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Open Wing Alliance 2022 Cage Free Egg Fulfilment Report

As of April 2022, 88% of corporate cage-free egg commitments with deadlines of 2021 or earlier have been fulfilled. More than 2,300 food corporations around the world have adopted animal welfare policies that remove cruel battery cages from their egg supply …

Stakeholders Meeting on Combating Schistosomiasis using the One Health Approach

Nigeria has the largest burden of schistosomiasis in the world with an estimated 29 million people affected by the disease and over 100 million people (especially women and children) still at risk of infection. Though there have been several efforts …

Experts call for investment in zoonotic disease surveillance in remote rural areas to improve global health security

This article originally appeared on ILRI website. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to strengthen national surveillance systems to protect a globally connected world. In low-income and middle-income countries, zoonotic disease surveillance has advanced considerably in the past two …

OHDI partners with Open Wing Alliance to support Cage-Free Farming Advocacy

One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) works to address interrelated issues of human, animal, and environmental health in the ecosystem through an integrated One Health approach. Across the spectrum of One Health, Animal Welfare remains one of our focus areas …

Vacancy for Country Director role at OHDI

One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) is a young and growing nonprofit organization based in Nigeria. OHDI works to promote education, advocacy, and solutions to correlated issues of human, animal, and environmental health using the integrated “One Health” approach. Our …

OHDI and PCGN kickstart Pangolin Conservation Project in Epe, Nigeria

Pangolins are scaly and ant-and-termite-eating mammals found in Asia and Africa. There are eight species of pangolins, and all are in the list of animals threatened with extinction. According to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF, 2019), pangolins are the most …

Interview with Dr. Prejit Nambiar – One Health Professional of the Month

Dr Prejit Nambiar is OHDI’s One Health Professional for the month of August 2021! Dr Prejit Nambiar (MVSC, Ph. D) is the Director-in-Charge of Centre for One Health Education, Advocacy, Research and Training (COHEART) of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences …

World Zoonoses Day: Breaking the Chain of Zoonotic Transmission

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans. Zoonotic pathogens may be bacterial, viral or parasitic or may involve unconventional agents and can spread to humans through direct contact or through food, water or the environment. …

Project SCHISTO – One Health Research and Intervention on Schistosomiasis

One Health and Development Initiative is happy to announce the inception of a new project – called Project SCHISTO which aims to promote integrated One Health research and intervention on Schistosomiasis in South-West Nigeria. The first phase of this project …

Vacancy for Finance Officer at OHDI

One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) is a nonprofit organization that works to promote education, advocacy, and solutions to correlated issues of human, animal, and environmental health using the integrated “One Health” approach. Our mission is rooted in the belief …

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