In collaboration with Universities, Governmental agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations in West Africa and beyond, CCPZ suppored qualified candidates for the Master of Science, Master of Philosophy and/or Doctor of Philosophy degrees in zoonoses surveillance at the University of Ibadan, and a Certificate of Participation in Human-Animal Disease Surveillance in West Africa. This was made possible through Higher Education Initiative in Africa Grant, 2012 to 2016 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. All graduates on the CCPZ career track postgraduate programme have the priviledge of being assimilated into the Society for Epizootiology in West Africa (SEWA). SEWA is responsible for active engagement of CCPZ collaborating institutions to deliver sustainable joint intervention services and surveillance with focus on human-animal diseases in West Africa. Our collaborating institutions include:

1. CCPZ Learning Centre, Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone  https://njala.edu.sl/ 
2. Cuttington University, Suakoko, Liberia https://www.cu.edu.lr/ 
3. University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana https://www.ug.edu.gh/ 

4. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana https://www.knust.edu.gh/  

5. National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria  https://www.nvri.gov.ng/ 

6. Nigerian Institute for Science Laboratory Technology https://www.nislt.gov.ng/ 

Together these higher institutions and governmental agencies have significantly participated in the activities of the Society for Rabies in West Africa (RIWA) that was established in 2012 with CCPZ as the international headquarters https://onehealthinitiative.com/event/7th-international-conference-on-rabies-in-west-africa/ The Rabies in West Africa forum has successfully organized Annual RIWA Conferences since 2012 https://www.proceedings.panafrican-med-journal.com/conferences/2018/10/. The maiden conference proceedings were published in Epizootiology and Animal Health in West Africa https://ccpz.ui.edu.ng/cover-page-vol-92-riwa-network-rabies-surveillance. Subsequent editions were published in Pan African Medical Journal Conference Proceedings  https://www.pamj-scientific-conferences.org/conferences/9908345f7439f8ffabdffc4-19/ and in Journal of Public and Allied Health Sciences. 

The Society for Epizootiology in West Africa is home to epi-zoonoses science, studies and services in the sub-region through the CCPZ consortium. 

Promoting One Health initiatives through animal production, animal health surveillance, human well-being and sustainable homeland prosperity in West Africa - while improving postgraduate programmes for human-animal disease surveillance in the sub-region.