
I also head to forest areas to collect samples from animals hunted in villages in the hope of making discoveries that could save human or animal lives. I then bring them to the lab for processing and testing. My daily routine involves collaborating with the sanctuaries who collect blood samples and feces from the animals. The thing that worries me most since I entered the world of research is the permanent need for us to avoid zoonotic epidemics and pandemics, especially as many of our populations depend on hunting and raising of animals and don’t know the risks that they face in handling animals without precautions. The love I have for my profession has led me to work in veterinary clinics where I have worked with pets, in commercial animal production and also in the wildlife sanctuaries managed by Ape Action Africa/CWAF and Limbe Wildlife Centre where I currently work with GVFI. This probably explains my choice of career as a vet. I grew up in a family of cattle ranchers. Vet, Global Viral Forecasting Initiative – Cameroon ET.įrom cattle ranching to the frontlines of research Wolfe – a so-called virus hunter – and to learn more about the discovery. Read these dispatches from members of Wolfe's research team in Cameroon. Wolfe leads the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI), which has been working with the Cameroon government, Limbe Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund/Ape Action Africa to learn more about common diseases of wild animals and to explore the origins of human diseases in order to predict and prevent them. Nathan Wolfe, an epidemiologist, authored the report. Program Note: Today, a report about the discovery of the origin of Malaria was released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. interests in the reclusive communist state. Efforts to resolve the issue so far have been handled through Sweden, which represents U.S. The United States has no diplomatic relations with North Korea.

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