Enhanced capacities for animal trypanosomosis control are crucial to achieve COMBAT’s goals and impacts. The project plans to train and to carry out technology transfer to a broad typology of actors including farmers, veterinary practitioners, extension workers, students and researchers. Traditional and virtual training courses will be combined with workshops, exchange visits, mentorship, programmes for advanced academic qualifications (e.g. MSc, PhD, etc.), and on-the-job training.

As examples, several techniques and disciplines will be made available to stakeholders, including: genotyping, population genetics, metabarcoding, trapping and identification of animal trypanosomosis vectors, animal trypanosomosis diagnosis, bioinformatics, data analysis, Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Geographic Information System (GIS), disease risk mapping, and socio-economics.