Date: 24-26 July 2024
Location: Samyan Mitrtown, Bangkok, Thailand
More information: https://www.vet.chula.ac.th/en/relation_detail/694
Context and WorldFish participation:
WorldFish will be at AquaSustain 2024 to be part of the conversation on shaping the future of aquaculture.
One Health Approach
Antibiotic resistance (AMR), a true One Health challenge, is declared by WHO as one of the top 10 public health threats facing humanity. AMR bacteria, and the AMR genes and mobile elements that confer resistance, can readily transfer between human, terrestrial, and aquatic systems. Antibiotics are widely used in aquaculture and other animal production systems to control bacterial diseases.
On Wednesday, 24 July, from 14:00-16:00 (ICT), WorldFish's David Vermer-Jeffreys will share his knowledge and expertise on effective mitigations and interventions in antimicrobial resistance in global pond-based aquaculture. He will also take reference to the One Health approach to showcase how these capacities, including farming practices and biosecurity, and effective vaccines, are being strengthened in major aquaculture-producing countries in Asia and Africa.
Biodiversity
Locally sourced small fish, harvested from homestead aquaculture ponds and small-scale artisanal fisheries, are a sustainable and climate-friendly manner source of diets, especially young children and pregnant and lactating mothers. When reproduced into dried fish powder, they have an extensive shelf life and can be easily transported where cold storage infrastructure, making it much more accessible while addressing food loss and waste in rural food-insecure communities.
On Thursday, 25 July 2024, from 14:00-16:00 (ICT), WorldFish's Quennie Vi Rizaldo will be talking about the game-changing innovation of nutrient-rich fish powder, as a means to curb malnutrition and other diet-related non-communicable disease and poverty, in addition to actionable solutions to support this innovation in terms of policy, investment and interventions, aiming to increase the availability and accessibility of nutritious diets that can help many poor and vulnerable communities.
We look forward to your active participation.
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