April 2020 - One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI)

If you want a Healthy Pet, you must follow these Guidelines

As an animal caregiver, your pets deserve the best from you. Taking good care of your pets is not just for their benefit, it is also their rights and for your benefit too. The care you give to them will …

Celebrating the Veterinary Profession on World Veterinary Day

Written by Dr. Samuel Akpan Today, Saturday 25th April 2020, veterinarians all around the world mark the World Veterinary Day. Instituted by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) in the year 2000, it is a day specially set aside to celebrate …

Watch the OHAM Webinar with Dr Cheryl Stroud

For the One Health and Advocacy and Mentorship (OHAM) Program, learning and engagement form the core of our activities. One of our established platforms for achieving this is through our fortnightly OHAM Webinars. The first Webinar for the 2020 Cohort, …

Watch the Social Media Advocacy Training with the OHAM Fellows

Social Media Advocacy is a core part of the OHAM Program and we are getting the Fellows right into it! First, why Social Media Advocacy? We consider the use of social media as an opportunity to propagate our key advocacy …

Don’t Let Mosquitoes Breed!

Written by Idris Otun and Kikiope Oluwarore Though the world is currently battling with the novel coronavirus which has been declared a global pandemic, it is important that we do not ignore the prevalence and impact of existing infections. This is …

Common Myths about Pig Farming Dispelled

Written by Dr. Samuel Akpan Pig farming is widely practiced as a business venture in several countries. The pig (scientific name: Sus scrofa) is reputed to be the most prolific and fertile among all farm animals, with litter sizes ranging …

Climate change and its health impacts on Women and Girls

Written by Fariha Hossain and Kikiope Oluwarore Climate change has been a topic of concern since the late 1980s. As a result, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 to “prepare, based on available scientific information, …

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Month: April 2020