One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA) is an international network of twelve public health, ten veterinary higher education institutions, one institute of environmental sciences and one pathobiology institute that are located in 16 universities in 8 countries in Eastern, Central and Western African region. The countries are: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The countries are: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Universities included in OHCEA are: Universite des Montagnes and University of Buea (Cameroon), University of Lubumbashi and University of Kinshasa (DRC), Jimma University, Addis Ababa University and Mekelle University (Ethiopia), Moi University and University of Nairobi (Kenya), Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania), University of Rwanda (Rwanda) and Makerere University (Uganda).
Started in 2010 by a group of One Health visionaries in 5 institutions in the region, the network has grown and spread to more areas of the African continent bringing on board more institutions.
OHCEA’s strategic approach is leveraging on national, regional and international partnerships to enhance One Health surveillance, reporting and response capacity development; One Health innovations infrastructural development; knowledge management and information sharing and science-education-policy-practice interface.
The network works with governments and professional associations in the region including veterinary, nursing, public health and medical associations. At the global level, the network collaborates with universities in the US; Tufts University, University of Minnesota, Tulane University and Sandia National Laboratories (USA) among others.