Ndapewa Ithete

Made in Africa/Virologist - (Zoonotic viruses🐀🦇 🦠🧬)/Afronerd 🇳🇦🇿🇦 and now 🇩🇪

[FAO Livestock @FAOLivestock]

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Zoonoses affect both animal and human health. But most of them, such as brucellosis, anthrax and rabies, are neglected due to lack of evidence on their impacts.

@FAO is supporting Members to build capacities to strengthen zoonoses surveillance in animal origins.🤝🔬

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

"Thank you for the constructive comments"

[TB Genomics @tbgenomics]

Postdoctoral Fellowship position in the TB Genomics Group in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University.
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[ᵀʰʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ᵐʸ ᴸᵉⁿˢ 📸 Photography @capeLens]

Too good not to share.
#CapeTown
📸 Jovan du Plessis

Find him here : https://t.co/auljwz5OiI

[Cape Argus @TheCapeArgus]

Sedimentologist Ryan Tucker from Stellenbosch University’s Department of Earth Sciences was part of an international team that discovered a new dinosaur.

https://t.co/BYQnAM8UaO

[Rico Schacherl @ricoschacherl]

2023 Vision -- my cartoon this week for @dailymaverick

#cyrilramaphosa #Eskom #EnergyCrisis #failedstate

[MicrobeTV @profvrr]

Introducing new video series based on Paul Offit's substack, 'Beyond the Noise.' Paul explains his thoughts on White House creation of $5 billion project to in part create newer, better coronavirus vaccines, including nasal spray vaccines. 📺 https://t.co/YkzFzmHcOZ

[MicrobeTV @profvrr]

In this lecture we discuss the factors that drive virus emergence, followed by a description of emerging virus infection including those caused by poliovirus, Nipah and Hendra viruses, Ebolavirus, SARS and MERS coronaviruses. 📺 https://t.co/CuOGSzhqot

[madamevecartoon @madamevecartoon]

#MINISTEROFELECTRICITY

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

GOOD NEWS! 🥳

Today, #Uganda 🇺🇬 declared the end of the Sudan #Ebola virus outbreak that erupted less than 4 months ago in the central Mubende district!

Congratulations to national health authorities, health workers and the people of Uganda! 👉🏿 https://t.co/utwXAUaesh

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

POSITIONS: We're looking to appoint Postdoctoral Research Fellows to work on epidemiology, genomics, phylogenetic, software development and climate studies. Positions well-paid, great scientific support & amazing setting in SA.

📆 Deadline: 31 Jan

https://t.co/TcfeLkV60n

[SU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences @SUhealthsci]

A new study by @StellenboschUni, African institutions, and @ChariteBerlin, published in @ScienceMagazine, shows that predecessors to the Omicron variant existed in Africa months before cases were first identified.

READ MORE here: https://t.co/9vjGNaAKSI.

[madamevecartoon @madamevecartoon]

Know your birds...

[Rico Schacherl @ricoschacherl]

Cartoon for @dailymaverick

#ClimateEmergency #COP27 #ClimateAction

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

TODAY IN HISTORY: 15 NOVEMBER 1989

[NCDC @NCDCgov]

#TodayInNCDC

Teaming with @CEPIvaccines, we're hosting #LassaFever experts from Nigeria, Benin, Guinea, Liberia, & Sierra Leone to review the progress of the #Enable study

#Enable aims to provide a detailed description of #LF epidemiology in West Africa

https://t.co/QlFvagGDFZ