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COVID-19 outbreak in Kenya: tips to keep you and others safe
What is coronavirus (covid-19)? There is an ongoing outbreak new coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) across the World. COVID-19 is a new respiratory disease that is spread from infected person through direct contact with fluids like cough, sneeze or contaminated surfaces and...
Importance of data management
Accessible and logically structured data are vital not just for you, but also for people trying to reproduce and build on your work. Science, as we know it and practise it today, cannot exist without data. After all, data (any material or information generated or collected during research activity) is the ultimate product of research so it makes sense that data management is an integral part of the research process.
Comic book and info-videos: Discovering Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics are medicines which are used to treat bacterial infections. Bacteria can make both people and animals sick in many ways, including skin infections, chest infections, eye infections and some types of diarrhoea
Why Some Havard Medical Students Are Starting Veterinary Rotations
“My biggest impact was in my relationship to patients, especially as a pediatrician, and how I approach my patient. This gentle approach of gradually gaining trust with patients is something I gained from the veterinarians and animals I worked with.”
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!
AREAS OF INTEREST
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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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESOURCES
One Health Evaluation
Human & animal cancers
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