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Outbreaks & Emergencies

SACIDS Foundation’s Role in Containing COVID-19 in Africa

COVID-19: A Global Health Crisis The COVID-19 outbreak, first identified in Wuhan, China, emerged as a cluster of patients with fever and respiratory symptoms on December 31, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 31, 2020, and later labeled it a pandemic on March…

EVD case in DRC linked to 2018-2020 Nord Kivu EVD outbreak

The new case of Ebola Virus Disease in Beni is linked to the 2018-2020 Nord Kivu/Ituri EVD outbreak and does not represent a new spillover event. On October 08, 2021, a case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was confirmed in a 29-month-old male child, living in Butsili health area in the Beni health zone,…

Thank this Ebola-fighting African doctor for monoclonal antibody treatments

As President Trump recovers from Covid-19, he has been singing the praises of an experimental monoclonal antibody cocktail made by Regeneron, which he credits for his fast recovery. He’s not alone in his optimism. Some infectious disease experts anticipate that monoclonal antibody treatments will become a significant tool in controlling the pandemic, potentially as valuable…

New DRC Ebola outbreak grows to 9 cases, 5 deaths

Three more cases have been reported in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) Equateur, and health officials have fleshed out more details about the cluster of cases. Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the DRC had notified it of an outbreak in the northwestern part of the country…

AFRICA CDC LEADS CONTINENTAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN AFRICA: STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF AFRICA CDC

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 7 MARCH 2020. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) confirms that the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has now been reported in several African countries, with cases in Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, and Tunisia. It’s important to emphasize that we anticipated that this…

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Rabies in Conflict Zones

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Deputy Director-General Position at WAOH

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Former SACIDS Postdoctoral Fellow Appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Leading Zambian University

One of the First post doctoral fellow SACIDS undertook the journey of Research with Prof Bernard Mudenda Hang’ombe has been given a heavy responsibility of research and innovation at the second highest university in Zambia. He has been appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and innovation. Before this position he was Dean school of Veterinary…

Rsif Call for PhD Scholarships

PhD Scholarships- Sixth Call for applications PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) PhD Scholarships PhD Scholarships available to support 3-4 Year Doctoral Training Scholarships in PASET Rsif Priority Thematic Areas Sixth Rsif PhD Scholarships Call is now open Deadline for submission: 16th September 2024 at 5:00 pm (East Africa Time; UTC+3) Learn more

8th World One Health Congress | global One Health Community

CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA 20-23 SEPTEMBER 2024 Important dates February 2024 Registrations open 14 April 2024 23:59 SAST Submission deadline for Abstracts, LMIC Fund, Early Career Scientists’ Fund May 2024 Notification of acceptance for Abstracts, LMIC Fund, Early Career Scientists’ Fund 4 June 2024 Late breaker abstracts submission opens 1 July 2024 Start of late…

Events

SACIDS ISAB and Governing Board meetings

The SACIDS International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) and Governing Board Meetings will be held at the Edward Moringe Campus of SUA on Tuesday 16th August 2022. The event will be broadcast via ZOOM too.

THE LAUNCH OF OR TAMBO AFRICA RESEARCH CHAIR

This official launch of the Chair will be held at the Edward Moringe Campus of SUA on Monday 15 August 2022 from 08:30 AM to 05:00 PM EAT. 2-5pm EAT. The event will be broadcast via ZOOM too.

SACIDS Upcoming Events

Inception Meeting Strengthening Capacity for Tanzania National One Health Early Detection of and Response to Infectious Disease Epidemics and AMR (OneHealthDetect-TZ) WHAT: Lessons learnt from the past outbreaks have demonstrated that the weaknesses of the health delivery systems (including governance, infrastructure, surveillance, diagnostic capacity and case management) have largely contributed to late detection and response as…

IWOPS2022| 4th International Workshop on Participatory Surveillance

Join experts from around the world to share experiences and best practices to help identify disease outbreaks faster by directly engaging communities. Meeting Objectives Establish participatory surveillance as a standard of practice for early detection and rapid response Advance the exchange of crowdsourced, syndromic data among new geographies and partners Share experiences of participatory surveillance…