Name:Dismas Mwacha
Email:dmwacha@janegoodall.or.tz
Institutions:Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania

Autobiography

2015 - To date Field veterinarian at Gombe Stream Research Center (GSRC) under the Jane Goodall Institute. (JGI -Tanzania). Trainings and Experiences 2022 May/2023 Feb Molecular techniques trainings on extraction of pathogens DNA and RNA from fecal/soils using field mini-PCR and gel electrophoreses to aid diagnoses of viral and bacterial diseases that affect chimpanzees and other wild animals at Gombe National Park as part of One Health Program. 2021 December TAWIRI symposium, oral presentation on (i) Estimating and assessing chimpanzee populations and threats in the Masito Ugalla Ecosystem (ii) The Gombe Ecosystem Health Project: 16 years of program evolution and lessons learned 2019 (September) APS, Uganda - Oral Presentation, The Gombe Ecohealth Project: longterm integrated health-monitoring in wild chimpanzees 2019 April Three-week trainings workshop on One Health Approach to Prevent Pandemics and One Health Workforce Laboratory Training on Molecular techniques, at Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Bagamoyo – Tanzania. 2018 (Jan – March) Primates Health management Training at Lwiro Primates Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo 2017 December TAWIRI Symposium, Oral Presentation on Long-term integrated healthmonitoring in wild chimpanzees: The Gombe Eco health Project 2015 (Jan-October) Resident Veterinarian at Zanzibar Animal Affectionate Society Organization (ZAASO) in Zanzibar Education 2009 – 2014 Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM), College of Veterinary medicine and Biomedical science, Sokoine University of Agriculture. Morogoro – Tanzania.

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