Putting Sleeping Sickness to Sleep Using a One Health Approach in Kenya

Apr
05
April 5, 7:00 am
Where

Online via Zoom. Click here to register

Meeting ID: 885 2632 2937

Passcode: 743263

Putting Sleeping Sickness to Sleep Using a One Health Approach in Kenya

Where

Online via Zoom. Click here to register

Meeting ID: 885 2632 2937

Passcode: 743263

The One Health approached has recently gained traction and momentum following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the One Health approach is not new and has been applied over the years to deal with various diseases including Neglected Tropical Diseases.

A case being the zoonotic disease, African trypanosomiasis [Also known as as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)/sleeping sickness in humans and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT)/nagana in livestock]. This webinar highlights the case of how HAT and AAT was managed using a One Health approach. 

Event contact information

Contact the Department of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies on iagas@uonbi.ac.ke or the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology on dept-medmicrobiology@uonbi.ac.ke