EcoHealth Alliance Inc

Conservation Works-Liberia: Liberia Conservation Works (CW) is designed to protect threatened and endangered species by strengthening protected and conserved areas while promoting economic growth in Liberia. CW supports communities in becoming less reliant on forest resources by providing livelihood alternatives, including sustainable agriculture and ecotourism. CW works closely with the Government of Liberia, private sector partners, and local conservation stakeholders and communities.

DTRA CCHF: The objective of this grant is to reduce the threat of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) by determining the presence and scale of CCHF virus (CCHFV) circulation in Tanzania. The awardee shall establish a multi-disciplinary team of Tanzanian and international One Health professionals to collect fundamental data on CCHFV, conduct rigorous scientific analyses and support the Government of Tanzania in the development of policies to control and reduce the threat of CCHF. Using a One Health approach the awardee shall investigate the following three hypotheses: 1) CCHFV is circulating in ticks, livestock and wildlife in Tanzania; 2) CCHFV is present and circulating in the human population in Tanzania; 3) CCHFV prevalence, seroprevalence and vector abundance will vary across an environmental disturbance gradient from peri-urban communities, to pastoral rangelands, to protected wildlife areas. The awardee shall support the capacity of Tanzanian human and animal health laboratories to detect anti-CCHFV antibodies, train Tanzanian field researchers and provide vital data to Tanzanian government partners and stakeholders to develop policies to prepare for and reduce the threat of a CCHF outbreak.