Malaria is a vicious disease that is Africa’s leading cause of death among children under the age of five. Millions of people in Africa are infected with it and 90% of the world’s reported cases occur on the continent.
September 28 is World Rabies Day. Prof Andrew Leisewitz from the Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies at the University of Pretoria (UP), shares some important facts about Rabies, the only infectious disease that carries a 100% mortality rate.
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) is assisting in the design and testing of an innovative solar-powered trap to monitor mosquito populations, especially in areas where malaria and arboviruses require vector control.
Mosquitoes are insect vectors of deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, lymphatic filariasis and West Nile fever. They transmit disease to hundreds of millions of people, resulting in up to a million deaths annually.
Our current feature focuses on the collaboration managed by the University's Faculty of Veterinary Science where veterinarians and other experts are working on various projects at the interface of human, animal and environmental health. The Faculty has made substantial progress in incorporating the One Health philosophy into its undergraduate and postgraduate curricula and is working towards...
One Health supports rural farming communities at the interface with wildlife conservation. Vets and other experts collaborate for human, animal and environmental health.
Recent disease outbreaks like Ebola and bird flu occurred largely because humans and animals share an environment in which disease can spread from one to the other.
University of Pretoria researchers are working with the poultry industry and the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to contain the current bird flu outbreak in South Africa.
A large international collaborative effort, including researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of Cape Town (UCT) and partners, has resulted in the identification of a new chemical compound that can potentially eliminate malaria.
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