The World Wildlife Fund

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), founded in 1961, has a mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. The WWF partners with AU-IBAR on sustainable management of fisheries resources in Large Marine ecosystems and has been instrumental in documenting lessons learnt and best practices under SPFIF.

Web Link The World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization. The organization develops and promotes the use of evidence-based tools, norms and standards to support Member States to inform health policy options.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States. Its mission is to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), is a 40 years old independent pan-African Research Centre headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Its Mission is help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and capacity building. ICIPE partners with AU-IBAR for the bee initiative and work on tsetse fly control.

The African Union Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign

The African Union Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (AU-PATTEC) Office has the mandate of initiating, supporting and coordinating Tsetse and Trypanosomiais (T&T) eradication in Africa within the shortest time possible. The initiative comprises an international campaign to generate a process of sustained action through the introduction of the necessary support and mechanisms required for the eradication of the tsetse fly and trypanosomiasis from the affected countries.

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