Carolina Churchill

PREDICT, a project of USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) Program, has contributed to
global early warning systems to detect and reduce the impacts of emerging diseases that move
between animals and people (zoonotic diseases). PREDICT field teams sampled bats, rodents,
primates (human and non-human), livestock, and other animals in zoonotic hotspots in Africa and
Asia.
In order to successfully implement One Health disease surveillance in these regions, PREDICT
developed… Show more

PREDICT, a project of USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) Program, has contributed to
global early warning systems to detect and reduce the impacts of emerging diseases that move
between animals and people (zoonotic diseases). PREDICT field teams sampled bats, rodents,
primates (human and non-human), livestock, and other animals in zoonotic hotspots in Africa and
Asia.
In order to successfully implement One Health disease surveillance in these regions, PREDICT
developed One Health protocols and trained over 6,500 people in 19 unique One Health topics
resulting in 20,000 One Health training events. These training topics included safe animal
surveillance by taxa, safe laboratory practices, and techniques for behavioral risk and human
syndromic research. In addition, PREDICT provided training on topics such as safe handling of
animal and human samples, emergency preparedness and outbreak response. Show less