Conservation Medicine works with EcoHealth Alliance to develop science-based solutions to prevent pandemics and promote conservation.
Projects
Learn how our work in Malaysia and South East Asia is helping to identify and prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases.
Publications
& Press
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Resources
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Conservation
Strengthening laboratory capacity, raising public awareness and reporting the ecological effects of land-use change.
/ Specialities
We have a unique skill set that enables us to train, research, discover and develop.
HUMAN, WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK SAMPLING
ZOONOTIC PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE AND DISCOVERY
ONE HEALTH TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY
ZOONOSIS, LAND USE CHANGE AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH
/ Projects
Learn how our projects in Malaysia and South East Asia are helping identify and prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases.
Infectious Disease Emergence and Economics of Altered Landscapes (IDEEAL)
Quantifying the economic costs of the impact of deforestation on malaria outcomes in Sabah, Malaysia, and determining the optimal amount of land to be converted to agriculture that minimised these costs.
PREDICT
Funded by USAID this project discovered novel zoonotic viruses in wildlife before they could potentially become human epidemics, and identified the factors that drive their emergence, amplification, and spread in populations.
EID-SEARCH
Funded by NIAID, the creation of the Emerging Infectious Diseases / South East Asia Research Collaboration Hub aims to discover new viruses and characterise their risk of spillover to people, as well as identifying evidence of virus outbreaks not being detected by normative diagnostics.
WHO Laboratory Biosafety and Risk Assessment Manuals
Working with the WHO and MORU to strengthen laboratory capacity in South East Asia.
Biosurveillance of Henipaviruses & Filoviruses
Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Biological Threat Reduction Program, this project aims to strengthen capacity for serological surveillance within national labs and characterise henipavirus and filovirus exposure in bats, livestock and people in Peninsular Malaysia.
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/ Projects
Learn how our projects in Malaysia and South East Asia are helping identify and prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases.
Infectious Disease Emergence and Economics of Altered Landscapes (IDEEAL)
Quantifying the economic costs of the impact of deforestation on malaria outcomes in Sabah, Malaysia, and determining the optimal amount of land to be converted to agriculture that minimised these costs.
PREDICT
Funded by USAID this project discovered novel zoonotic viruses in wildlife before they could potentially become human epidemics, and identified the factors that drive their emergence, amplification, and spread in populations.
EID-SEARCH
Funded by NIAID, the creation of the Emerging Infectious Diseases / South East Asia Research Collaboration Hub aims to discover new viruses and characterise their risk of spillover to people, as well as identifying evidence of virus outbreaks not being detected by normative diagnostics.
WHO Laboratory Biosafety and Risk Assessment Manuals
Working with the WHO and MORU to strengthen laboratory capacity in South East Asia.
Biosurveillance of Henipaviruses & Filoviruses
Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Biological Threat Reduction Program, this project aims to strengthen capacity for serological surveillance within national labs and characterise henipavirus and filovirus exposure in bats, livestock and people in Peninsular Malaysia.
/ Publications & Press
Download papers and reports from our research to learn about our findings and understand how land-use change is effecting zoonotic spillover.
/ COVID-19
How Conservation Medicine is involved in gaining further understanding of COVID-19, and helping to combat the global pandemic.
First diagnoses in Malaysia
The first three human cases in Malaysia were diagnosed on January 25th using the PREDICT Quan protocol after The Ministry of Health reached out to Conservation Medicine for guidance on diagnostics. This was while The Ministry of Health was waiting for Primers, Probes and Controls for the WHO Berlin protocol.
PPE donations
We have donated PPE to Sabah State Health Department, Tawau District in Sabah and Selangor State Health Department (this was not PREDICT related rather part of Conservation Medicine’s ongoing collaboration with our Malaysian government partners).
Sharing of information and knowledge
We have been sharing information with The Ministry of Health and colleagues on the front line on the latest testing protocols, PPE guidelines, relevant papers on SARS-CoV-2, biosafety advice, SOPs for disinfecting in different settings and handling bodies, advice on serology platforms, SARS-CoV-2 risk assessment and biosafety recommendations (this was not PREDICT related rather part of Conservation Medicine’s ongoing collaboration with our Malaysian government partners).
Arranging primers, probes and controls
We arranged for primers, probes and controls for the COVID-19 Berlin qPCR protocol for the National Public Health Lab, UNIMAS and the Kota Kinabalu Public Health Lab (this is part of the ongoing PREDICT project).
Wildlife testing
We have tested 1207 animals for SARS-Cov-2 as a part of understanding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Organised testing supplies
Working with the US Embassy, we have organised testing supplies for 10,000 people – valued at USD$300K – using funds from the USAID Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance team in Bangkok, for the Kota Kinabalu Public Health Lab in Sabah (this was not PREDICT related rather part of Conservation Medicine’s ongoing collaboration with our Malaysian government partners).
/ Partners
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