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 concerns are …
One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) Articles.
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.
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 …
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 …
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. …