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  International Livestock Research Institute   Training course report     Risk communications on food safety and human health       December 2019             i   © 2019. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)  ILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund. This publication is copyrighted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Unless otherwise noted, you are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format), adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) for any purpose, even commercially, under the following condition:  ATTRIBUTION. The work must be attributed, but not in any way that suggests endorsement by ILRI or the author(s).  NOTICE: For any reuse or distribution, the license terms of this work must be made clear to others. Any of the above conditions can be waived if permission is obtained from the copyright holder. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author’s moral rights. Fair dealing and other rights are in no way affected by the above. The parts used must not misrepresent the meaning of the publication. ILRI would appreciate being sent a copy of any materials in which text, photos etc. have been used.    Written by Chi Nguyen   Citation ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute). 2019. Risk communications on food safety and human health. Report of a training course held on 19 December 2019. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.      ii  Contents Contents ................................................................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Training summary ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Agenda .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Training material .................................................................................................................................................... 6 List of participants .................................................................................................................................................. 7      1  Acknowledgement  The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) would like to express sincere appreciation and gratitude to Vietnam Association of Journalism, CropLife Asia & CropLife Vietnam for co-facilitating the organization of the event. Big thanks go to the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for funding the ‘Market-based approach to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam’ and the ‘Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pigborne diseases’, respectively which provided technical support to the workshop.     2  Training summary  Organizer/co-organizers: Vietnam Association of Journalism, CropLife Asia & CropLife Vietnam and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Lecturers/facilitators:  • Anastasia Bodnar, senior science advisor, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); • Bui Kim Thuy, country representative, US-ASEAN Business Council – Viet Nam Office (USABC)  • Darren K. (Duke) Hipp, director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships, CropLife Asia  • Hồ Quang Lợi, permanent vice chairman, Vietnam Journalism Association; • Nguyen Viet Hung, regional representative for ILRI East and Southeast Asia; • Pham Hai Chung, Academy of Journalism and Communication • Pham Van Loi, country director - Corteva Agriscience Vietnam, chairman of CropLife Vietnam;  • Truong Hong Son, deputy head of Science Management division, National Institute of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, deputy general secretary, Vietnam Medical Association, director, Vietnam Institute of Applied Medicine; • Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Environmental Health lecturer, head, Department of Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Public Health; • Tran Thi Khanh Hoa, deputy director, Red Communication Course objectives The training course aimed to: • Develop capacity on risk communications for Vietnamese reporters, especially those engaging in agriculture and food safety issues; • Create a platform for reporters, researchers and private sectors who are working in agriculture sector to exchange information on food safety for agricultural product outputs; and • Discuss ways for identifying and handling fake news on food safety and trends and important role of communications on human health issues. Course summary The media training workshop on ‘risk communications on food safety and human health’ brought together about 60 Vietnamese researchers and reporters to discuss ways for better communicating food safety information to the public in Flamingo Dai Lai in Vinh Phuc Province of Vietnam. Of 60 participants, about forty journalists come from a cross section of Vietnam’s news agencies and magazine publishers.  Increasing coverage of food safety issues in the traditional and social media in Vietnam has generated great interest about the issue in the public, the government and communication practitioners but, in some cases, also spread misinformation about food safety, which scares the public about the food they eat. Through the media workshop, food safety researchers sought to relay accurate research-based information on the challenges posed by unsafe food to human health. The media practitioners were targeted because of their role as intermediaries of information between food safety researchers and the public. In the morning session, Anastasia Bodnar, senior science advisor from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) presented two important food safety concepts – ‘risk’ and ‘hazard’ – which often cause  3  confusion among reporters. In her words, a ‘hazard’ can potentially cause harm while ‘risk’ is the ‘amount of harm depending on exposure to a hazard’. Journalists were given the opportunity to speak with a panel of experts to better understand key concepts and definitions in food safety and how to communicate them to the public.  Some of the researchers at the event said journalists often misreported on food safety because of not giving scientific evidence in their stories while reporters shared that scientists do not share many findings with the media. Some researchers share reports that are hard to understand and full of scientific jargon. At the end of the workshop, Ho Quang Loi, vice president of the Vietnam Association of Journalism proposed the establishment of a risk-based food safety assessment centre that can serve as a focal point for providing official information on food safety from researchers to the media and better facilitate the information exchange between researchers and communicators.   Participants at the media workshop (photo credit: CropLife). From left: Pham Van Loi, chairman of CropLife Vietnam, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, lecturer, Hanoi University of Public Health, Truong Hong Son, Deputy General Secretary of Vietnam Medical Association, and Hung Nguyen, ILRI regional representative for Southeast Asia (photo credit: CropLife). Participants at the media workshop (photo credit: CropLife).   From left: Pham Thi Hai Chung, Academy of Journalism and Communication, Bui Kim Thuy, country representative, US-ASEAN Business Council – Viet Nam Office (USABC), Anastasia Bodnar, senior science advisor, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Tran Thi Khanh Hoa, deputy director, Red Communication (photo credit: CropLife).   4  Agenda Time Activity Responsible person Note 7:00 – 8:30 6:45 Concentrate at: Horison Tower – 40 Cat Linh, Dong Da, HN 7:00 Depart to Flamingo Dai Lai resort Joined coach 8.30 - 9:00 Registration & Morning coffee break Opera Hall 9:00 - 9:10 Introduction Pham Van Loi Chairman CropLife Vietnam  9:10 - 9:20 Welcome remarks Mr. Ho Quang Loi  Permanent Vice Chairman Vietnam Journalism Association  9:20 - 10:00 Literacy of Food safety & Risk communications on food safety and public health Anastasia Bodnar  Senior Science Advisor  USDA   10:00 - 10:40 Fake news, disinformation related to food safety and public health – Impact of social media channel   Pham Hai Chung Academy of Journalism and Communication  10:40 - 10:55 Tea break  10:55 - 11:55 Panel discussion 1: Popular misleading information on food safety and human health   Speaker: 1. Truong Hong Son - Former Deputy Head of Science management division – Vietnam Institute of Applied Medicine (VIAM) – MOH; Deputy General Secretary – Vietnam Medical Association; Director of VIAM 2. Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh - Lecturer on Health & Environment, Head of Department for     Moderator:   Nguyen Viet Hung  Regional representative for East and Southeast Asia - ILRI     5  Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Public Health 3. Pham Van Loi - CropLife Vietnam Chairman 11:55 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:00 Interaction session for attended reporters Pham Hai Chung Academy of Journalism and Communication Opera Hall 14:00 - 15:00 Panel discussion 2: Role of risk communications in providing reliable information and earning public’s trust with reporting on food and health – Responsibility of related stakeholders.  Speakers: 1. Anastasia Bodnar - Senior science advisor, USDA 2. Bui Kim Thuy – Country representative, US-ASEAN Business Council, Vietnam Office (USABC) 3. Pham Hai Chung - Academy of Journalism and Communication    Moderator:  Tran Hoa Red Communication     15:00 - 15:30 Future prospective: Science Innovation is fundamental to sustainably ensure food safety and improve human health Duke Hipp Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships CropLife Asia  15:30 - 16:00 Wrap up and conclusion VJA      6  Training material All training materials can be downloaded from this link https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACXjIPa23ysJAqI&id=43B14D79042D27D1%214093&cid=43B14D79042D27D1        7  List of participants  Serial No.  Name Email contact Sex (M/F) Country of origin Country Classification (Developing/Developed) 1.  Nguyễn Hòa Văn   M Vietnam Developing 2.  Vũ Thị Hà  F Vietnam Developing 3.  Trần Thái Sơn  M Vietnam Developing 4.  Vũ Thị Nhung  F Vietnam Developing 5.  Võ Thu Nga  F Vietnam Developing 6.  Khổng Thị Nhung  F Vietnam Developing 7.  Phan Hữu Minh  M Vietnam Developing 8.  Lê Xuân Bách  M Vietnam Developing 9.  Tạ Hữu Thuật  M Vietnam Developing 10.  Nguyễn Chí Tiến  M Vietnam Developing 11.  Huy Hoàng  M Vietnam Developing 12.  Đỗ Tuyết Thanh  F Vietnam Developing 13.  Phạm Mạnh Cường   M Vietnam Developing 14.  Nguyễn Thanh Lương  M Vietnam Developing 15.  Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Chi  F Vietnam Developing 16.  Fred Unger  M German  Developed 17.  Lê Huyền Trang  F Vietnam Developing 18.  Angela Serrano  F Australia Developed 19.  Langley Shonara Jayde  F Australia Developed 20.  Jordan Gibson  F US Developed 21.  Nguyễn Hiền Chi  F Vietnam Developing  8  Serial No.  Name Email contact Sex (M/F) Country of origin Country Classification (Developing/Developed) 22.  Nguyễn Phương  F Vietnam Developing 23.  Trương Mạnh Linh   M Vietnam Developing 24.  Lưu Liên Hương   F Vietnam Developing 25.  Dương Thùy Anh  F Vietnam Developing 26.  Vũ Thị Thu Hằng   F Vietnam Developing 27.  Đào Thu Vinh  F Vietnam Developing 28.  Phạm Lê  F Vietnam Developing 29.  Lê Thị Khánh Hoà  F Vietnam Developing 30.  Nguyễn Trương Vương  M Vietnam Developing 31.  Thu Hà  F Vietnam Developing 32.  Nguyễn Thị Hạnh Nguyên  F Vietnam Developing 33.  Đường Kim Khánh   M Vietnam Developing 34.  Thanh Huyền  F Vietnam Developing 35.  Ngân Tuyền  F Vietnam Developing 36.  Lê Ngọc Yến  F Vietnam Developing 37.  Phan Hải Phương  F Vietnam Developing 38.  Văn Phúc  M Vietnam Developing 39.  Nguyễn Quang Kiểm  M Vietnam Developing 40.  Đỗ Mai Hương  F Vietnam Developing 41.  Thanh Tâm  F Vietnam Developing 42.  Lê Hân  F Vietnam Developing 43.  Anh Thơ  F Vietnam Developing 44.  Nguyễn Thanh  F Vietnam Developing  9  Serial No.  Name Email contact Sex (M/F) Country of origin Country Classification (Developing/Developed) 45.  Nguyễn Tiến Dũng  M Vietnam Developing 46.  Trần Kiên  M Vietnam Developing 47.  Phạm Đình Quỳnh  M Vietnam Developing 48.  Nguyễn Thị Thanh An  F Vietnam Developing 49.  Trần Thị Ngọc Yến  F Vietnam Developing 50.  Huy Linh  M Vietnam Developing 51.  Nguyễn Liễu  F Vietnam Developing 52.  Thu Hương  F Vietnam Developing 53.  Hồng Hạnh   F Vietnam Developing 54.  Kim Liên  F Vietnam Developing 55.  Nguyễn Tiến Chương  M Vietnam Developing 56.  Lê Nguyên Phú  M Vietnam Developing  

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