California, Davis