KERALA VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY A compilation of activities of Centre for One Health Education, Advocacy, Research and Training (COHEART) www.coheart.ac.in KERALA VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY POOKODE, WAYANAD 673 576 www.kvasu.ac.in THE “COHEART” JOURNEY: A compilation of activities of Centre for One Health Education, Advocacy, Research and Training Published by: Director of Entrepreneurship Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala www.kvasu.ac.in Year of Publication: 2019 Compiled by: Dr. Prejit, Officer-In-Charge, COHEART Edited by: Dr. Prejit, Officer-In-Charge, COHEART Dr. Jess Vergis, Co-ordinator, COHEART Number of Copies: 100 March 2019 To download a copy of the publication, please visit www.coheart.ac.in Shri. DEVENDRA KUMAR SINGH, IAS VICE CHANCELLOR Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala- 673 576 Tel: 04936- 209209; Fax: 04936- 256382 E-mail:
[email protected]; Web: www.kvasu.ac.in MESSAGE I am indeed delighted to note that our Centre for One Health Education, Advocacy, Research and Training (COHEART), the first of its kind in the nation, has completed five years of voyage in its mission. In fact, I am confident that the One Health concept will fetch significantly towards the common goal of a healthy world through its tri-junctional interface between humans, animals and the environment and addressing the current public health issues. At the outset, I would like to highlight the fact that a healthy nation could only be built by the healthy individuals and the animals and the environment they live in. I strongly believe and affirm that the public health could only be attained by way of collaborative and co-operative works shouldered by Medical as well as Veterinary fraternity by bringing synergy among allied line departments and stakeholders which formulates the basis for 'One Health' concept.