Originally posted on ILRI BioSciences:
Participants of the PENAPH technical workshop The Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) first technical workshop was held on Dec 11-13, 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The committee accepted 34 abstracts out of 55 submissions as oral presentations and an additional 13 were accepted as posters.  The workshop…

First Technical Conference Participants: The Conference is about to start. It promises to be a great week in Chiang Mai. This time of year is the nicest weather and an important Holiday period in Thailand. If you are arriving by plane at the Chiang Mai Airport look for hotel staff with a sign for the … Continue reading →

The PENAPH Technical Conference being held in Chiang Mai on Dec 11 to 13 will hold its conference dinner at Khum Khantoke. This is a elegant garden restaurant with traditional Thai dancing. The conference  dinner is included in the conference registration fee and also open to all those who have waiver of the fee or … Continue reading →

There will be an in Workshop on Modeling to be held in Bangkok, just after the PENAPH Technical Workshop in Chiang Mai: Workshop on Modeling and Simulation at the Interface of Social, Epidemiological and Ecological Sciences: Building up Collaboration in South East-Asia. Date: 19th-20th December 2012 Location: Bangkok See the news in the Grease website … Continue reading →

Workshop Registration, Payment of Conference Fees, Hotel Bookings and Visa Procedures The PENAPH Technical Conference will share experiences in the application of PE, innovative papers describing new developments and host discussion forums on hot topics in participatory epidemiology. Our registration, payment, hotel booking and visa process are now in place. 63 people have already registered. … Continue reading →

In a review article, ‘Rinderpest Eradication: Appropriate Technology and Social Innovations’ published in Science Magazine on September 14, 2012 about lessons from the eradication of rinderpest, the origins of participatory epidemiology and the contribution of participatory epidemiology to rinderpest eradication are described. You can see the abstract at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1223805 So, in referencing PE, we can … Continue reading →

The Mini-Symposium on Participatory Epidemiology (PE) at ISVEE 13 was well attended. For the keynote, the meeting room was filled to capacity with more interested people listening from the hall. Most people stayed on to hear the subsequent 6 papers. The topics covered included PE practice in research and surveillance as well as two papers … Continue reading →