The 2023 Summer School organized by the College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) in collaboration with Mississippi State University (MSU) has come to an end with participants making presentations on Thursday 22nd June 2023 at the College. The collaboration between the two universities, Makerere’s CoVAB and the College of Veterinary Medicine at […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) in collaboration with Mississippi State University is hosting the 2023 summer school with the participation of 24 students. The students from Mississippi State University and Virginia Tech University will be involved in a number of activities during their one month stay in the country. On […]
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) national strategic workshop was convened at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, 25th -26th April 2023. It was aimed at making a contribution towards the One health approach in Uganda through promoting COHESA activities to further strengthen One Health approach in Uganda from low to high-level stakeholders; […]
By Jacinta Nakaye The Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development (AFRISA) signed a partnership agreement with Scripture Union Uganda (SUU) to join efforts in re-orienting generations into industrial value chain producers. Mr. Felix Okello, the Head of Secretariat signed on behalf of AFRISA, witnessed by the Chairperson for the Department of Corporate […]
Women in livestock farming in Uganda have been empowered and trained on vaccines access and proper administration for both animals and poultry. This was during a project dubbed the Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund (LVIF) undertaken to address the barriers faced by women in livestock vaccine systems in Uganda and generating new evidence on how women […]
By Joseph Odoi Globally, Ticks are the most important vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are a major threat to both cattle and human health. Understanding the complex interactions within the microbiome is of great importance for understanding how tick-borne pathogens spread and cause disease. Inspired by the […]
By Joseph Odoi Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) constitute a major challenge facing African healthcare systems and economies today. But vector-borne diseases also increasingly pose a threat to Europe, as novel outbreaks of VBDs of both animals and humans, along with an increased spread of invasive vectors, is anticipated to occur more frequently in the future. Globalization, […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) in Collaboration with Michigan State University has embarked on upscaling the use of the Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a source of insect protein for animal production. An awareness session was convened at the college on Monday 20th February 2023, attended by stakeholders that included […]
Star graduating students from The College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (CoVAB) received awards from the Norbrook Veterinary Academic Excellence Award 2023 and the Academic Excellence Awards for Scholars of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars program at Makerere University. The Norbrook Veterinary Academic Excellence Award 2023 that included certificates and a check of Fifteen […]
About AFRISA The AFRISA program is an innovation of the Government of Uganda and Makerere University for deliberately providing a unique and alternative model of education that combines wholesome skilling, enterprise development and community socio-economic transformation to mitigate the challenges of poverty, peasantry, school dropout and unemployment. AFRISA programs are accredited by two accreditation bodies:- […]