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One Health in action: Research by ILRI and partners improves the health of...
The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus the interconnectedness of people, animals and the environment and how this can contribute to the spread of disease. One...
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Flattening the curve on foodborne illness and its costs in Africa
Food safety has never featured prominently on Africa’s development agenda. When it is an issue, typically the focus has been on high-value food items produced for export, while food safety in domestic...
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19...
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, country or community is immune. Aligning the global recovery from COVID-19 with our response to climate...
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Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on...
The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. It requires urgent multisectoral action in order to achieve...
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New collaborative Global Burden of Animal Diseases program launched
Animal health leaders and researchers from the Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) program have secured US$ 7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign,...
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New study investigates the governance structure of the Nairobi pork value...
A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (February 2021) has documented the governance structure of the Nairobi pork value chain and the challenges faced by traders and how these...
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Experts call for policies and better data to mitigate antimicrobial...
The intensification of livestock production calls for the development of contextually relevant policy frameworks that mitigate potential human health risks such as antimicrobial resistance and...
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Mapping the risk of livestock anthrax in Kenya helps identify disease...
Developing risk maps for endemic livestock diseases is important for effective disease prevention and control, particularly in resource-limited countries. For endemic and easily diagnosed diseases...
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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more...
Hundreds of trees have been felled along Nairobi’s Uhuru and Waiyaki highways to make space for a new expressway. CELINE CLERY/AFP via Getty Images Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool and James...
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Experts call for increased investment in One Health to reduce the burden of...
One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is linked to the health of animals and their shared environment. A One Health approach in preventing and controlling diseases...
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New review provides framework for studying food systems to address food...
There is a need for better understanding of how food systems operate in order to effectively address food safety and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, says a new review paper. The review...
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Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health
Action for Animal Health is a new coalition that aims to secure greater support for animal health systems with a focus on: increasing and improving the animal health workforce;closing the veterinary...
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New report examines the impacts of COVID-19 control measures on food safety...
Following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), measures to contain its spread have affected several aspects of the food value chain, including safety. Although COVID-19 is not...
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Marking World Food Safety Day 2021 with a focus on ILRI’s food safety research
World Food Safety Day is celebrated annually on 7 June to raise awareness on the importance of safe food and its contribution to healthy lives, healthy economies and a healthy future. The theme this...
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New study explores wet markets and the risk of emerging zoonotic diseases
Emerging zoonotic diseases can spread from animals to people where there is an interface allowing pathogens to jump the species barriers. Crowded conditions, where different species intermingle,...
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ILRI research generates evidence for better prevention and control of...
World Zoonoses Day, celebrated annually on 6 July, commemorates the day in 1885 when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against a zoonotic disease. It is also a day to raise...
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Review of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa highlights need for One...
Livestock keeping is an important source of livelihood in many communities around the world. However, zoonoses—diseases transmissible from animals to people—pose a major threat not only to animal...
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Uganda discuss new One...
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched...
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Kenya discuss new One Health...
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched...
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Ethiopia discuss new One...
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched...
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