SACIDS Foundation for One Health – tackling infectious diseases

May 9, 2019

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 in order to better manage the risk posed by them.

The Vision?

A Sub-Saharan African society protected from devastating infectious diseases affecting the health of humans, animals, i.e. both terrestrial and aquatic, and ecosystems, thereby promoting livelihoods, socio-economic development including market access and the environment.

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