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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.
Online disease reporting systems: rhetoric or reality?
Generally, under the emblem of a One Health approach towards disease surveillance, the media and health professionals have a critical role when it comes to disease surveillance and reporting.
The media are many times, alluded as “unofficial sources” when it comes to disease reporting while the Director of Veterinary Services and/or the County Directors of Veterinary Services are alluded as “official sources.” It is important to argue from a point of evidence and weigh the pros and cons of both and especially reiterating their complementation. I will try to convince you how these two systems complement each other and especially support the importance of having the open access online reporting systems (of which the media plays a huge role).
A day working in the Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya project: a case of One Health surveillance
The Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya project abbreviated as “ZooLink”, seeks to develop an integrated surveillance system for fifteen (15) pathogens transmissible between humans and animals (zoonoses) piloted in three counties (Busia, Bungoma and Kakamega) geographically positioned in Western Kenya. In subsequent components, the project will: (1) validate, deploy and develop high-throughput laboratory assays for the targeted zoonotic diseases; (2) model their risk; (3) determine their socio-economic implications and (4) forecast how demographics, husbandry and genetics of livestock will change over time. An in-depth description of the project work packages is available at this hyperlink: http://www.zoonotic-diseases.org/project/zoolink-project/). My name is Dr Kelvin Momanyi and I work as a Research Assistant under this exciting project and in subsequent paragraphs, I will share with you “what a day working in ZooLink” feels like in the context of our field activities from the animal team.
One Health Anthem
The One Health Club of the University of the University of Nairobi have developed a One Health Anthem.
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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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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