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Abstract
Background
Africa of late has been faced with challenges that require a multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach to address them, and academic and non-academic institutions have played a key role in training and conducting research that would promote the One Health approach.
Objectives
The objective of this review was to document networks and organizations conducting One Health training, research, and outreach in Africa, as one of a series of articles around the world.
Methods
Data for this review were collected from organizations through key contacts of the authors and their knowledge of networks they have worked with. Web searches were conducted using One Health, training, and research as key words for work done in Africa.
Results
Africa has major networks involved in One Health training, research, and outreach, with participation of both academic and non-academic institutions. This review highlights an effort in Africa to form networks to conduct multidisciplinary training and research. The main networks include Afrique One, Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS), and One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA).
Conclusions
Both academic and non-academic institutions and organizations have shown an interest to conduct multidisciplinary training and research in Africa for managing challenges that Africa is facing currently, especially the outbreak of infectious diseases.
This paper is part of the Special Issue: Reviews of One Health Research and Training. More papers from this issue can be found at www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net
This paper is part of the Special Issue: Reviews of One Health Research and Training. More papers from this issue can be found at www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank, in a special way, Protus Musotsi (student from Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya) who conducted some of the web searches to support writing of this work. The authors would also like to thank the organizations that sent information on One Health, especially the University of Ibadan, BeCA-ILRI, Centre for Environmental Stewardship and Conservation Through Public Health.
Notes
This paper is part of the Special Issue: Reviews of One Health Research and Training. More papers from this issue can be found at www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net