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AFROHUN students partner with residents to save Bujagaali Swamp in Nansana Municipality – Wakiso district
Due to urbanization and rising population growth, Uganda faces the challenge of slums. Most parts of the country in the central region and its suburbs are faced with the mushrooming of slums due to urbanization and rising population growth. One such area is Nansana...
One Health Student joins the fight against COVID-19
(How? Through provision of relevant and timely information; sensitization drives with the teams in the COVID-19 Lab and staff at the facility; Building ambassadors of robust change) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic that led to...
AFROHUN student champions waste recycling to manage poor waste disposal
Poor waste disposal has remained a global threat to public health. In Uganda, Ms Rachael Vivian Akena’s engagement with community leaders and residents of Bruno Zone in Kkonge village, Makindye Division, Kampala District re-affirms the dangers of poor waste...
Connecting the Dots: Helping Market communities in Kampala Understand the Disease Transmission Chain.
Many times, we talk about health, and we leave out markets. Yet the centrality of the market in people’s livelihoods, safety, health and welfare is paramount. For instance, if the market is dirty, fries will emerge, contaminate some of the food items sold in the...
Community Cleanliness should be embraced as a communal responsibility
The environment in which humans live has a significant bearing on the health and well-being of individuals and communities. This implies that the health of the environment has direct impact on the health of all creatures that survive in it, calling for a One Health...
One Health: Use of the Black Soldier Fly is a sustainable approach to save Community from poor Organic Waste Disposal
Born and raised in Namakandwa village, Kangulumira Town Council, Kayunga district, Lubega Abby says that over the years, Kayunga district has faced a problem of poor and massive waste disposal generated by out growers and food processing companies. In an...
Mass Dog Vaccination Campaign Launched in Kisarawe District, Tanzania
By AFROHUN Tanzania Team “It has been five years since Tanzania prioritized several zoonotic diseases including rabies to be eradicated before 2030 and this campaign today is critical. We cannot wait any longer because people have continuously been bitten by rabid...
Rwanda Students in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Sensitization drive
Today, the evolution of microbial pathogens able to resist antimicrobial treatment is seen as one of the most pressing public health crises. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major challenge to global health. According to Dr. Margaret Chan – former WHO Director,...
AFROHUN Tanzania Sensitizes One Health Focal Persons on the One Health Approach
By AFROHUN Tanzania Team One Health Focal Persons (OHFPs) in Tanzania are in-service personnel working in government departments and public institutions in human health, animal health and environmental sectors who were selected and appointed to represent their...
Training and Mentoring of Territory Administrators in Infectious Disease Management in Equateur Province
Territory administrators from all 10 territories of Kongo Central and all 5 territories of Kwango were trained in infectious disease management in 2018, under the One Health Workforce (OHW) project. A follow-up practical training was done in Year 1 of the OHW-NG...
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