🧬The #SENZOR project meeting ended as we engaged with stakeholders from project communities & the policy sector. We also determined action points for the next project year.
Then, a refreshing visit to the Osun Sacred Groove, a @UNESCO World Heritage Site in Osogbo, Osun State.
📢We welcomed our collaborators from @rki_de & @mrcunitgambia for the 2024 Annual Meeting of our SENZOR (social-ecological network approach to understanding zoonotic outbreak risk) project.
The project PIs were received by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of @RedeemersUni.
🧬Day 2🧬
Today, we had presentations on field sampling and ecological surveys in #Nigeria and the #Gambia. We also brainstormed and developed parameters for choosing priority pathogens to be investigated during the project.
#Surveillance
"At home or at work, everyone has an imperative obligation to be prepared prior to any health events including avian influenza outbreak!" - Dr Tieble Traore
This week, our experts supported the regional ECOWAS workshop on avian influenza to improve preparedness for this threat.
Gambia's Representative at the Regional PPR Road Map Meeting in Abuja. Global Agenda to control and Eradicate PPR by 2030.
A lot has been done, but a lot more pending. Crossborder collaboration is the only practical way to this. It is possible possible ...
Completed a one week training on Ecowas One Health outreach course and pandemic preparedness course. Facilitated by @UniOfGambia of the Gambia and delivered by University of Ghana and resource persons from @MohGambia and @
Department of Livestock Services.
It’s official - I’m running for State Senate District 16!
I’m so excited to bring my perspective, from the Madison Common Council, the State Assembly, and my unique life experience, to the State Senate.
After a tour of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut @Loeffler_News I gave a talk on how the veterinary services of the Gambia manages Transboundary Animal Diseases with particular emphasis on High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza recent Outbreak in wildbirds 2023 #SEEG@onehealth_in
I had the opportunity to give a talk on "Managing Transboundary Animal Diseases: Gambia's Response to HPAI Outbreak" at the @Friedrich_Loeffler_Institutin Greifswald Germany. Much appreciation to #SEEG team for making this possible.
We also had an excellent tour FLI.