WSU Global Health - Kenya News
WSU Global Health - Kenya News
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09.29.2020
Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa's low fatality rates from pandemic
Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February.
Reuters
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09.29.2020
The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why
Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far.
Science Magazine
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09.29.2020
Rabies Hero campaign aims to suppress secondary disease outbreaks due pandemic
Washington State University’s Rabies Free Africa launched the Rabies Hero campaign today to raise national awareness about potential disease outbreaks in animals as people miss routine veterinary care appointments during COVID-19.
VetCandy
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09.18.2020
The NIH Launches a Global Hunt for Animal-to-Human Diseases
It’s a reversal for an administration that’s been loath to prepare for pandemics or cooperate with China, where Covid-19 jumped from wildlife to people.
WIRED
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09.18.2020
USAID-funded Regional Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab to be based in Nairobi, Kenya
Leading the new regional animal health lab and program will be Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen School for Global Health.
ILRI
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09.18.2020
USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick Announces new partnerships with the Feed the Future innovation labs
USAID has awarded $6 million to Washington State University to lead a new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Animal Health, with an additional $10 million in potential funding.
USAID News
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09.17.2020
USAID Feed the Future awards WSU $6 million for Animal Health Innovation Lab
A new $6 million grant from USAID will enable Washington State University’s Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food security.
WSU News
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09.08.2020
New WSU research center in Kenya will provide diagnostic testing, vaccines
WSU launched a new Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, which will speed the development of diagnostic testing and vaccines for various diseases in eastern and central Africa.
Daily Evergreen
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08.31.2020
NIAID awards $17 million to establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
NIAID announced that it has awarded 11 grants with a total first-year value of approximately $17 million.
Medical News
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08.31.2020
Distinguished Kenyan scientist given Sh1.8bn for research centre
Virology professor Kariuki Njenga will establish the Centre for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases-East and Central Africa (Creid-Eca).
Daily Nation
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08.27.2020
WSU launches new Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya
The new research center, part of WSU’s Global Health - Kenya program, will have the capacity to address infectious disease outbreaks in eastern and central Africa (ECA) and have an immediate impact to save lives.
WSU News
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08.27.2020
NIAID Establishes Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
Global network to focus on spillover potential.
NIAID News
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06.15.2020
COVID - 19: Is it age, weather, or Africa simply lucky?
Experts suggest weather as one of the reasons behind the low numbers, few deaths in Africa.
Standard
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03.04.2020
Kenya can combat virus, but there are conditions...
Scientists say with these measures, we can weather storm should virus land in Kenya
Daily Nation
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02.27.2020
Antibiotics fail against resistant germs
Growing up in Kenya, Sylvia Omulo had two guarantees: falling and infectious diseases. “I really liked to play,” she said. “Some of my favorite games involved speed and falling was a consequence of that — the other thing I was prone to was infectious diseases.”
The Daily Evergreen
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02.04.2020
Are we ready to combat deadly virus if it comes home? Maybe not
Dr Osoro stressed the importance of educating the public on what to do when they see a person with a cough, shortness of breath and fever.
Daily Nation
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01.14.2020
Cancer, climate change, re-emerging diseases to dominate research this year
The WHO reports that 47 (out of 54) African countries (87 per cent) have reported emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases since 1997.
The EastAfrican
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10.23.2019
Workshop inaugurates surveillance project on human and animal diseases in Kenya
A variety of zoonotic diseases afflict Kenyan livestock and the people who raise them. Using a modified prioritization tool developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, experts in human and animal health in 2015 identified five priority zoonotic diseases in Kenya: anthrax, trypanosomiasis, rabies, brucellosis and Rift Valley fever.
ILRI Blog
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10.16.2019
Vaccine stockouts expose Kenyans to rabies
Two of the tried and proven methods of controlling rabies are vaccinating dogs or people. Rabies, a disease transmitted by dogs and is fatal when the bitten person develops clinical signs, has been in Kenya for the last 100 years, and kills at least 2,000 people every year in the country. However, stockouts of the life-saving vaccines are being experienced in the counties for as long as nine months.
Daily Nation - Kenya