by Jaina Duperrex | 20. January 2025 | Ethiopia, One Health
In response to severe healthcare challenges in Ethiopia’s Moyale woreda of the Somali Regional State, a Community Based One Health Insurance scheme was launched in January last year. This initiative has since improved access to both human and veterinary... 
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 9. August 2024 | Animal health, Capacity building, One Health, Somalia
Somalia experiences recurrent food and nutrition crises, widespread insecurity, underdeveloped infrastructure, and natural hazards such as drought and floods, which are exacerbated by climate change. Despite livestock production being the mainstay of Surgudud... 
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 23. July 2024 | Animal health, Capacity building, One Health, Togo
Antibiotic resistance is recognized as one of the top ten global threats to public health by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is estimated to be responsible for approximately 27.3 deaths in 100,000 per year in Africa. This issue is a daily concern, particularly... 
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 20. June 2024 | Animal health, Capacity building, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, One Health
Bokola Kebele[1] is a pastoral village of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. In November 2020, when VSF-Suisse started conducting “One Health facilities capacity assessment” under One Health Units for Human, Environment, Animal and Livelihoods (HEAL) Project inception phase,... 
by Philipp Hayoz | 21. March 2022 | Animal health, Kenya, One Health
In November of last year, the institute for Veterinary Public Healthat the University of Berne, the network for EcoHealth and One Health (NEOH), the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and the Early Career Representatives of the EcoHealth International organized... 
by Communication VSF-Suisse | 16. April 2020 | One Health
image © VSF International A while ago, VSF International organized a conference for students in agronomy sciences and in veterinary and human medicine. The aim of the conference was to raise awareness on the importance of One Health to tackle issues such as climate...