The One Health approached has recently gained traction and momentum following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the One Health approach is not new and has been applied over the years to deal with various diseases including Neglected Tropical Diseases.

A case being the zoonotic disease, African trypanosomiasis [Also known as as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)/sleeping sickness in humans and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT)/nagana in livestock]. This webinar highlights the case of how HAT and AAT was managed using a One Health approach. 

Join us for this PhD proposal presentation on Optimizing interventions of dog-mediated human rabies elimination in Kenya by Mumbua Mutunga.

Mumbua Mutunga has an MSc Medical Statistics and Bachelor of Economics and Statistics from The University of Nairobi. Her MSc project was on improving accessibility of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis vaccines to support human rabies elimination in Makueni county, Kenya.

Join us this Friday, the 15th of March 2024 as Dr. Tobi Nagel discusses Bacteriophages: An Important Tool to Help Combat the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis. The World Health Organization states that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. This discussion will focus on how bacteriophages can help.