Dr. Peter Mangesho is a social anthropologist with over 20 years of experience in health research, primarily focusing on the social and cultural dimensions of health, illnesses, and disease control programmes in Sub- Saharan Africa.

In 2013, as a postdoctoral fellow at the Southern African Centre for Infectious Diseases Surveillance (SACIDS) at Sokoine University of Agriculture, he was a member of an interdisciplinary team engaged in human and animal disease surveillance. His research emphasised the interaction between local knowledge systems and disease management. He centred his research on the socio- cultural aspects of zoonotic diseases among pastoral communities in Tanzania within the framework of One Health and Eco Health, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.

Subsequently, he assumed the role of lead social anthropologist for Tanzania at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for a multi- country project (sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-east Asia) utilising a One Health approach to address antimicrobial use and resistance among pastoral and agro- pastoral communities in northern Tanzania. This project was financed by the Fleming Fund.

In 2022, he joined the Department of Global Health and Community Medicine at the University of Oslo as a researcher within the FAR project. His responsibilities include documenting and analysing the circulation of Asian antibiotics through both formal and informal networks in Tanzania, as well as examining the regulatory measures and challenges associated with these practices. The results of this research will be disseminated through academic articles and book chapters.

In 2024, he provided consultancy services to the FAO South Sudan to conduct its inaugural assessment of antibiotic use among livestock keepers. This study is entitled “Understanding the contexts of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance among the livestock production system: A Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices study among agro- pastoralists of Northern and Eastern South Sudan.” (Financed by USAID)

Dr. Mangesho earned his PhD from the University of Cape Town in 2011. For more information on Peter, see his research profile page.

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