Kenya Frontline workers’ Training Needs Assessment provides key insights to improving Training and building competencies
In Year 1 of the One Health Workforce Next Generation (OHW-NG) project, AFROHUN-Kenya conducted a One Health training needs assessment (TNA) for frontline workers in Kenya, including Community Health Workers (and/or Community Health Extension Workers) and Agricultural...
The Kenya One Health Demonstration Site Field Attachment: A Learning Experience like no Other
In August of this year, AFROHUN Kenya conducted field-based training for undergraduate and graduate students in One Health approaches to addressing issues within selected communities through service-learning at One Health Demonstration Sites. Thirty (30) students...
Scaling up the Implementation of One Health Approach in Kenya
AFROHUN-Kenya conducted a desk review of One Health policy and other documents in Kenya and evaluated the capacity of the current framework for addressing complex health issues using a One Health approach. The desk review aimed to generate evidence that can inform...
YEAR 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021
https://afrohun.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Year2_Annual_Report_OHW-NG_AR2021.pdfReport_OHW-NG_AR2021.pdf
Perspectives from the Leaders: past SOHIC President University of Ngaoundere – Cameroon
Ndongmo Njukeng Tarcisius My name is Ndongmo Njukeng Tarcisius, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine final Year student at the University of Ngaoundere in Cameroon. I am the pioneer President of the University of Ngaoundere SOHIC; a term that ended on 22nd November 2021....
Successful Kick-off Meeting for the AFROHUN Cameroon ARPA Project
The Direction de la lutte contre la Maladie, les Epidémies et les Pandémies (DLMEP), COVID-19 Incident Manager, in the Cameroon Ministry of Health, Dr. Etoundi Mballa has declared that university communities are at risk regarding COVID-19 and should therefore be more...
Addressing the Challenge of Zoonoses: The Role of Veterinarians and the One Health Approach
Katabazi Vanessa Alyj- Makerere University student (Veterinary Medicine) Most epidemics and some pandemics are caused by zoonotic diseases, and these deserve increased attention as they have the potential to cause global crises. Take for example the current pandemic,...
When we Protect one, We Protect All: A Food Safety Perspective to Anti-Microbial Resistance
Mugwanya John Mulo - Makerere University students (BSWSA) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the inability of a previously reactive antimicrobial agent to suppress disease causing microbes (fungi, bacteria,...
Championing protection of the environment as the key to achieving One health
Ruth Ketty Kisuza, Cytotechnology student- Makerere University The One Health concept remains a very abstract concept for most university students in Uganda and Africa at large. From personal experience, I have found myself search for its meaning on the internet over...