The president of South Africa has announced our actions to stop the spread of the COVID-19. Proud to be South African and thank you Mr president for difficult but neccessary decisions m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

“This epidemic will pass. But it is up to us to determine how long it will last, how damaging it will be, and how long it will take our economy and our country to recover. If we act together, if we act now, and if we act decisively, we will overcome it.” #CoronaVirusSA

Escalation of measures to combat the #COVID19 pandemic #CoronaVirusSA pscp.tv/w/cUedODF4a1FE…

Number crunching Saturday. By yesterday (18 days after the first case) SA had conducted 28 537 tests. It took the Italy 56 days after day 0 to reach that number. The US took 34 days and South Korea took 36. #Covid19SA

HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE: President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 and President Emmanuel Macron are at the Future Africa Platform Auditorium in Tshwane to lead a discussion on their efforts to fight #COVID19 and share their visions for development of long-term capabilities. youtu.be/JK76ENzNnIU

There are >200 known #zoonoses, causing >60% of all human infections, particularly affecting poorer communities.We must focus on #OneHealth approaches in disease prevention & control to minimise risk of potential spillovers at human-animal-environment interface. #WorldZoonosesDay

The Tripartite & UNEP welcome the newly formed definition of #OneHealth from the One Health High Level Expert Panel (#OHHLEP). This definition will promote a clear understanding & translation across sectors & areas of expertise. Read full statement: bit.ly/3De0hpH

UNEP joins Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization (WHO) & OIEAnimalHealth in welcoming the newly-formed operational definition of #OneHealth Working together to prevent, predict, detect & respond to global health threats & to promote sustainable development is essential bit.ly/3I9T5P6

What is #OneHealth? The One Health High Level Expert Panel has developed a new operational definition which aims to be comprehensive to promote a clear understanding and translation across sectors and areas of expertise. LEARN MORE → oie.int/en/tripartite-…

Good work by one of my post doctoral fellows theconversation.com/south-africas-…

"I thank #Botswana and #SouthAfrica for detecting, sequencing and reporting this variant so rapidly. It is deeply concerning to me that those countries are now being penalized by others for doing the right thing." -Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the World Health Organization (WHO) #COVID19 press briefing on 1 Dec.

Today is a historical moment where Tripartite becomes the Quadripartite! The #OneHealth Tripartite Secretariat is proud to welcome UN Environment Programme to this powerful alliance. We have made notable progress together and will continue even stronger in the years to come!

I'm very pleased to have signed the MoU that will further strengthen the #OneHealth collaboration between Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization (WHO) and now UN Environment Programme to tackle global health issues such as #AntiMicrobialResistance, the continued threat of #zoonoses and finding ways to reinforce our health systems.

WHO One Health Initiative Newsletter | One Health Joint Plan of Action launched createsend.com/t/d-90C41E9513…

My acceptance remarks for an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria x.com/i/broadcasts/1…