Category Archives: Tanzania

Africa / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Livestock / RVF / Southern Africa / Tanzania / UK / Zoonotic Diseases

Southern African centre to monitor infectious diseases affecting humans and animals

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The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) announced that “deadly diseases including plague, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever are being targeted as part of a new multi-million pound international partnership involving African researchers and the RVC as part of the London International Development Centre (LIDC). The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) links medical and … Continue reading →

Agriculture / East Africa / Food Security / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Tanzania / Uganda

Food security in East Africa is ‘within reach’

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East Africa will face both crop gains and losses as a result of climate change, but food security is an achievable goal if new farming technologies are embraced, says a study. The research, published in Agricultural Systems this month (3 November), predicts that yields of staples like maize and beans will double in the region’s … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Cattle / East Africa / ECF / Livestock / Tanzania

Fighting East Coast Fever in cattle in Tanzania

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Thousands of Tanzanian families could be saved from poverty thanks to a much-needed vaccine being mass-produced in a bid to protect cattle from the deadly East Coast fever. East Coast Fever is a tick-transmitted disease that kills one cow every 30 seconds with one million a year dying of the disease in Africa. Calves are … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Cattle / ECF / Tanzania

Tanzanian cattle to be protected from killer disease

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THOUSANDS of Tanzanian families could be saved from destitution thanks to a much-needed vaccine being mass-produced in a bid to protect cattle from the deadly East Coast fever. This is a tick-transmitted disease that kills one cow every 30 seconds with one million a year dying of the disease in Africa. Calves are particularly susceptible … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Cattle / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Livestock / Tanzania

Firm takes private route to fight cattle deaths

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A private charity has renewed the fight against cattle deaths with the introduction of a new distribution channel for vaccine in the Kenyan market. Commercialisation of the vaccine is targeted at combating East Coast Fever, a livestock disease that kills millions of animals every year. “We are exploring ways of transferring the production and distribution … Continue reading →

Climate Change / East Africa / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda

Climate change to bring mixed fortunes for East African pastoralists

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The anticipated climatic changes will present mixed fortunes for pastoralist communities in Uganda and her neighbours. This is according to an Oxfam briefing paper Survival of the Fittest  which says that pastoralist communities across East Africa are starting to learn to live with the reality of climate change, adapting as they can to its impacts. … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / East Africa / ECF / ILRI / Livestock / Tanzania / Vaccines

DFID funds mass production of East Coast fever vaccine

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Millions of African families could be saved from destitution thanks to a much-needed vaccine that is being mass-produced in a drive to protect cattle against a deadly parasite. East Coast fever is a tick-transmitted disease that kills one cow every 30 seconds – with one million a year dying of the disease. Calves are particularly … Continue reading →