Project

SOPHEA – Strengthening One and Planetary Health in Eastern Africa

The  DAAD-funded project brings together international expertise to strengthen education, research and academic collaboration as well as scientific exchange on Planetary Health for Africa. The UKW together with its partners from the School of Public Health at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS) located in Mwanza, Tanzania, and the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Eldoret, Kenya strive to explore, investigate, teach and act on the increasing climate and environmental changes and their interactions with health within the framework of Planetary Health and One Health.

Details

Status:

  • active

Supported by BayFOR:

  • inactive

Research Focus:

  • Climate , 
  • Education / Skills / Capacity Building , 
  • Environment / Natural Resources / Biodiversity , 
  • Medicine and Health

Project Coordination:

Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg

Project Partner:

Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences
(CUHAS)
University of Eldoret
(UoE)

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), Kenya, Tanzania, United Republic Of

Funding Agency:

German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)

Duration:

01/01/2022
- 31/12/2025

URL:

Contact:

Dr. Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich