One Health Guff

One Health Guff is a video podcast where we talk about various issues, approaches and ideas regarding veterinary medicine, disease control, public health, wildlife and ecology with the point of view from the One Health Approach in Nepal.

The podcast is hosted by Dr. Rakesh Chand, a veterinarian from Kathmandu. Dr. Chand is the executive director of the Center for One Health Research & Promotion (COHRP) as well as currently a PhD (Veterinary Medicine) student at the University of Cambridge working on his project “One Health Approach towards Rabies Elimination in Nepal”.

Podcasts

We bring you an unadulterated and unfiltered take on the current problems with the veterinary education system in Nepal through the experiences of recent students. We have 4 recent vet graduates with us on this episode discussing on the topic of veterinary education in Nepal. The veterinarians are former central committee members of the Nepal Veterinary Students Association (NVSA) from the current 4 vet schools of Nepal.
Dr. Tulsi Ram Gompo talking about details about the roles being played by the CVL to prevent the alarming situation of AMR through active and passive surveillance.

On the occasion of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2022 (18th-24th Nov), we bring you a special episode, “Introduction to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)”. We have Dr Nabin Paudel as our AMR expert for the discussion.
Prof. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Singh talking about topics like veterinary clinics, the need for a radical change in veterinary education, veterinary telemedicine, the untapped potential of veterinary teaching hospitals, and many interesting clinical cases.
Dr. Sital Kaji Shrestha, President of Nepal Veterinary Association on the ongoing crucial issue of the Paravet Council Act in Nepal.
Dr. Swoyam Prakash Shrestha, Chief and Senior Scientist of National Animal Health Research Center highlighing on the Monkey Breeding Centre at Lele, improving veterinary education, pet ownerships and clinical practice permit for foreign veterinarians.
Mr. Kumar Poudel, Co-founder and Director of Greenhood Nepal sharing his experience with Nepali Pangolins, illegal wildlife trade, commercialization and wildlife tourism.

Dr. Freya Jephcott, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge sharing her knowledge on social sciences, climate change and planetary health.

Part I: Dr Sujan Rana, Chief of the One Health Section of the Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development on challenges ofo rabies control in the governmental sector
Dr. Sunil Thapa from Animal Nepal and Dr. Samir Thapa from Kat Animal Clinic sharing their view around perspectives towards the challenges of rabies control intervention and animal welfare programs in the country.