Gerald Misinzo and Mark Rweyemamu from SACIDS Foundation for One Health provide a detailed look at one health research by the Africa centres of excellence for infectious diseases of humans and animals. In 2016, the World Bank, in partnership with 8 national governments from 8 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (excluding South Africa) selected 108 proposals from which 24 were…
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) has appointed Dr. Bugwesa Zablon Katale, Director of Research Coordination and Promotion effective from 8th June, 2020. Dr Katale holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dr Katale is also a post doc fellow on Genomics…
Jeff Skoll has been funding pandemic preparedness for more than a decade, even longer than Bill Gates. In recent months, he’s increased his philanthropic giving to help combat Covid-19. Nine years ago, Jeff Skoll’s film company Participant Media partnered with Warner Brothers to put out Contagion, a movie about a global pandemic that started with…
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 wa Maabara…
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 June 2020. Dr Sumption holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Reading, gained following 3 years of field…
