Twitter for the Program For Enhancing the Health and Productivity of Livestock. Based at NMAIST, PSU, WSU, SRUC, and UG.
Joined December 2018
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A big congratulations to the newest Dr. in the @PEHPLprogram family, Dr. Patrick Ogandi Mudavadi! @Patrickmudavadi. He defended his viva voce online today and passed. We wish him much success! Hongera sana!
Congrats @PEHPLprogram alumnus Dr. Susan Kerfua, who has a new paper out in the Journal of Agricultural Science. bit.ly/2N1FrSD She tracked FMDV serotypes in Uganda & Tanzania from 2003-2015, found high serotype diversity, & discussed implications for control.
Congratulations to @PEHPLprogram student Dr. Catherine Herzog, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation yesterday on #PPR #PPRV virus, or the sheep & goat plague, among sheep goats and cattle in northern Tanzania!
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Congratulations to @PEHPLprogram student Dr. Aluna Chawala @archwl who completed his dissertation defense recently!
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Congratulations to the new @PEHPLprogram program PhDs who successfully completed their vivas! Dr. Gladness Mwanga @gladness_mwanga, Dr. Susan Kerfua @SusanDK6, and Dr. Kelvin Ngongolo!
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@PEHPLprogram graduates aren't afraid to get in front of the camera to talk about their work! Listen to @railey_ash talk about her work as part of the @PEHPLprogram youtube.com/watch?v=cFIp0n1_…
@PEHPLprogram flexes her SciComm skills by writing a piece for @ConversationUS about her work on FMD in Tanzania. Check it out here: theconversation.com/tanzania…
@PEHPLprogram graduate Dr. Ashley Railey @railey_ash has a paper out in Pathogens. She uses game theory to investigate FMD vaccination in endemic areas w/ multiple circulating serotypes. Vaccination provides households w/ lower payoff than not vaccinating bit.ly/36A0d3B
@PEHPLprogram graduate Dr. Ashley Railey @railey_ash has a new paper out in World Development Perspectives @WorldDevJournal She found that a collective approach to diagnostic testing results in a low-fixed cost & investments in preventative livestock health > therapeutic trt
Always nice to see it official...the potential for diagnostics in animal health in East Africa #fmd #pehpl @WSUGlobalHealth @IBAHCM doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.1…
Congrats @PEHPLprogram graduate Dr. Ashley Railey @ASTMH in starting her new postdoc position!
Excited to start my first day with the Initiative for Research and Education ton Advance Community Health (IREACH)! @WSUMedicine
@PEHPLprogram graduates / students @railey_ash and Divine Ekwem contributing to FMD strategies at a recent meeting. @PEHPLprogram grads are becoming the next big leaders in global animal health.
@PEHPLprogram graduate Dr. @Zoe_A_Campbell examined preferences for Newcastle Disease vaccines in her recent paper below, now out in PLoS One! She found both were thought to be effective, but when the preferred vaccine wasn't available, administrative route was important to users
La Sota vaccine is still being used by smallholder chicken farmers in Tanzania. Even though it isn't thermotolerant, vaccine administered in drinking water is easy to share with other households. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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#TuesdayThoughts Towards Agenda 2030: bit.ly/2GBK1Ey showing how livelihoods contribute to the #SDGs #GlobalGoals #Agenda2030
@PEHPLprogram student @Patrickmudavadi does STEM outreach at a local school near Arusha. Way to go Patrick! Your efforts make a difference.
Congrats Bridgit - looks like a great conference for @PEHPLprogram students! Did you present any research? Have any pictures of yourself doing so - would love to retweet!