Uganda has made some strides in implementation of the One Health approach in responding to and managing public health events, including outbreaks of zoonotic diseases. From February to May 2018, an outbreak of anthrax ...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a gram-negative facultative bacterium. Brucellosis is an endemic disease both in humans and animals particularly in Africa. Brucellosis affects most developing countries and in ...

Anthrax is a serious zoonotic disease and of public health importance in Uganda. The outbreaks in Madi-Okollo have caused severe infections and deaths in both livestock and humans and negative consequences to house hold ...

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne disease affecting both livestock (cattle, goat, sheep and camel) and humans caused by Rift valley fever virus of genus phlebovirus in the family phenuviridae. It’s a ...

Zoonotic diseases continue to pose a health burden at the human-wildlife interface especially in sub-Saharan Africa where majority of the population depends on the ecosystem services to sustain their livelihoods. In Uganda, ...

Zoonotic diseases are a health challenge at the human-wildlife interface, with increasing threat to public health. This study aimed at generating baseline data on AMR in tortoises and birds at UWEC. The objectives of the ...

GIT parasites are common in developing countries with the high prevalence and heavy infestation often reported in such countries is attributed to the fact that dogs are rarely treated for parasitic diseases. Among these ...