Dr Divine Ekwem
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Research interests
Publications
2024
Mwanga, Gladness, Ekwem, Divine, Shirima, Gabriel and Chagunda, Mizeck (2024) A decision supporting tool for developing community-led land use plans (DTLP) that will allow better management of resources and improve livestock and crop production in sub-Saharan Africa. DTLP Project Report. Project Report. Lacuna Fund.
2023
Ekwem, Divine, Enright, Jessica 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-3292, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Shand, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-4896, Mwajombe, James K., Bett, Bernard, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091 and Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849
(2023)
Local and wide-scale livestock movement networks inform disease control strategies in East Africa.
Scientific Reports, 13,
9666.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35968-x)
(PMID:37316521)
(PMCID:PMC10267211)
2022
Aminu, O. R. et al. (2022) Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Scientific Reports, 12, 10514. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5) (PMID:35732674) (PMCID:PMC9217952)
2021
Ekwem, Divine, Morrison, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, Enright, Jessica, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Mwajombe, James K., Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951
(2021)
Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa.
Scientific Reports, 11,
16375.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z)
(PMID:34385539)
(PMCID:PMC8361167)
Foglia, Efrem Alessandro, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Kazwala, Rudovick, Ekwem, Divine, Shirima, Gabriel, Grazioli, Santina, Brocchi, Emiliana and Pezzoni, Giulia
(2021)
Combining multiple assays improves detection and serotyping of foot-and-mouth disease virus. A practical example with field samples from East Africa.
Viruses, 13(8),
1583.
(doi: 10.3390/v13081583)
(PMID:34452448)
(PMCID:PMC8412026)
2020
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
2015
Halliday, Jo E. B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Allan, Kathryn J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-889X, Ekwem, Divine, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Kazwala, Rudovick R. and Crump, John A.
(2015)
Endemic zoonoses in the tropics: a public health problem hiding in plain sight.
Veterinary Record, 176(9),
pp. 220-225.
(doi: 10.1136/vr.h798)
(PMID:25722334)
(PMCID:PMC4350138)
Articles
Ekwem, Divine, Enright, Jessica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-3292, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Shand, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-4896, Mwajombe, James K., Bett, Bernard, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091 and Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849
(2023)
Local and wide-scale livestock movement networks inform disease control strategies in East Africa.
Scientific Reports, 13,
9666.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35968-x)
(PMID:37316521)
(PMCID:PMC10267211)
Aminu, O. R. et al. (2022) Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Scientific Reports, 12, 10514. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5) (PMID:35732674) (PMCID:PMC9217952)
Ekwem, Divine, Morrison, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Reeve, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, Enright, Jessica, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Mwajombe, James K., Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951
(2021)
Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa.
Scientific Reports, 11,
16375.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z)
(PMID:34385539)
(PMCID:PMC8361167)
Foglia, Efrem Alessandro, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849, Kazwala, Rudovick, Ekwem, Divine, Shirima, Gabriel, Grazioli, Santina, Brocchi, Emiliana and Pezzoni, Giulia
(2021)
Combining multiple assays improves detection and serotyping of foot-and-mouth disease virus. A practical example with field samples from East Africa.
Viruses, 13(8),
1583.
(doi: 10.3390/v13081583)
(PMID:34452448)
(PMCID:PMC8412026)
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
Halliday, Jo E. B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-9035, Allan, Kathryn J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-889X, Ekwem, Divine, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Kazwala, Rudovick R. and Crump, John A.
(2015)
Endemic zoonoses in the tropics: a public health problem hiding in plain sight.
Veterinary Record, 176(9),
pp. 220-225.
(doi: 10.1136/vr.h798)
(PMID:25722334)
(PMCID:PMC4350138)
Research Reports or Papers
Mwanga, Gladness, Ekwem, Divine, Shirima, Gabriel and Chagunda, Mizeck (2024) A decision supporting tool for developing community-led land use plans (DTLP) that will allow better management of resources and improve livestock and crop production in sub-Saharan Africa. DTLP Project Report. Project Report. Lacuna Fund.