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General ET2023SIN385A101 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 Poultry production is one of the main livestock subsectors that contribute to the national agricultural GDP of Ethiopia. It requires little investment and space to start and plays important roles in generating employment opportunities, improving family nutrition, and empowering women. However, this subsector is constrained by different factors such as infectious diseases, poor husbandry and poor or no biosecurity practices. Among the infectious diseases, Newcastle disease (ND), Infectious Bursal disease (IBD), Salmonellosis, and Coccidiosis are…
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General CD2023SIN373A102 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 The Congo basin is a biodiversity hotspot for various plant and animal taxa, but also for infectious diseases. Several zoonotic infections naturally circulate in the region and frequently emerge from wildlife reservoirs. Many of these are transmitted via arthropod vectors such as ticks. Domestic animals like dogs can relatively easily transport ticks and their infections from natural to human-dominated habitats. Tick-borne infections that normally circulate among wildlife thus have an important ecological potential to emerge in human…
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General EC2022TEA508A101 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 The global food system faces a complex set of crises, where poor distribution is one of the main factors causing hunger, food loss, and waste. Therefore, the food system is expected to be agile, resilient, and sustainable. In Ecuador, although the agricultural sector is highly relevant in the national economy, the poor food distribution causes child malnutrition, food insecurity, and poor living conditions for its actors. This project analyzes the agrifood supply chain in the Ecuadorian Andes as a critical component to achieve good food…
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General TZ2023SIN399A103 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 In Tanzania, incidents of discrimination towards the marginalised at family level, at schools, at work, and in prisons, among others, go unreported for lack of knowledge about access to justice. The government has approved the provision of legal aid services by qualified advocates and registered legal aid providers (paralegals). However, the level of awareness of the existence of such organs is still minimal. Moreover, the society still thinks that legal aid services are costful, while paralegal organisations offer legal aid services free of…
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General UG2023SIN402B125 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 A high proportion of adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa face Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) challenges including HIV and AIDS, early marriages, teenage pregnancies, and early childbirth. These contribute to poor health and school dropouts, impacting negatively on the social positioning of women in Uganda. To navigate adolescence and its associated SRH-challenges, adolescent girls’ Reproductive Autonomy (RA) is key. As RA is strongly influenced by policy frameworks and contextual support, current trends in girls’ SRH render it…
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General MA2024TEA557B125 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2029 Morocco's textile industry, a major economic contributor, employs 200,000 people, with women comprising 60% of this workforce. This sector, significant in societal, economic, and industrial terms, exported €3.8 billion of textiles to the EU in 2022. However, it faces environmental challenges due to high water and chemical use. The HEMPTEX project seeks to address these issues by introducing hemp as a sustainable alternative, requiring less water and minimal pesticides. Hemp's strong, durable, and anti-bacterial fibers are ideal for high-value…
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General ZA2022TEA527A102 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 South Africa has a high burden of severe mental disorders. The country promotes deinstitutionalisation for people living with a severe mental disorder (PSMD) – shifting the locus of care from hospitals to local communities. This push, however, has not been fit with an according care model in these communities. PSMD are discharged into households without any support – often resulting in a cyclical pattern of short-term readmissions to the hospitals that they have been discharged from, sometimes with devastating consequences. The project aims to…
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General UG2022SIN359A103 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2024 In rural Uganda, most people drink water from unprotected water sources such as hand-dug wells, springs or streams. All drinking water needs to be treated before use to eliminate harmful pollutants. Boiling is the main water treatment system in Uganda with firewood and charcoal being the major energy sources. This has increased forest degradation and consequently contributed to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions. This project aims to assess the applicability of selected point of use water treatment systems in social culturally different…
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General ZA2022TEA526A103 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Climate change is described as the most important public health challenge of the 21st century. The impact of climate change on primary health care and the adaptations needed to be climate-resilient have not received much attention in the African region. For the primary care provider, this will manifest as changes in conditions such as heat stroke, gastroenteritis, malnutrition, asthma, malaria, schistosomiasis, trauma, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Through this Team collaboration, we aim to create new evidence for African…
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General VN2024TEA577A103 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2029 The FANTASHRIMP project is designed to address the multifaceted issues confronting shrimp farming in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD). With a focus on water pollution, elevated greenhouse gas emissions, and the implications of climate change (CC), the project adopts a multidimensional approach. Through innovative research methodologies, we seek to gain better understanding of the amplifying feedback loop between shrimp farming and CC via their environmental impacts. This novel insight will serve as the foundation for the development of…