Zim’s Veterinary services department to produce anthrax vaccine

By Kuda Pembere Officials at Zimbabwe’s Department of Veterinary Services Department say they will soon commence the production of an anthrax vaccine. Diseases such as anthrax, and theileriosis usually manifest during the rainy season. Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It mainly affects animals. Humans can become infected through contact with an infected animal or by inhaling spores. Speaking to delegates from, World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Africa CDC and Africa Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) during…

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Primary school pupils in Murehwa join AMR fight

By Kuda Pembere recently in Murehwa Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a discipline which many are still trying to understand. It is an area of study that takes several years of study to understand and master. AMR is when antimicrobials cease working in an organism due to overuse or misuse. But this knowledge, is nothing compared to what the delegates from Africa Union and UN agencies namely the World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH), Africa CDC, and Africa Union InterAfrica Bureau of Animal…

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