The Facebook page of the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University has announced an online seminar to be held on 16 December 2020 as part of the One Health Lecture Series on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health.
The event will be co-hosted by the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani Province, and Hokkaido University and Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan.
TU students are welcome to register for participation at this link.
The Thammasat University Library collection includes many books on the subjects of infectious diseases and environmental health.
The TU Library also owns books that were published by Hokkaido University, or originated from research carried out there.
Hokkaido University is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The main campus is located in downtown Sapporo.
Among its distinguished graduates is Nitobe Inazō, the author of Bushido: the Soul of Japan and Lectures on Japan: an outline of the development of the Japanese people and their culture, both of which are in the TU Library collection.
Nitobe Inazō was a Japanese agricultural economist, author, educator, diplomat, and Christian during the pre-World War II period.
The Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens are operated by Hokkaido University.
The gardens were established in 1886 as part of the Old Sapporo Agricultural College, and are now the second oldest botanical gardens in Japan. Today they form part of the university’s School of Agriculture, and contain a small part of the forest formerly covering the Ishikari Plain, plus collections of over 4,000 plant species, including alpine plants, wild plants from Hokkaidō, and the oldest lilac in Sapporo.
The gardens also contain early Hokkaidō homes, a tropical greenhouse, and the Natural History Museum (built 1884), which exhibits Ainu artefacts, local archaeological and biological specimens.
The educational philosophy of Hokkaido University is Frontier Spirit; Global Perspectives; All-round Education; and Practical Learning.
Overseas satellite offices
In order to raise awareness of the university internationally, as of June 2018 Hokkaido University was operating eight satellite offices worldwide. These include a satellite office in Kamphaeng Saen (Thailand).
Prospective students may obtain information and take university entrance exams there.
The Hokkaido University Liaison Office in Thailand may be contacted c/o the Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom 73140
As its website explains, the
Thai Liaison Office provides more information and services regarding Hokkaido University and its entrance examinations to potential students. Staff at the office plan various events, negotiate with universities to establish inter-university partnerships, and support former international students in alumni association activities.
The office also serves as a hub for faculty members of Hokkaido University who visit Thailand for educational and research activities.
Access: approx. 80km from Bangkok
30 km from Nakhon Pathom
Inquiry: shomu@agr.hokudai.ac.jp
Partnerships with Thai universities include Thammasat, as of 2014.
Rakuno Gakuen University is a private university in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, established in 1960. Its name, Rakunō or dairy agriculture refers to the university’s predecessor, a public school teaching dairy farming that was founded in 1933. Its specializations remain agriculture and veterinary medicine to this day. Gakuen means simply school of any level, being part of its former name.
Its website notes:
Rakuno Gakuen was established in 1960 with the Department of Dairy Science. With the concept of “tri-love” rooted in Christianity as the pillar of education, the school has since strived to nurture individuals who have a rich sense of humanity and academic expertise and lead their generations, through practical education based on the philosophy that, “a healthy earth ensures human health.” Today, the university consists of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences (three departments), the School of Veterinary Medicine (two departments) and two graduate schools (six doctoral and master’s courses), and is engaged in the highest level of education and research.
Its research approach is described online as follows:
Rakuno Gakuen’s new policy of an integrated vision toward sustainable agriculture is based on two exisiting faculties (Faculty of Dairy Science and Faculty of Environmental Systems) and the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Rakuno Gakuen proposes a new transdisciplinary approach in the 1st year of education. After this period, students will select a specialized course of study as their research thesis.
Recent innovations
Among recent innovations at the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, it was announced in May that Thai Health, Thammasat University and Mahidol University Work Together to Provide COVID-19 Information in Various Ethnic Languages:
Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), Thammasat University and Mahidol University have worked out informative media in 10 ethnic languages, such as Tai Yai, Lahu, and Akha, under the ethnic women’s healthcare access mechanism development project. The main aim is to produce an informative media in order to forge the understanding about the COVID-19 situation. The media will be distributed through ethnic group leaders in order to alleviate their panic and inform guidelines to protect themselves for people from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia in Thailand.
Mrs. Porranee Phuprasert, Director of Populations Health Promotion Section, Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), says that ThaiHealth is working with the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University (TU) under the ethnic women’s healthcare access mechanism development project. This collaboration is to produce informative media to inform minority people about the COVID-19 situation. The media has been made in 10 languages, such as Tai Yai, Lahu, Akha, and Hmong, and distributed online in form of infographic, video clips, Facebook posts, Line posts, audio, and community radio. Community’s leaders will be communicating with minority people. Moreover, ThaiHealth is also working with Mahidol University’s Faculty of Tropical Medicine to produce informative media about COVID-19 in 3 languages for Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodian people living in Thailand.
“The spread of the COVID-19 affects ethnic group people because they cannot access information and disease prevention tools, including face masks and sanitizer gels. Some minority groups panic and don’t want to leave their house to do agriculture, some are anxious and don’t know what to do if they have contacted other groups of people. Some people also receive fake news. ThaiHealth, has always worked with local partners, hurries to deliver the right information to ethnic groups and informers of the groups in order to help minority people to receive the right knowledge and medical service in this situation”, said Mrs. Porranee.
Assistant Professor Ronnaphum Samakkikarom, Assistant Director of the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University (TU), says that we have support from ThaiHealth on the ethnic women’s healthcare access mechanism development project. This year is the fourth year to proceed with the project and support 4 ethnic groups, which are Karen, Leesu, Tai Yai, and Hmong. We also eliminate obstacles to the medical service of ethnic women groups by having community leaders to be “translator” and “ethnic health communicator”. Under the COVID-19 situations, these community leaders are vital to informing people in the community. Currently, we are working in 5 districts of 3 provinces, including, Mae Wang, district Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Lhuang, Mae Sai district, and Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai, and Pangmapha district, Mae Hong Son. There are 1,200 ethnic women and 400 community leaders participating.
“The first phase is to protect ethnic women groups during COVID-19 situation by distributing media that translated Thai and medical terms, such as x-ray and sample collection, into ethnic languages. Most ethnic groups don’t understand medical terms so community leaders who can understand Thai will be a translator for them and use media from ThaiHealth to inform them about the situation”, said Assistant Professor Ronnaphum…
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