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14th Feb. 2024

International Veterinary and Conservation Medicine
Education Program (IVCMEP)
to foster the next generation of human resources to bridge between Africa and Japan

Syllabus 2024 for ONLINE students
Introduction
This program is a student exchange program among Hokkaido University (HU), the University ofZambia (UNZA) and other African universities with following features.
1)

Promotion of Conservation Medicine

This program is based on the concept of One Health, which considers environmental changes
caused by human activities and associated health problems as issues not only for humans butalso for animals, ecosystems, and the entire planet.
2)

Open for all fields of students

The practice of conservation medicine requires collaboration among diverse specialties as well asinternational perspectives. We offer a curriculum that allows students from many academic fields
to participate.
3)

Advanced learning of conservation medicine

Japan has experienced rapid economic growth followed by environmental and health crises andhas subsequently overcome most of them with social countermeasures, science, and technology.
Training and lectures to learn from the history and current advancing technologies regarding
health and environmental management are offered in this programme.
4)

Promoting cross-cultural understanding and collaboration

We will also strive to foster an understanding of African and Japanese culture, with the aim ofdeveloping human resources who will contribute to building friendly international partnerships
between Zambia and Japan, and ultimately between Africa and Japan.

Detailed instruction about the course

With completion of no less than three classes listed below, certificate for IVCMEP2023 will begiven by Hokkaido University (HU). This will certify the student’s competency while giving
priority to participate in the proceeding IVCMEP conducted on-site at Hokkaido and otherparts of Japan.
1)

One class for “Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies”⚫

Watching lecture video series of “Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies”⚫

Participating online interactive sessions with students and professors at Hokkaido
University[Tentative schedule]

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2)

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July: Travel Report by UNZA students

September: Interactive discussion session with professors at HU

September : Travel Report by HU students

No less than two classes for “Conservation Medicine I&II”⚫

Select no less than two classes from the list below⚫

Each class consists of 8 subjects (or less, yet equivalent to 8 subjects).

The program starts from 1st July 2024 and ends on 31st October 2024.

Outline of each class1) Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies
NOTE: All IVCMEP students are required to watch following lectures
Lectures are given by researchers in Hokkaido Universities and other partner institutions inJapan and African countries.
ClassSubject1 ) Japanese Language and Culture2 ) One-Health and SDGs
3 ) Sustainable Development in Japan and African countries

1.

Interdisciplinary and4 ) Recent Topics in Veterinary and Conservation Medicine in Japan

Intercultural Studies

5 ) Training on Team Working
6 ) Ethics in Interdisciplinary Research7 ) Medical Anthropology
8) Human Resources for Sustainable Development

2) Conservation Medicine I&II [two credits]
NOTE: Select no less than two classes from the list below .
Each class consists of 8 subjects (or less, yet equivalent to 8 subjects).
**: Equivalent to 2 subjects***: Equivalent to 3 subjects****: Equivalent to 4 subjects

ClassSubject1 ) Guidance for Chemical Hazard

1.
2 ) Environmental Toxicology-1 Trace Elements

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14th Feb. 2024ClassSubjectCHCE-I: Field3 ) Environmental Toxicology-2 Food Safety

Toxicology & Risk

4 ) Veterinary Forensics**Analysis

5 ) Risk Analysis***1 ) Introduction on environmental chemical analysis**2 ) Heavy Metal (including Mercury) Poisoning

2.

3 ) Pesticide Pollution and HealthCHCE-II: Chemical

4 ) Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and HumanAnalyses

5)

Lecture on environmental health and environmental
monitoring6 ) Lecture on data analysis of LC-MS/MS**1 ) Pharmacology **3.

CHCE III: Basic2 ) Wildlife Toxicology / Ecotoxicology**

Conservation Medicine

3 ) Toxicologic Pathology**4 ) Immunotoxicology **4.

5.

CHCE-IV:

1 ) Remote sensing-1 **Environmental

2 ) Remote sensing-2 **Remediation and3 ) Environmental Remediation**

Diagnostic Techniques4 ) Environmental Remediation in Marine Environment**

CHCE-V:GIS

andsatellite remote sensing

1 ) Basic and practices of GIS -1**
2 ) Basic and practices of GIS -2***
3 ) Basic and practices of GIS -3***

6.

CHCE-VI:
Bioinformatics

Mechanism,Assessment and7.

Remediation ofEnvironmental
Pollution

8.

1 ) Basic and Multivariate Analysis: Basics and Practices ****2)

1)

Computational Toxicology Basic of Molecular Docking****Understanding Plants and Soils - in relation toenvironmental pollutions **2 ) Impact Evaluation of Development Program **3 ) Environmental Radioactivity and health hazard4 ) Health Science5 ) Remediation of abandoned mine sites **1 ) Overview from animal side (host defense)

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14th Feb. 2024ClassSubject
2 ) Medical Entomology
3)

Advanced andComprehensive Studies
on Zoonosis Control

Control of CSF/ASF (Classical swine fever/African swinefever)4 ) Filovirus infection5 ) Control of Brucellosis in Uganda/ Tanzania
6 ) Tuberculosis
7)

Toxoplasmosis

8)

African trypanosomiasis

1 ) Principle of biobank and its application**

9.

Advanced Seminar on2)

Conservation Medicine

Zoonosis studies in Zambia: practical use of thebiorepository

3 ) Relational database4 ) Usage of Next Generation Sequencer****10.

IVCMEP: Conservation
Medicine

A free-designed class selected from any 16 subjects fromabove.
Notice: On completing this class, 2 credits will be given.

Details of each class are subject to change.

ApplicationRegister for the application via the link below.
https://forms.gle/DnVLtxVBzCTgKVhi7

Contact
Hokkaido University IVCMEP Central Office
Location: S408, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, JAPAN
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Mail to: IVCMEP@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
The latest information is available from our website.
https://africa.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/en/