How the Billionaire behind the Movie ‘Contagion’ is working to stop this Pandemic and The Next One
Posted: June 29, 2020
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Chuo Kikuu cha Sokoine cha Kilimo kushiriki mapambano dhidi ya COVID-19
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Kwa miaka 12, Chuo Kikuu cha Sokoine cha Kilimo (SUA) kimeasisi na kutekeleza tafiti na programu mbalimbali zinazohusiana na magonjwa ambukizi kwa kutumia dhana ya Afya Moja. Katika kutekeleza azma hii, Chuo kinashirikiana na Taasisi ya Taifa ya Utafiti wa Magonjwa ya Binadamu, Chuo Kikuu cha Tiba na Sayansi Shirikishi cha Muhimbili, Wakala w...
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Appointment of Chief Veterinary Officer/Leader Animal Health Programme, FAO
Posted: June 11, 2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has appointed Dr Keith Sumption, Chief Veterinary Officer of Animal Production and Health Division (AGA), at FAO Headquarters, Rome, effective 1 Ju... OBITUARY
Posted: June 5, 2020
DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICE
Life, study and research at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST): RSIF PhD Scholar Noel Gahamanyi’s story.
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As soon as I completed my field work and portion of my laboratory work that I could do at Sokoine University of Agriculture’s Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance – African Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals (SACIDS-ACE) in Tanzania, I was very anxious to start my PhD research internship at the
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New DRC Ebola outbreak grows to 9 cases, 5 deaths
Posted: June 3, 2020
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 Read more
The Salzburg Statement on Metrics for One Health Surveillance
Posted: May 18, 2020
CALL TO ACTION
Preparedness for epidemics of infectious diseases in animals and humans must be recognized as a public good necessary for global health security. A rapid, concerted shift in disease surveillance practices is needed to move from a single sector-based approach to a One Health multi-sectoral approach.
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PASET-RSIF PhD Scholarships in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Posted: May 1, 2020
The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative with the goal of strengthening skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology to further socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) is the flagship program of PASET. RSIF focuses on transf...
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The RVC and Sokoine University of Agriculture boost testing capacity for severe gastrointestinal and respiratory disease in sheep and goats
Posted: April 18, 2020
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and SACIDS Foundation for One Health located at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania are improving regional testing capacities for the devastating Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV). PPRV emerged in East Africa in the first decade of this century causing considerable livestock loss and hardship for pastoral communities.
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Current Vacancies
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The Management of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) wishes to invite suitable qualified individuals, who are able to work full time in a dynamic academic environment to apply for three (3) positions at the SACIDS Foundation for One Health. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics and Laboratory Manager will be recruited under the SACIDS Africa Centre of Excellen...
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