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The Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP)  conducted its first-ever in-person event on January 12-15, 2023 at the Luxent Hotel, Quezon City. NGOHP is one of the flagship projects of the Planetary and Global Health Program (PGHP) of the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial (SLMCCM-WHQM) with support from the International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade.

The fellows of the Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP)Program participated in a six-week online introductory course on One Health on October to November 2022. The NGOHP is a flagship project of the Planetary and Global Health Program (PGHP) of the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial (SLMCCM-WHQM) with support from the International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade, which aims to enhance the domestic capacity of the Philippines for One Health transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation to effectively tackle wildlife trade and biodiversity loss as drivers of infectious disease emergence.

The Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP), together with the rest of the Planetary and Global Health Program (PGHP) of the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, participated in the 7th World One Health Congress, a five-day hybrid event held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore last November 7-11, 2022. In addition to the in-person attendance of the NGOHP core team, the 15 NGOHP fellows were also able to participate in the virtual sessions throughout the Congress.

Fifteen emerging scholars and practitioners from different parts of the Philippines were selected for the Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP) Fellowship. NGOHP is a project under the Planetary and Global Health Program of the St. Luke’s Medical Center – College of Medicine and is funded by the International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade, a newly launched network led by the German Government through GIZ. 

The Next Generation One Health Philippines (NGOHP) participated at the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) 2022 International Conference, which was held last September 5-7, 2022, Grand Richmond Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

The Planetary and Global Health Program (PGHP) of the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial (SLMCCM-WHQM) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Next Generation One Health Philippines Fellowship

Entitled “Next Generation One Health Philippines,” the project aims to enhance the domestic capacity of the Philippines for One Health transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation to effectively tackle wildlife trade and biodiversity loss as drivers of infectious disease emergence, with the purpose of preventing future zoonotic spillovers in the next 50 years.