Ms. Maryanne Usagi, a PhD Student in JOOUST, studying Microbiology, at the School of Biological and Physical Sciences has been nominated for the 2018 Sandpit event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia organized and funded by One Health Regional Network (HORN). The event will take place between 8th October and 12th October, 2018.

The focus for this event is the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2, “Zero hunger”, which cuts across HORN’s three developmental challenges:

(i) Disease and disease control: Increasing the health and productivity of livestock to provide better nutrition and reduced zoonotic disease transmission to people in the Horn of Africa

(ii) Agriculture, livelihoods and economics:  livestock agricultural systems in the Horn to reduce animal and human disease, improve local economies and increase financial resilience

(iii) Health in changing world: Human and animal health under conditions of societal, climate and environmental change

The University is pleased to have Ms. Maryanne, representing JOOUST internationally and wishes her well.