The OH-TARGET (One Health Training and Research Global Network) is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The vision and overarching aim of the CIH^LMU is to empower health professionals. With this vision, the CIH^LMU aspires to meet health-related challenges through capacity building in training and research. Within the OH-TARGET project, our vision has expanded to a more participatory and interdisciplinary approach to improve global health conditions.

The OH-TARGET project supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research through One Health Network Funds, offering grants for multidisciplinary high-quality research projects, ensured by a thorough selection process. By promoting partner autonomy and effective dissemination, these funds foster South-South collaboration and drive evidence-based policy and practice.

The Call for Proposals for the One Health Network Funds 2026/2027 is now closed. The new One Health Network Funds projects will be announced once the selection process is over.

You can read more about the next round of the One Health Network Funds Project and the Application Process here. 

In 2025, 17 proposals were submitted, and the following three  One Health projects were approved and are currently in progress:

• Maria Teresa Solis Soto - Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX), Bolivia

Antimicrobial Resistance as a Public Health Threat: An analysis of stakeholder’s opinion from Bolivia, Italy, Ghana, Guatemala, and Nepal

• Mkunde Chachage – National Institute for Medical Research – Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Tanzania

Arboviral diseases in Brazil, Italy and Tanzania: towards a comprehensive One Health strategy for the virological, epidemiological, entomological and immunological profiling

• Sonia Mara Raboni – Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil

Dengue: core competencies in One Health focusing on teamwork, transdisciplinary, and community cooperation

In 2023, out of 22 submitted proposals, four One Health projects were approved and initiaded:

• Ahmed Zeynudin Kasim - Jimma University (JU), Ethiopia

In 2021, out of 21 submitted proposals, five One Health projects were approved and initiaded:

• Apolonia Rodríguez - Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX), Bolivia

ECOH: Environment Care with a One Health approach

• Ahmed Zeynudin Kasim - Jimma University (JU), Ethiopia

The role of Khat (Catha edulis) in spreading antimicrobial-resistant Bacteria: A quantitative risk assessment from Farm to end-users using a one health approach, Jimma Ethiopia

• Andreas A. Kudom - University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana

Psycho Afro-mosquitoes: Investigating Psychographic determinAnts of students and entomological factors on the use of enetically modified mosquitoes for control in Africa

• Eshetu Girma - School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Mobile Health Application for Young People’s Mental Health - Building Capacity by Implementing a Mobile Health Application for Young People’s Mental Health in Ethiopia and Somaliland

• Mario Eduardo Castro Torres - Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX), Bolivia

SBEES: Stingless BEEs as an ecological, Social capital and public health richness

In 2020, six virtual teaching, training, and Covid-19 projects were approved and initiaded:

• Rachel Vicente - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil

Joint Initiative for Teaching and Learning on Global Health Challenges and One Health

• Verónica Encina and María Fernanda Bauleo - CIH / OH-TARGET Team Latin America

Modern Design & Interactive Teaching Methods for virtual teaching - MoDITeM

• Francesco Nicoli - Universitá degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy

Identification of Causes, Reasons And Solutions for High COVID-19 mortality rate in AGEd populations - CRASH CAGE

• María Teresa Solis Soto - Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX), Bolivia

One Health Knowledge Café

• Solomon Ali - Saint Paul´s Hospital - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Assessment of SARS CoV2 RNA from municipal waste water to monitor viral prevalence in the community in Ethiopia

• Kajal Chhaganlal - Universidade Catolica de Mocambique, Mozambique

Pediatric Ultrasound in corona pandemic – a new competence in Beira - Mozambique