Welcome to Panama!
24/04/2024
On April 24th, Ivette Berrio, Vice Minister of Health of Panama, signed a letter of intent for Panama to join the PREZODE International Initiative, becoming its 26th member country. The office of the Pan American Health Organization and the World…
The AfriCam project is underway.
02/01/2024
The operational AfriCam project, coordinated by Cirad in collaboration with IRD under the PREZODE banner, aims at preventing zoonosis emergence by building resilient socio-ecosystems and sustainable, economically viable zoonotic disease surveillance systems. It also intends to contribute to the building…
Interview with Pr Musso Munyeme
28/12/2023
Chair of the Steering Committee Professor Musso Munyeme, Ph.D., MSc-VPH, B. Vet-Med, is a veterinarian, researcher, and Senior lecturer in Veterinary Public Health and Wildlife Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia. He is the appointed Chair…
COP 28 – Community Engagement and climate-smart health products
12/12/2023
PREZODE and Unitaid, in partnership with the Global Fund, co-organized a roundtable during the 28th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, to underline the critical importance of community engagement to prevent health and climate change risks. A declaration calling…
COP28 Declaration: building One Health resilient systems
24/11/2023
We need to collectively build One Health resilient systems to tackle the negative impacts of climate change on human health and health systems, animal health, and ecosystems. Climate change poses a growing threat to human health, animal health, and ecosystems,…
To Prevent the Next Pandemic, Follow the Science
11/11/2023
Open Letter Science is crucial to improving pandemic preparedness and prevention. It not only deepens our understanding of pathogen transmission and containment but also provides us with the flexibility required to adapt to changing circumstances. Relying on scientific evidence enables…
Enhancing Decision-Making for Pandemic Prevention
10/11/2023
During the Paris Peace Forum 2023 edition held on November 10-11, PREZODE coorganized a roundtable entitled: “from Science to Policy: Informing Decision-Making on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness & Response”. The sixth Paris Peace Forum took place on November 10-11, 2023. The…
Twenty-five countries and counting
24/10/2023
PREZODE community continues to grow October 2023, PREZODE welcomes Cameroon and Zambia, 2 new country members of the initiative! Africa is the most represented continent within PREZODE, Zambia and Cameroon being the 10th and 11th African nations to join PREZODE, along with…
Finding Winged Travelers and Ourselves in Troubled Waters
14/10/2023
Avian influenza spreads via migratory bird flyways, impacting wildlife globally. Water, viruses, and species are intertwined. World Migratory Bird Day in 2023 recalls the urge for prevention. Analysis. By Dr. Sarah Olson, Director of Health Research at WCS (Wildlife Conservation…
World Medical Association (WMA) Scientific Session – BRIEFING
05/10/2023
The organizing committee of the World Medical Association (WMA) Scientific Session invited the PREZODE initiative to the 74th WMA General Assembly meeting that was held on Thursday October 5th 2023 in Kigali. Professor Musso Munyeme, the Chairperson of the PREZODE…