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WOMEN FOR ONE HEALTH: this has been my mantra since 1970 when I qualified as one of the first large animal practitioners who was female; also when I became the second woman to be appointed as a full professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences at Onderstepoort.

Institution

University of Pretoria; and UNISA

Based in

South Africa , PRETORIA, GAUTENG

Languages

English

Short Bio

As a professor at SHSPH at Faculty Health Sciences, University of Pretoria and also Faculty of Agriculture( Section Epidemiology) at UNISA; and Emeritus at Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, my current research interests are One Health, Food safety and security, Zoonoses, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems and Academic editing. I am a weekly columnist for Farmers Weekly Magazine, in Southern Africa. Research methods used: qualitative and quantitative, including risk assessment, hazard analysis, socioeconomics and rural development. I mentor post-graduate students at UP and UNISA. Other interests are animal behavior, promotion of animal welfare and veterinary public health. I ride and breed stud horses and am a rural veterinary practitioner.

Other Expertise

One Health