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Podcast: Is Cow Hide “Ponmo” Safe to Eat?

Follow @onehealthdev Ponmo – cow hide meat – is a popular food and delicacy in Nigeria and across West Africa. But nutritionists and scientists in the region warn about the safety and poor nutritional value of this local delicacy. These …

Webinar – Stakeholders’ Meeting on Combating Schistosomiasis using the One Health Approach

OHDI held its Stakeholders' Meeting on Combating Schistosomiasis using the One Health approach. The meeting was organized to engage stakeholders and interested persons working on schistosomiasis to discuss next-level interventions following the research phase of the Project SCHISTO.

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 …

Progress Report: Integrated One Health Research and Intervention on Schistosomiasis in South-West Nigeria

The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies Schistosomiasis as one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Schistosomiasis, simply put, is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by Schistosoma parasite. When larval stages (cercariae) of the parasite penetrate the skin via …

WHO launches new guideline for the control and elimination of human schistosomiasis

This article originally appeared on WHO website. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new guideline that provides evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to achieve control and elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem, and to …

OHDI Event – World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021

To celebrate and contribute to the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021, OHDI will be organizing a panel discussion which will be hosted on the AMR Relay platform on November 24, 2021, at 2:15 PM (WAT). The panel consists …

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. …

Call for NTD Champions in Nigeria

One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) is a Nigerian-based 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 …

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 …

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