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ELUZO is the acronym for a new project aimed at empowering women, which was officially launched in Ouagadougou on the morning of Monday, July 15, 2024. The new project, “They fight zoonoses”, was officially launched by Dr. Amadou Dicko, the Minister’s Delegate in charge of Animal Resources. The event was initiated by Professor Robert Guiguemdé, teacher and researcher, former director of the MURAZ center.
After two years of research, the project “They Fight Zoonoses (ELUZO)”, which aims to strengthen and empower women and girls aged 15 and above, was officially launched on July 15, 2024 in the presence of various stakeholders and technical and financial partners.
ELUZO is a pilot study and international collaborative project resulting from a collaboration between multiple institutions and non-governmental organizations from Canada, Burkina Faso and Senegal, and will be funded by Global Affairs Canada.
At the Burkina Faso level, it will involve five municipalities, namely Tenkodogo, Manga, Zoungou, Réo and Nanoro, for a period of five years (2023/2028).
Partial view of the participants involved in the implementation of the project
It is important to remember that this project has several objectives. Its goal is first and foremost to improve community health and empower women and girls aged 15 years and over through an innovative, integrated, intersectoral and multidisciplinary approach. The project will also contribute to empowering women and girls to fight zoonotic diseases in the intervention areas.
The official launch saw the mobilization of the different actors collaborating within the framework of the project. Each of them took a turn to speak, highlighting their own importance for a country like Burkina Faso.
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So, returning to zoonoses, the project’s Scientific Director, Professor Zékiba Tarnagda, and Level I Coordinator, Dr. Alexis Kafando, from Burkina Faso, discussed diseases and infections that are naturally transmitted from vertebrates to humans and vice versa (World Health Organization, 1959). They are usually transmitted at the interface between humans and the animal environment and pose a threat to public and animal health, they said.
Event sponsor Professor Robert Guiguemdé
The same explanation was given by Professor Robert Guiguemdé, former director of the MURAZ Center, teacher and researcher, initiator of this event. The retired man with more than 46 years of experience in the health field, who is the sponsor of the event, also spoke about solutions to fight world diseases. He stressed that, in addition to being a research project capable of improving the surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases of priority at the local level, this project will also strengthen the economic leadership of women and girls in the coming years through animal husbandry and other income-generating activities.
The implementation of this project will make it possible to address issues at the human-animal-environment interface through the contribution of multiple actors from different disciplines.
Yvette Zongo
Lefaso.net
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