ISESSAH-SEA 2019 Regional Meeting

The International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health (ISESSAH) held its first regional meeting for South East Asia in Bogor, Indonesia. The meeting was hosted by Agriculture University Bogor (Institut Pertanian Bogor) and was held on the 17th and 18th October.

The meeting, which connected over 100 people from seven different countries, updated research projects among experts and scientists within the field of social science, animal health and production economics, epidemiologists, veterinarians, medical practitioners and government agencies in the South East Asia region.

Jonathan Rushton presented an update of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) programme to the conference. He was able to use this meeting to build the GBADs network in South East Asia and develop further opportunities for case-studies in the region.