November 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI)

ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Grants

Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants

ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants are awarded to member universities to support initiatives addressing climate resilience. Aimed at academic and professional staff, the grants support collaborative work focused on either of the two main strategic priorities of the Commonwealth Climate …

NCDC reports new outbreak of Yellow Fever in Nigeria

On 7th November 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released a statement reporting details of a suspected outbreak of Yellow Fever in Delta and Enugu States, Nigeria The NCDC report reads as follows; The Nigeria Centre for Disease …

Waste and Plastic pollution with animals scavenging

Plastic pollution: A threat to Ecosystem Health

Contributors – Dr. Kikiope Oluwarore and Christiana Oki Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic items, debris, and particles in the environment which becomes disastrous to animals, plants, and humans in land and aquatic ecosystems. Plastic is a manufactured organic …

Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership opens for application

The Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership invites applications for entry in 2021. The full-time master’s program during one year is aimed at graduates of leadership potential with at least three to five years of experience relevant to biodiversity conservation. Scholarship …

Apply for the CTCN/Seedstars Climate Innovation Labs 2020

Applications are open for the CTCN/Seedstars Climate Innovation Labs 2020. This is an open call for creating technology solutions for enhanced climate action. Revolving around two, three-day online events, one in Africa and another one in the Asia Pacific. Climate …

Apply for the GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards

KTN is pleased to announce a further call for GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards as a means to encourage UK research partners, including Universities and Research Technology Organisations (RTOs), to address AgriFood challenges in Africa in 2020. This call will …

OHDI – Renewing the Commitment to One Health Delivery in Nigeria

One Health is the inter-disciplinary multi-sectoral collaboration of human, animal, and environmental health fields to ensure optimal and sustainable health outcomes. It thrives on the core principle that human, animal, and environmental health are intricately inter-connected to each other, and …

Vacancy for Health Data Entry Operator at ICRC

The International Committee of the Red Cross seeks Health Data Entry Operator in Yola, Adamawa State. Job duties Verifies that field data collection forms have been completed correctly. Ensures that incomplete forms are returned to the health focal point for …

The relationship between people and nature must be one of interdependence

Without realizing the One Health approach, sustainable development cannot be achieved

Written by Gabrielle Lipton This article was originally published on Landscape News The approaches that scientific communities are taking to combat the global crises of COVID-19, climate change and biodiversity loss are something like Matryoshka dolls. There’s first the mother One …

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Month: November 2020