Dr Keneth Iceland Kasozi, joined by Professor Susan Christina Welburn, Chair of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, describe the impact of One Health approaches in finding solutions to disease outbreaks.
Development Impact Stories
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink
Aashima Sharma explains the importance of developing wastewater treatment practices alongside industrial and agricultural expansion.
Justice defenders
Matteo Cassini, Community Development Manager at Justice Defenders (formerly the African Prisons Project), explains his work to increase access to legal systems and the application of criminal law in Africa, and the impact of Commonwealth Professional Fellowships in helping to transform and strengthen access to justice.
Inclusive education
Commonwealth Scholars Samuel Frimpong and Evans Lwimba share their experiences of deaf education in Ghana and Zambia and discuss developments which will improve educational inclusion in their respective countries.
Connections which combat cancer
Runcie C W Chidebe explains the direct benefits his Shared Scholarship is having on the work of his NGO, Project PINK BLUE – Health & Psychological Trust Centre, to improve health outcomes in Nigeria.
Waste not, want not
Oriyomi Modupe Okeyinka explains how her research into the utilisation of waste by- products as building materials has contributed to the development of sustainable and affordable housing.
Prevention and control: Introducing new protocols to stop the spread of disease through best practice
Joel Jerawno Myers discusses his work implementing public health programmes in the parish of Manchester in Jamaica and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
Nurses and Midwives: The important role they play in strengthening health services in Ghana
Augustine Asamoah reflects on the importance of research and evaluation in ensuring the effective and efficient training of nurses and midwives in Ghana to improve and strengthen health services nationwide
Data maps at the centre of vaccine campaigns
Tracy Adole highlights the importance of her work in data modelling to support vaccine campaigns and its critical role in eradicating wild polio in Nigeria
The last mile: improving healthcare delivery by understanding current challenges to supply chains in Mozambique
Yara Manuela Cumbi discusses the impact of her work in improving healthcare delivery supply chains in Mozambique