The first morning of the workshop, one of the participants approaches us, holding his cell phone. When we start talking together, he holds it up and shows us photos of a patient, lying on a clinical ambulance bed, in agony. “This happened just some weeks ago, in my district, and…
As part of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP) ‘One Health Namibia’, backed and financed by the Federal Ministry of Health of Germany, support of the Republic of Namibia in order to control antimicrobial resistance (AMR) plays a central role, in line with the…
We arrive at our field site: the compound of one of the biggest abattoirs in the country, including a live animal market and a meat and grocery market. The air is thick with dust, and the whole place is busy and vibrant already. Most people are awake since 5am, time…
As I approached the aircraft door, I was embraced by a different type of cold weather, quite more extreme than what I had prepared for. I quickly adjusted myself, stepped down and made way hurriedly towards the arrivals. At this point, my Nigerian jacket was already beginning to fail me.
Short Description Challenges at the human-animal-environment interface (zoonotic diseases, such as rabies, but also food-borne diseases and antimicrobial resistance) continue to have major impacts on health, livelihoods, and economies. Many countries recognise the benefits of taking a ‘One Health’ approach that is multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary to build national mechanisms for coordination,…