TY - JOUR
T1 - Collective activities of the Thai Coordinating Unit for One Health (CUOH)
T2 - Past activities and future directions
AU - Tangwangvivat, Ratanaporn
AU - Rungsitiyakorn, Rata
AU - Hoonaukit, Chiti
AU - Na Nan, Somruethai
AU - Hooker, Katie R.
AU - Bhunyakitikorn, Wichan
AU - Phiancharoen, Chadaporn
AU - Pinyopornpanish, Papassorn
AU - Iamsirithaworn, Sopon
AU - Wiratsudakul, Anuwat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - In Thailand, One Health concepts have been implemented among government agencies, academic institutions, intergovernment, and civil society organizations. The Thai Coordinating Unit for One Health (CUOH) was established as a collaborating body for One Health-related activities in the country in 2014. To better understand what activities CUOH has completed thus far and to assess future activities, we conducted a network analysis to identify and visualize linkages between organizations and activities from 2015 to 2021. Activities were divided into four categories: organizing meetings, developing products, providing funds, and managing resources. Most of the 114 CUOH-managed meeting participants were representatives from 72 government and 20 academic institutions. The Thai Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control participated in 148 meetings, the highest attendance among all organizations working with CUOH. The first CUOH guideline or manual was published in 2020, and 11 were published in 2021. In funding management, the CUOH worked with 25 organizations to carry out 71 projects from 2015 to 2021. Additionally, the CUOH played an important role in allocating COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CUOH has connected organizations working in different health sectors to collaborate jointly through meetings and projects that use a One Health approach, which can holistically improve health management in Thailand. Diverse funding sources are needed to ensure the sustainability of the unit in the future.
AB - In Thailand, One Health concepts have been implemented among government agencies, academic institutions, intergovernment, and civil society organizations. The Thai Coordinating Unit for One Health (CUOH) was established as a collaborating body for One Health-related activities in the country in 2014. To better understand what activities CUOH has completed thus far and to assess future activities, we conducted a network analysis to identify and visualize linkages between organizations and activities from 2015 to 2021. Activities were divided into four categories: organizing meetings, developing products, providing funds, and managing resources. Most of the 114 CUOH-managed meeting participants were representatives from 72 government and 20 academic institutions. The Thai Ministry of Public Health's Department of Disease Control participated in 148 meetings, the highest attendance among all organizations working with CUOH. The first CUOH guideline or manual was published in 2020, and 11 were published in 2021. In funding management, the CUOH worked with 25 organizations to carry out 71 projects from 2015 to 2021. Additionally, the CUOH played an important role in allocating COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CUOH has connected organizations working in different health sectors to collaborate jointly through meetings and projects that use a One Health approach, which can holistically improve health management in Thailand. Diverse funding sources are needed to ensure the sustainability of the unit in the future.
KW - Collaboration
KW - Coordinating unit
KW - Network analysis
KW - One health
KW - Thailand
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190310070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100728
DO - 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100728
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190310070
SN - 2352-7714
VL - 18
JO - One Health
JF - One Health
M1 - 100728
ER -