CIMTRADZ

Question 1

What is AFRICA-US Higher Education Initiative?

Answer 1

To build capacity in higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 2

What are the focus areas of AFRICA-US Higher Education Initiative?

Answer 2

Agriculture, Natural Resources Management
Food security
Health
Education/teacher training
Science and technology
Business

Question 3

What is CIMTRADZ?

Answer 3

Capacity building in Integrated Management of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses

Question 4

Who are CIMTRADZ project partners?

Answer 4

MSU
North Dakota State
University of Saskatchewan

Question 5

Who are the partners of HEI?

Answer 5

Makerere University

Schools in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia

Question 6

Who are partners of NGOs?

Answer 6

Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH)
Africa Field Epidemiology Network (AFNET)
TerraNuova (Kenya/Somalia)

Question 7

What are CIMTRADZ project strategic objectives?

Answer 7

Develop an integrated and coordinated surveillance system for zoonotic and transboundary diseases using one health approach
Develop capacity for enhanced research addressing zoonotic and transboundary disease in Africa
Improve educational capacity and outreach activity: joint degrees, distance education, student outreach, servant leadership/service learning

Question 8

What happens with institutional capacity building?

Answer 8

Curriculum development
Dual or joint degrees
Faculty exchanges
Joint research
Scholarships
Community outreach
National and International Conferences
Sustainable Partnerships (ECA Government support)

Question 9

What is the CIMTRADZ outreach in Uganda?

Answer 9

Rabies vaccination
Servant leadership/service learning
Education

Question 10

What is the approach the CDC developed for RMSF intervention?

Answer 10

Tick control: sprayed acaricides to lawns
Applied tick collars to repel ticks up to 8 months
Education of community on RMSF
Reduce dog population through spays and neuters