KAMPALA & MUBENDE, Mar 10 (IPS) - It is two months since the World Health Organization declared Uganda free of the most recent Sudan ebolavirus, which killed 55 people.
Credit: Tufts University
Tufts University has been selected to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of America s leading research universities noted for their accomplishments in education, research, and innovation.
Tufts joins a select group of 65 other highly regarded institutions, including Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, and MIT. Member universities help shape policy for higher education, science, and innovation, promote best practices in undergraduate and graduate education, and strengthen the contributions of leading research universities to American society. Every day, Tufts makes a positive difference in the world and helps to address the great challenges of our time through its teaching, research, and people, especially by nurturing the next generation of world leaders and innovators, said President Anthony P. Monaco. Joining AAU is a great honor that enhances our impact by placing us in the company of like-minded and similarly-
By Jeff Turner
Dec 16, 2020
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is part of an international consortium that has received a $100 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to anticipate and address threats posed by emerging infectious diseases.
The cooperative agreement, called strategies to Prevent Spillover (STOP Spillover) will identify emerging disease threats from animals to prevent, detect, and respond before they become public health emergencies. The work also includes initial steps to recognize outbreaks and stop their spread early.
Considering more than 70 percent of emerging infectious diseases originate from animals, STOP Spillover is a critical next step in the evolution of USAID s work to understand and address the risks posed by zoonotic diseases that can spillover - or be transmitted - from animals to humans.
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