From December 17-21, 2018, the Connecting Organization for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS) network members visited Tanzania to learn experiences, good practices and challenges on the use of digital technology in event-based surveillance (EBS).
The event brought together sixteen (16) individuals from CORDS’ sixmember networks. They visited Ngorongoro, which is one of ...
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The SACIDS Foundation for One Health is implementing a project titled “Strengthening scientific capacity for surveillance and response to Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) in Tanzania” through the support of the Korean National Institute of Health (KNIH). SACIDS and KNIH organized a training workshop on the application of molecular and serological technologies held at the Soko...
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Dear reader,
We are delighted to have kept up with you all through the year 2018 on our Techno-Health Surveillance. Thank you for the opportunities you gave us to share with you our research and training activities to enhance community-based participatory One Health surveillance using digital technology. Your continuous opinions and feedback were very much useful to paving o...
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Scientists have discovered live Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone – the first time the deadly virus has been found in West Africa.
Five Egyptian rousette fruit bats tested positive for active Marburg virus infection. Scientists caught the bats separately at locations in three health districts: Moyamba, Koinadugu and Kono. There have been no reported cases of peop...
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Ching May, Thailand–Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) Director Prof. Mark Rweyemamu received the 2018 Peter Ellis Award for Development at 15th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 15). The event was held on 12 November 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The award is ‘for outstanding Contribu...
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The Government of Japan and a number of African countries have taken the step towards developing a long-term collaboration to enhance joint research, faculty/student exchange and innovation in the fields of Science, Techno... 
