LEARN co-organizes One Health Day at University of Pretoria

Student One Health Initiative Groups: Exhibition by the “The One Health Warriors” from the University of the Free State in collaboration with National Health laboratory Service, Bloemfontein.

Hosted by Prof. Marietjie Venter, the One Health day brought together One Health researchers and champions from the University of Pretoria across human, animal and environmental health disciplines and our collaborators from the National Department of Health (NDoH), the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (ARC-OVR) to participate in a symposium that show cased our One Health collaboration in research and education.

Focusing on a theme of “One Health in research and education to drive policy in South Africa”, speakers from multiple One Health facets and institutes presented on topics within Environmental health, human/animal interface and One Health in Education. .

Interested in attending the next One Health day? Contact us and LEARN more!