As an inter-institutional virtual centre dealing with infectious diseases, SACIDS focuses on both individual and institutional development SACIDS (formerly Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance) has one clear mission: To harness innovation in science and technology in order to improve sub-Saharan Africa’s capacity to detect, identify and monitor infectious diseases of humans, animals and their interactions…
The Fleming Fund’s Country Grant to Tanzania was launched on the 2nd April 2019 announcing a partnership with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease and Surveillance (SACIDS) and Africare. ASM will lead a One Health focused partnership with the Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) and Africare…
BACKGROUND The World Bank is partnering with eight Governments in Eastern and Southern Africa in an innovative project with the aim of improving the quality of training and research in higher education, and reducing the skill gaps in key development priority areas. The Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) Project…
Every day we hear about health challenges at the human-animal-environment interface. Zoonotic diseases such as avian influenza, rabies, Ebola, and Rift Valley fever continue to have major impacts on health, livelihoods, and economies. These health threats cannot be effectively addressed by one sector alone. Multidisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration is needed to tackle them and to…
Dr Leonard E.G. Mboera discusses the importance of studying emerging and vector-borne diseases at The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, including challenges to address in this vein. Statistics indicate that infectious diseases are the second cause of illness and death in the world and the first in developing countries. They are responsible for…
