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Official statement by Kenya Veterinary Board on corona virus pandemic to veterinary professionals and members of the public
The Kenya Veterinary Board wishes to draw attention to the roles and responsibilities of the veterinary profession and public health highlighting the specific veterinary activities which are key to ensure a continuum in food safety, disease prevention, emergency management and conservation of wildlife.
Support to COVID-19 response in Kenya by FELTP trained veterinary epidemiologists
Since 2009, the Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (K-FELTP) division in the Ministry of Health has been training national and county level officers from the Directorate of Veterinary Services in Field Epidemiology. To date at-least 30 veterinary officers have been trained in advanced level epidemiology under FELTP and more than 50 have been trained in basic epidemiology competences at county level.
Covid-19 and Veterinary Services in Kenya
The first case of Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, was confirmed in Kenya on 12th March 2020. Since then, the COVID-19 National Emergency Response Committee, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives and various county governments have issued guidelines on public and individual behaviour to manage the disease.
Why veterinary services are essential services (even during pandemics)
When a nation strengthens it’s animal health sector it shall have taken a step closer to mitigating the economic and human health risks (including pandemics). Confirming Mahatma Gandhi words, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated”
Can we learn more about human cancer from dogs?
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 also plays an integral role in improving human health and well-being. More importantly, reiterating the added value of One Health (which is a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to solving societal challenges) by acting or having the potential to act as sentinels (early warning systems) and models for studying, early diagnosis and treatment of human cancer.
ABCs for Disease Control and Prevention
Vaccinate your livestock, your pets and your self against common vaccine-preventable diseases e.g. rabies. Picture this: you did not vaccinate your dog, it gets rabid, it goes ahead to bite your neighbour and a kid in the neighbourhood. The full course of PEP against rabies for your 2 neighbours will cost close to Kshs 30,000. Not forgetting the danger of losing your dog too! You could have prevented all these costs and losing your dog if you had just spent between Kshs 100-2000 in vaccinating your dog and protecting it for a whole year!
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LETS COLLABORATE
Visit our Transdisciplinary Consultants website to learn more about collaborative One Health research opportunities in Animal Welfare, One Health, Veterinary Medicine, community engagement and science communication. Focussed to provide proof of concept of the added value of One Health and One Welfare, in that better health for animals translates to a sustainable better human and environmental health.
ONE HEALTH CONSULTANCY
We offer One Health consultancy service through the Transdisciplinary Consultants on One Health surveillance, One Health evaluation antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases, data analysis, public science communication, comparative oncology and data collection tools development. We also offer free mentorship on One Health to any individual working on any One Health related project or work.
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN & MANAGEMENT
We have a track record of designing and managing organisational and individual websites both in unilingual and multilingual. Our portfolio features some of the websites our team has developed. They are modern, stylish, elegant and mobile friendly. We also offer a one-month post-service consultation and free added services (such as free training to bring your team up to speed).
MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Comparative cancer research: Our work seeks to explore how animals can be sentinels and models for human cancer. Our team is participating in the Global Initiative of Veterinary Cancer Surveillance.
Field data collection: ready to collect data for you utilizing high tech data collection tools such as ODK, KoBoToolbox, EpiCollect
Data analysis: experienced in quantitative and qualitative data analysis utilizing modern cutting edge tools such as R, SPSS, NVivo among others
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Human & animal cancers
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