Our sixth symposium was held on 8-9 December 2020.
One Health Aotearoa’s symposia aim to bring together experts from the fields of animal, human and environmental health in order to address important One Health issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Our 6th symposium was held at five regional hubs around the country which were connected together online via Zoom. The programme had a focus on COVID-19, water quality, Mātauranga Māori biosecurity and antimicrobial resistance.
The plenary speakers included Ashley Bloomfield (Ministry of Health), Eddie Holmes (University of Sydney), Orin Levine (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) and Ruth Zadoks (University of Sydney).
Sixth OHA Symposium programme
Session 1
Ashley Bloomfield, Ministry of Health
Plenary – Lessons so far from New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland
Mathematical models for COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand
Jemma Geoghegan, University of Otago
Genomic epidemiology of COVID-19 in Aotearoa
Petra Muellner, Epi-Interactive
Taking the black box out of disease models to improve their use and interpretation – fool’s dream or a new frontier?
Siouxsie Wiles, University of Auckland
Sewers for superbug surveillance
Rose Collis, Massey University
Metagenomic analysis and culture-based methods to examine the prevalence and distribution of antibiotic resistance on two New Zealand dairy farms
Shovon Chakma, University of Queensland
Public health implications of within live poultry market avian influenza A/H5 environmental contamination in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a longitudinal study
Jane Kitson, Kitson Consulting
Murihiku Cultural Water Classification System- a management framework for cultural uses
Session 7
Orin Levine, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Plenary – Rising to the challenge of equitable, rapid scaling of COVID-19 vaccinations
Sarah Jefferies, Institute of Environmental Science and Research
The epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 in New Zealand and impacts of the national response