NCEH/ATSDR OGH has numerous projects in Africa. Here’s a sample of those
regional programs. For more information on NCEH/ATSDR in this region, please
contact the Office of Global Health.
| Country | Activity Description | Division / Branch | Contact |
| Botswana | Response to cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Botswana including clinical care, case tracking, training and surveillance assistance. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Gambia | Project headed by Virginia Technical College of Veterinary Medicine. Analysis of Gambian urine samples for pyrethroids and organochlorine pesticides. | DLS / OATB | |
| Iraq | Assistance to Iraqi Government and NGOs. Training and technical assistance for surveillance of landmine and unexploded ordnance victims. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Kenya | Collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and University of Nairobi Medical School on a cross-sectional study of hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic exposure to aflatoxins in Eastern Kenya. | DEHHE / HSB | |
| Kenya | Collaboration with Kenya Ministry of Health on a serosurvey to establish a reference range of serum aflatoxin adduct concentrations in Eastern Kenya. | DEHHE / HSB | |
| Kenya | Collaboration with Kenya Ministry of Health. Evaluation of a portable and rapid field screening tool for early detection of aflatoxin contamination of maize among subsistence farmers in Eastern Kenya. | DEHHE / HSB | |
| Multiple (Burkina Faso, Mali) | Personnel secondment to UNICEF by EIS Officer to organize and implement a nutritional assessment and follow-up activities in response to regional food insecurity concerns. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Multiple (Ethiopia, Kenya) | For USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Program assessment and planning, strategy development and implementation, and monitoring of water and sanitation mitigation and response activities in response to drought and emergency conditions in the Horn of Africa. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Niger | Conducted in collaboration with UNICEF and Government of Niger. Emergency national nutrition survey in Niger. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Oman | Part of IMMPaCT Program. Assistance to country on issues related to biological sample collection and storage, laboratory analysis, quality assurance and quality control for evaluation of population nutritional status. | DLS / ITNB | |
| Seychelles | Project headed by Rochester University. Analysis of PCBs and pesticides in maternal and cord blood for study of exposure in Seychelles mother-infant pairs. | DLS / OATB | |
| Sudan | Project headed by UNICEF and World Food Programme. Anthropometric survey of Sudanese conflict-affected pregnant women and children to determine feeding program needs. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Sudan | Assistance to UNICEF. Technical advice on planning and implementation of measles immunization campaign. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Tanzania | Assistance to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Rapid assessment of malaria control programs in refugee camps along western border of Tanzania. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Tanzania | For International Rescue Committee. Rapid assessment of malaria in six refugee camps and a way station. | DEEHS / IERHB | |
| Yemen | Part of IMMPaCT Program. Assistance to country on issues related to biological sample collection and storage, laboratory analysis, quality assurance and quality control for evaluation of population nutritional status. | DLS / ITNB | |
| Multiple (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Republic of Georgia, Iraq, Kenya, Mongolia, Niger, Nigeria, West Bank/Gaza) | Collaborations with Federal Occupational Health and USAID. Training and procurement, assembly and distribution of personal protective equipment for pandemic avian flu. | DHAC / HPCIB |
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