First Uganda Student Post of the Summer!
Well, us interns have been in Uganda for about a month now so we’re definitely long overdue for a blog entry! First off we’ll introduce ourselves. There is Sarah, who…
Well, us interns have been in Uganda for about a month now so we’re definitely long overdue for a blog entry! First off we’ll introduce ourselves. There is Sarah, who…
We have all arrived safe and sound in the town of Mukurweini, where the Veterinarians Without Borders-Canada Smallholders Dairy Project partners with the Prince Edward Island NGO – Farmers Helping…
Circulation of zoonotic viruses remains largely unknown and under-investigated in rural Laos, although these viruses can have dramatic impact on human and animal health (e.g. SARS, Influenza and Ebola virus).…
Part of Vets without Borders' work in Laos involves training Rural Drug Vendors (RDVs) to help access to pharmacy services in rural areas. We'd like to take some time to…
After the farmer exchange visit, where the participants of the Insect for Nutrition project (IFN) visited different cricket farms in Vientiane Capital province, they participated in a cricket farming training…
Following the Training of Trainers (ToT) of our local partners from Bolikhamxay province, 20 project participants of our Insect for Nutrition (IFN) project visited other crickets farmers in Vientiane Capital province…
On May 7th, our local partners from the District Agriculture and Forestry Office (DAFO) in Bolikhan district, visited our office at the Faculty of Agriculture in Nabong, to participate in…
In Laos, the Primary Animal Health Workers' (or PAHWs) favorite learning topic is pharmaceuticals because they know how important preventative and live-saving injections can be for farmers to be able to…
Isn't signing a new Memorandum Of Understanding with the Lao government the best good way to celebrate Pii Mai Lao (Lao new year)?? That is what happened to Vets without Borders…
In the cold season of Laos (December - March) the cricket production ceased. When temperatures drop, cricket growth slows, and eventually stops if it stays too cold. This timing was…