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ILRI News on health

20 Jun 2022

One Health experts to host webinar on animal health and pandemic prevention

Governments are currently negotiating a historic global pandemic treaty to protect us from future pandemics. The special session of the 2021 World Health Assembly agreed that the new accord will focus on early detection and prevention of pandemics, as well as the One Health approach which...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

AgHealth blog

07 Jun 2022

ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2022 with a focus on food safety research for better health

To commemorate this year’s World Food Safety Day (7 June) under the theme Safer food, better health , the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has launched an online food safety campaign and landing page to showcase its collaborative research on risk-based approaches to improving food...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on health

Journal Article

Published2020

Zoonotic pathogens in urban animals: Enough research to protect the health of the urban population?

Report

Published2019

A review on health and environmental aspects of current manure management practices in pig production systems in Uganda

Journal Article

Published2020

The challenges of investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam – what benefits does a One Health approach offer the animal and human health sectors?

Brochure

Published2020

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases

Report

Published2019

Risk communications on food safety and human health

Journal Article

Published2020

Antimicrobial use in extensive smallholder livestock farming systems in Ethiopia: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of livestock keepers

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ILRI Projects on health

Jan 2018Dec 2019

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization listed the top 10 foodborne parasites of global concern in humans, with cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium ) ranked the highest and trichinellosis (caused by Trichinella spiralis ) seventh. Human...

Jun 2017May 2020

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

In Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, outbreaks of anthrax occur in certain ecological regions, primarily triggered by weather extremes. Outbreaks of this neglected disease result in significant morbidity and mortality in humans, livestock and wildlife. The overall goal of this project is to identify...

Sep 2019Aug 2022

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors

Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever cause serious illnesses in humans and are associated with extensive socio-economic losses in livestock. These diseases are prevalent in pastoral areas of Kenya and are among the country’s top 10 priority zoonoses. In people, the diseases cause intermittent...

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ILRI News on health

One Health experts to host webinar on animal health and pandemic prevention

ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2022 with a focus on food safety research for better health

ILRI scientist Delia Grace wins 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for research innovation

Publications on health

Zoonotic pathogens in urban animals: Enough research to protect the health of the urban population?

A review on health and environmental aspects of current manure management practices in pig production systems in Uganda

The challenges of investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam – what benefits does a One Health approach offer the animal and human health sectors?

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases

Risk communications on food safety and human health

Antimicrobial use in extensive smallholder livestock farming systems in Ethiopia: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of livestock keepers

ILRI Projects on health

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors