CENPHER marks five years of cooperation on public health and ecosystems research

CENPHER’s mission for the period of 2012-2020 is to study the impact of environmental, ecological, cultural, socio-economic and demographic factors on health and well being, using the integrative approaches of Ecohealth and One Health in Southeast Asia and similarly in Africa.

The main activities of CENPHER include conducting research and training, and providing services. Research activites focus on links between health and agriculture, infectious and zoonotic diseases, chemical pollution, food safety and nutrition. The main themes for this research areIntegrative health research: Ecohealth and One Health (InRe); Food Safety (FS) and Risk Analysis; and Health Risk and Health Impact Assessment (HRIA). In relation to training, CENPHER supervises BSc, MSc and PhD students at HSPH and at other universities within and outside Viet Nam. CENPHER staff teach regular courses at HSPH and other universities in the region. CENPHER also offers short courses on Ecohealth, One Health, Risk Assessment, Integrative Training and Environmental Sanitation and Health. In addition, CENPHER provides consultancy services, which consist of research, training and evaluation work related to CENPHER’s core competencies.

On 8 August 2014, CENPHER launched its “CENPHER 5 Year Report 2009-2014: From a Research Project to a Research Center”. This report provides a summary of activities conducted over the past five years.

Asso. Prof. Dr Bui Thi Thu Ha, Dean of Hanoi School of Public Health, at the launching ceremony

 “The creation and development of CENPHER reflect not only the result of a North-South partnership in research and public health action, but also how it is possible to jointly tackle the great issues in national public health and global health. Effective health development is most effective when shared and compared across cultures and health and social and ecological systems. It is this process of mutual learning for change that will reveal the key determinants that will lead to new evidence and innovative solutions to improve health and well-being,” said Prof. Marcel Tanner, Director of Swiss Tropical and Public Health (Swiss TPH)—one of the long time and key partners of CENPHER—in the report./.

Link to download the electronic version of the report: http://cenpher.hsph.edu.vn/english/news/cenpher-five-year-report-2009-%E2%80%93-2014-research-project-research-center

The Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER) is located at the Hanoi School of Public Health, 138 Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam.

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