Category: Project NTDs (and SCHISTO)

Project NTDs (and SCHISTO) builds upon the success of our Project SCHISTO research and interventions in South-west Nigeria. The project utilizes the One Health approach to investigate and combat prevalent neglected tropical diseases, addressing environmental health, animal health, and sociocultural risk factors. Our goal is to see that NTDs are no longer neglected and concerted multisectoral action is being taken to ensure that we are meeting the goals to eliminate NTDs

For further inquiries, collaboration, partnerships or funding support on this project, please email us via info@onehealthdev.org.

Explore recent updates on this project below.

The Health Implications of Climate Change in Nigeria: A Call to Action

World Zoonoses Day 2024: Preventing the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases

Every year, on July 6, the global community comes together to commemorate World Zoonoses Day. This is to advocate for strategies to prevent and control zoonotic diseases, which are diseases transmitted from animals to humans. This year’s theme, “Preventing the …

TECHNICAL REPORT: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA (2023)

OHDI Technical Report -Situational Analysis on Schistosomiasis in South-west Nigeria

Schistosomiasis has proven to be a key challenge in Nigeria, more so the Southwestern part of it. Here's our Situational Analysis of it.

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 …

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 …

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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Category: Project NTDs (and SCHISTO)

For further inquiries, collaboration, partnerships or funding support on this project, please email us via info@onehealthdev.org.

Explore recent updates on this project below.

The Health Implications of Climate Change in Nigeria: A Call to Action

World Zoonoses Day 2024: Preventing the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases

TECHNICAL REPORT: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA (2023)

OHDI Technical Report -Situational Analysis on Schistosomiasis in South-west Nigeria

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

Stakeholders Meeting on Combating Schistosomiasis using the One Health Approach

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

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

Call for NTD Champions in Nigeria

Project SCHISTO – One Health Research and Intervention on Schistosomiasis

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Category: Project NTDs (and SCHISTO)

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