CIMTRADZ Flashcards
1
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CIMTRADZ
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Capacity building in integrated management of transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses
2
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USAID
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US agency for international development
3
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HED
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Higher education for development
4
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Africa-US higher education initiative
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To build capacity in higher education institutions in sub-saharan Africa
- agriculture, natural resources management
- food security
- health
- education/teacher training
- science and technology
- business
5
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Goal of USAID
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Institutional and human capacity building
- curriculum development
- dual or joint degrees
- faculty exchanges
- joint research
- scholarships
- community outreach
- national and international conferences
- sustainable partnerships
6
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CIMTRADZ project partners
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- MSU
- north dakota state
- columbus state
- kansas state
- michigan state
- u of minnesota
- washington state
- u of saskatchewan
7
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CIMTRADZ project strategic objectives
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- develop integrated and coordinated surveillance system for zoonotic and transboundary diseases
- develop capacity for enhanced research addressing zoonotic and transboundary diseases in Africa
- improve educational capacity and outreach activity (joint degrees, distance education, student outreach)
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Outreach in Uganda
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- rabies vaccination
- servant leadership/service learning
- education
9
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National livestock resources research institute in Toronto, Eastern Uganda
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- zoonoses, epidemiology and control strategies of Tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis
- Tsetse fly distribution and lab dissection
- ticks and tickborne diseases
10
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Makerere University Biological Field Station
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- primate tracking and fecal collection
- rodent capture, biometrics and sampling
- bird capture, biometrics and sampling
- butterfly capture and biodiversity assessment
- lab work/blood smear prep, staining, microscopy
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Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Park, Western Uganda
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- wildlife health and management, conflict at the livestock human wildlife interface
- field immobilization of wild animals
- large predator game drives
