IMT Programme South Africa 2014-2016 - Building Capacity for Animal and Human Health

Building capacity for animal and human health in South Africa and the African continent through multi-disciplinary research, teaching and networking.

To build regional capacity to address key threats to animal and human health through research, teaching and networking activities, specifically: • To investigate and address selected zoonotic diseases and constraints to livestock production through improved technologies, animal health programmes and greater regional collaboration and capacity. • To increase the capacity of University of the Western Cape’s School of Public Health (SoPH) to provide, and support others in providing, post graduate Public Health training