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22/07/2020

Kenya national antimicrobial stewardship guidelines for healthcare settings

The purpose of this guideline is to give direction to health care workers on how to establish and run AMS programmes in health care settings and the community at large.

12/07/2020

International Students One Health Alliance (ISOHA) Educational Committee Applications are now available and closing on 8th August

Contact Bailey Archey (VP of Education) at vpedu.isohaexco@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

Application form, application requirements, and role descriptions available at

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10/07/2020

One Health Workforce - Next Generation (OHW-NG), in collaboration with AFROHUN Kenya, invites current students to the One Health App Development Challenge.

The students must be a team comprised of multidisciplinary members beyond current disciplines and schools involved in One Health to develop an App that can be used by front line community workers in addressing challenges at the interface of human, animal and environmental health.

Prizes and incentives will be awarded to winning teams.

Registration deadline is July 13th 2020.
For more information on challenge guidelines check;

10/02/2020

Self-cleaning plastic surfaces that repel drug resistance bacteria

• Scientists at the McMaster University, School of Biomedical Engineering have developed a flexible antibacterial plastic wrap that could help prevent the spread of foodborne illness when used to p…

05/02/2020

Dumpsites and rivers acting as a conveyor belt of Antimicrobial resistance

One of the observations the team at KEMRI made was that unlike in the past, the emergence of cholera was becoming more pronounced and new outbreaks coming in drier times of the year unlike in the p…

06/12/2019

Rift Valley Fever alert and actions for early detection

Alert for Rift Valley Fever and actions that can assist in early detection.

25/10/2019

The World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 student competition in Kenya is now open and closes on 10th November 2019 at 00:00:00 hrs.

More more details go to this link: https://t.co/dTmyA3weTW

The hashtag for the student activities:

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09/04/2019

1. Regularly (after every 3 months) deworm your livestock, yourself and not forgetting your pets (dogs and cats) 2. Vaccinate your livestock, your pets and your self against common vaccine-prevent…

30/12/2018

The study of cancer through comparative oncology (study of cancers in both humans and animals), in recent times, has provided invaluable insights on how the pet-dog is not only man’s companion, but…

19/12/2018

Introductory remark
Generally, under the emblem of a One Health approach towards disease surveillance, the media and health professionals (Fig.1) have a critical role when it comes to disease surveillance and reporting.

Generally, under the emblem of a One Health approach towards disease surveillance, the media and health professionals have a critical role when it comes to disease surveillance and reporting. …

19/12/2018

Important Infectious Diseases Outbreaks in Kenya between 1947 to 2018

22/08/2017

Is there an association between plastic consumption (by animals), quality of meat and public health?

It is noted that out of 100 animals that are slaughtered 10-15 have plastic materials in their rumen with cases prevalent among animals reared in the urban and peri-urban areas.