Each November, World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Since their discovery, antibiotics have served as the cornerstone of modern medicin...
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SACIDS-ACE MSc. OHMB FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Posted: November 12, 2018
The SACIDS – Africa Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases (SACIDS-ACE) extends its congratulations to all candidates admitted for Master of Science in One Health Molecular Biology (MSc. OHMB) at Sokoine University of Agriculture who have been selected for a SACIDS-ACE studentship. The SACIDS-ACE selection panel considered a number of criteria in awarding these fellowsh...
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Highlights: Visit by Hon. Joseph Sinde Warioba and Hon. Mohamed Chande Othman
Posted: November 7, 2018
The Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture Hon. Joseph Sinde Warioba and University’s Council Chairperson Hon. Chief Justice (retired) Mohamed Chande Othman visited SACIDS earlier today.
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Communicating One Health evidence – Prof. Mark Rweyemamu
Posted: November 6, 2018
In his contribution to the 5th One Health Congress in Saskatoon, Prof. Mark Rweyemamu focused on communicating One Health evidence to policy makers and the general public.
Communicating the evidence to policy makers and populations. Who is the right audience?
More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
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Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.
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Tanzanians on digital mission in Ebola-hit Congo
Posted: October 23, 2018
In Summary
- The digital app, AfyaData, was developed by researchers at SUA in collaboration with ICT experts to improve efficiency in surveillance of diseases.
- Here’s why Congo was interested in it during Ebola outbreak.
Mishal Khan on antibiotic resistance in developing countries – free lecture from the World One Health Congress
Posted: October 19, 2018
In her contribution to the 5th One Health Congress in Saskatoon, Dr. Mishal Khan elaborated on the drivers of antibiotic resistance in developing countries and how vaccines can help.
This key topic will again be on the programme of the 6th World One Health Congress in Edinburgh. So do save the dates in your calendar: 14 - 18 June 2020.
NEWS ADVISORY: INCEPTION WORKSHOP FOR THE PAN-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR RAPID RESEARCH, RESPONSE, RELIEF AND PREPAREDNESS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES EPIDEMICS (PANDORA) PROJECT
Posted: October 8, 2018
Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance - AfricaCentre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals in Southern and Eastern Africa (SACIDS–ACE) is a One Health Virtual Centre that links academic and research institutions involved with infectious diseases of humans and animals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, South Afric...
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance
Posted: October 2, 2018
Antimicrobial research activities in the Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) is led by the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Community of Practice (AMR CoP). This CoP was formed five years ago to address the burden of AMR in the southern Afric...
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SACIDS’s experts help with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted: October 1, 2018
On the 8th of May, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Bikoro Health Zone, Equateur Province. To complement the global efforts, the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) based at the Sokoine University of Agriculture sent information and communication technolog...
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