The Regional Core Group Meeting of the Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI): Advancing Ecohealth in South East Asia

The first Regional Core Group (RCG) meeting of the program FBLI in South East Asia has been hosted by the Universitas Indonesia from 17^th to 20^th December 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The RCG consists of the founding members of the FBLI program which is funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada and aims at promoting Ecohealth as new field in South East Asia. The Hanoi School of Public Health is one of the eight partner institutions i.e., Mahidol University, Universitas Indonesia, Kunming Medical University, Hanoi School of Public Health, Kunming Institute of Botany, Veterinarians without Borders, and Vietnam Public Health Association. The meeting marked the milestone of signing the Consortium Agreement (CA) among eight partner institutions which affirms their commitments in partnership and collaboration. Besides, the progress of two year implementation of each country team (Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and China) as well as other components of the program was reported. The side event marked the visit to the study site of the research “Ecohealth and Dairy products: Connecting issues and finding interventions for small-scale farmers in the context of South East Asia” in Pangalengan, West Java, Indonesia. The meeting activity was coordinated by the Coordinating Unit of the program housed by the Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), Hanoi School of Public Health and Vietnam Public Health Association. 

Participants of the RCG meeting at the Universitas Indonesia on 17^th December 2013