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…

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

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…

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…

Early Feb 2023, SACIDS Foundation for One Health was contacted by FAO Guinea to provide support on implementation of AfyaData tool to enhance Animal health surveillance at the community level. Three experts from SACIDS (Epidemiologist, System Analyst and System developer) travelled to Conakry, Guinea to support the implementation of AfyaData tool from 11th to 19…

The increase in global diseases and other health threats in recent decades has necessitated the importance of strengthening our surveillance systems towards early detection and monitoring of drivers The recent COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of countries to such global health threats, which requires collective actions beyond individual organisations and countries (Agenda 2024, 2020). There…

The Prime Minister’s Office through the Department of Disaster Management (DMD) has officially launched a National Digital Platform for Disaster Management. The launching event was held on 30th June 2023 in Dodoma and graced by the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy, Parliament, and Coordination), Dr Jim Yonaz. The platform was developed as…

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REPORTING PERIOD (March 2020 – June 2022) FUNDED BY SKOLL FOUNDATION Agreement for Award #20-45012 of March 20th, 2020 ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported in a cluster of patients with fever and respiratory symptoms in Wuhan, China on 31 December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease a…

Emmanuel Kifaro from the SACIDS Foundation for One Health, and College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, details the potential application of microparticles for active surveillance of viral infections from non-invasive animal matrices The tremendous increase in the occurrence of infectious diseases and drug resistance poses higher risks to global…