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Sarah Cleaveland, BSc BA VetMB PhD FRSE
 
Prof. Sarah Cleaveland is a veterinary epidemiologist at the University of Glasgow at the Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (http://www.gla.ac.uk/ researchinstitutes/bahcm/staff/sarahcleaveland/). After training as a veterinarian at Cambridge University in1988, she worked for a year in general practice before embarking on a research career based in East Africa, addressing disease problems at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1996 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and subsequently worked at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh before moving on to the University of Glasgow in 2008.
 
Prof. Cleaveland and her group work to identify animal reservoirs of infection, to understand risk factors of new and emerging zoonotic diseases, and to understand infection dynamics in linked human and animal populations.
 
In 2008, Prof. Cleaveland was presented with the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of her veterinary work overseas by the British Veterinary Association. She is also a founding Director of the Alliance for Rabies Control (www.rabiescontrol.org), which spearheads the World Rabies Day campaigns (www.worldrabiesday.org). She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.
Research
Areas

Foot and Mouth Disease

Tuberculosis

One Health Geo-Spacial Analysis

Plague

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Resource Mapping and Preparedness Analysis

Epideminological Skills

Rift Valley Fever

Mobile Technology

Health geo-spatial analysis

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Contacts

Physical Address

SACIDS Secretariat, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), P.O. Box 3297 Chuo Kikuu, SUA, Morogoro Tanzania

Email:

secretariat@sacids.org

Tel:

(+255) 073 293 1717

URL:

www.sacids.org
Vision
& Mission

Vision

A Sub-Saharan African society protected from devastating infectious diseases affecting the health of humans, animals, i.e. both terrestrial and aquatic, and ecosystems, thereby promoting livelihoods, socio-economic development including market access and the environment

Mission

To harness innovation in science and technology in order to improve Africa’s capacity (including human, financial and physical) to detect, identify and monitor infectious diseases of humans, animals, ecosystems and their interactions in order to better manage the risk posed by them.

Philosophy

To work towards One Africa, One health in the context of the One World One Health vision

One Health Focus

A collaborative effort between natural sciences and social sciences to advance the understanding of interactions between humans, animals and the environment to improve public and animal health
SACIDS Partnerships
Democratic Republic of Congo

National Coordinator – Professor Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba, Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine Institute of Public Health Kinshasa

The Institute of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kinshasa.  

National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB)

The Central Veterinary Laboratory in Kinshasa

National Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN)

Mozambique

National Coordinator – Dr Luis Neves, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University

Faculty of Medicine - Eduardo Mondlane University (FM-EMU)

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Eduardo Mondlane University (FVM-EMU)

Directorate of Animal Sciences – Institute of Agricultural Research of Mozambique - Ministry of Agriculture (DCA-IIAM)

National Health Institute – Ministry of Health (INS)

National Institute for Fisheries Inspection (INIP)

South Africa

National Coordinator of South Africa national consortium is Professor Musoke, Director OVI 

Tanzania

National Coordinator of Tanzanian consortium is Professor Mecky Matee, Head Dept Microbiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam

The Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI)

Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA)

Zambia

Zambia national coordinator is Dr. Aaron S. Mweene, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia. 

Central Veterinary Research Institute (CVRI) - email: cvri @ zamnet dot zm

Smart Partnerships
Collaborating Institutions
Institutions or Networks in Africa and Asia that collaborate with SACIDS

 

Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance
SACIDS Secretariat, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), P.O. Box 3297 Chuo Kikuu, SUA, Morogoro Tanzania
EMAIL: secretariat@sacids.org
Tel: (+255) 073 293 1717
URL: www.sacids.org