Ebola situation reports: Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province. The Ministry of Health, WHO and partners are responding to this event, and working to establish the full extent of this outbreak. Numbers may fluctuate on a daily…

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo ends

24 July 2018 marks the end of the ninth outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WHO congratulates the country and all those involved in ending the outbreak, while urging them to extend this success to combatting other diseases in DRC. “The outbreak was contained due to the tireless efforts of…

Response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tanzanian Statement on Ebola Outbreak in DRC

Ugonjwa wa Chikungunya

Taarifa kutoka Wizara ya Afya, Maendeleo ya jamii, Jinsia, Wazee na Watoto kuhusu ugonjwa wa Chikungunya. Tembelea hapa kwa taarifa zaidi.

SACIDS–ACE Research Matrix

SACIDS ACE Research Programme Coordinated by Sokoine University of Agriculture and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania July 2018     STRAND 1: Addressing Viral Disease Threat to Human Health, Food Security and Livelihoods   Professors: Gerald Misinzo, Leonard Mboera, Mark Rweyemamu and Janusz Paweska     CoP1 Theme: Emerging and Vector-Borne Diseases…

SACIDS at the 25th Farmer’s Day Exhibitions

August 10, 2018–Morogoro. Every year Tanzania celebrates Nane Nane Day on the 8th of August in recognition the important contribution of farmers to the national economy. The 25thAgricultural Exhibition famously known as NaneNane, themed “Wekeza katika Kilimo, Mifugo na Uvuvi kwa Maendeleo ya viwanda’’ meaning “Invest in Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for industrial development”. SACIDS participated at…

IUCEA – World Bank Scholarship Recipients for 2018/2019

Kampala (August 10, 2018) – On May 4, 2018, the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), the Regional Facilitation Unit for the Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) Project, announced a Call for Applications for Masters fellowships targeting female students in the nine participating countries of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda,…

The detection, identification and monitoring of infectious diseases in Africa

The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance detail the issues around the detection, identification and monitoring of infectious diseases in Africa today. Read more here as published in the July issue of Open Access Government that is now available online.

Highlights: Joint SACIDS–ACE and IPMB Alumni Meeting

July 23, 2018–Morogoro. Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance–Africa Centre of Excellence for Infectious Disease of Humans and Animals in Eastern and Southern Africa (SACIDS-ACE) together with the Interuniversity Programme Molecular Biology (IPMB) organised an alumni meeting at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The 3-day meeting brought together previous IPMB Alumni from Tanzania whom majority…