TROI: Tracking health risks in the Indian Ocean with a One Health approach
Project start date:
01/07/2015Project end date:
31/12/2019Objectives
- Strengthening the surveillance of existing diseases and increasing the vigilance on exotic diseases which are potentially a risk for the Indian Ocean zone.
- Developing dispersion models for pathogens and vectors to anticipate epidemics and guide surveillance.
- Evaluating the resistance level of bacteria to antibiotics and understanding the reasons for its evolution.
- Fuelling the finalised control strategies for diseases of interest in Reunion and the Indian Ocean, taking into account their economic and social impacts.
- Coordinating activities and the transfer of skills between partners.
Location
Reunion, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles
Description
The TROI project is organised around four actions:
1. SURVEILLANCE: Surveillance of infectious diseases through a pooled approach, consolidating regional networks and observatories: moving towards new approaches to surveillance.
2. BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR BETTER ANTICIPATION: The vulnerability of Indian Ocean islands to infectious diseases; the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance.
3. CLEAR-SIGHTED CONTROL: Control strategies: economic and social impact of control actions.
4. COORDINATING AND TRANSFERRING ACTIVITIES AND COMPETENCIES of the members and partners of the research and teaching system in the One Health Partnership - OI.
Partners
- Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - CIRAD
- Directorate of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (DAAF 974)
- Groupement de défense sanitaire du Bétail de la Réunion (GDS 974)
- Laboratoire vétérinaire départemental de la Réunion (LVD 974)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU)
- Institut de Recherche pour le développement (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, IRD)
- Agence Régionale de la Santé Océan Indien (ARS)
- Association pour es Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales de la Réunion - APLAMEDOM
- Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, la Pêche et l’Environnement - INRAPE
- Service de Santé Publique Vétérinaire - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (SSPV)
- Directorate of Health - Ministry of Health (DGS)
- Directorate of Veterinary Services - Ministry of Livestock (DSV - MinEl)
- Department of Animal and Veterinary Research (FOFIFA - DRZV)
- Health Surveillance and Surveillance Directorate - Ministry of Health (DVSSE)
- Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (IPM)
- Fondation Mérieux
- Mayotte Directorate of Veterinary Services - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DSV Mayotte)
- Mauritius Veterinary Services (SVM)
- Mauritius Directorate of Health (DGS)
- Health Surveillance Unit - Sega One Health network (UVS COI)
- Seychelles Veterinary Services (SVS)
- CDCU Seychelles Ministry of Health (CDCU)
- Institut Pasteur de Paris - IPP
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort - ENVA
Fundings
The TROI project is co-financed by the European Union, the French State, the Reunion regional council and CIRAD.