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South Africa - Bloemfontein, Free State - Thursday 08 November 2018 → Friday 09 November 2018


The One Health Warriors raising awareness of rabies and other zoonotic diseases in South Africa

This year the One Health Warriors team from the University of the Free State and the National Health Laboratory Service, Bloemfontein, aim to raise awareness among public health workers and students regarding One Health, specifically zoonotic diseases. We are asking what is One Health and what can you do about it. Therefore, this year we will be distributing pamphlets to a diverse audience, including scientists, doctors and nurses, participating in the 7th Annual Free State Provincial Health Research Day held at the University of the Free State campus on the 8th-9th November 2018.

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South Africa - East London, Eastern Cape - Tuesday 13 November 2018 → Wednesday 14 November 2018


Neurocysticercosis in children in Eastern Cape

Afrivet and other professionals and students from the medical, veterinary, socio-economic and environmental health sectors to address the issue of Neurocysticercosis, a condition that requently results in epilepsy in people in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa. This is most certainly a multi-factorial problem, requiring input from all fields. The high infection-rate of the local free-ranging pig populations, lack of proper hygienic toilet facilities in many of the rural schools, poor cooking of meat together have resulted in tapeworm becoming a major human health risk.

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