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New scoping review sheds light on antimicrobial resistance in global food crop value chains

The role of food crops as a conduit for transmission of antimicrobial resistance from soil and water to humans has not been widely studied. Contamination of food crops with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens presents an added foodborne risk to human health. A team of researchers from the London...

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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2020 annual report

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) published its 2020 annual report on activities and accomplishments from its five research flagships: food systems for healthier diets; biofortification; food safety; supporting policies, programs, and enabling action through...

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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 side event discusses the role of informal markets within future food systems

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 takes place on 7–8 December 2021. The summit comes at a critical time, midway through the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, with only five years left to achieve the World Health Assembly targets on maternal, infant and young child nutrition,...

What is next after CGIAR A4NH in Vietnam: Promoting healthy diets through systematic food system transformation

Retailers at a traditional market in Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI) The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health ( A4NH ) is getting ready to wrap up its five-year work in Vietnam and gearing up to more robust One CGIAR initiatives on Protecting human health through a One Health...

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AMR team hosts media café to commemorate 2021 World antimicrobial awareness week

A media café to build the capacity of science journalists in Uganda and facilitate critical discussion and reporting on antimicrobial resistance using a One Health approach was held in November 2021. The café, organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF), in...

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ILRI and ICARS sign a collaborative agreement to address antimicrobial resistance in low-and middle-income countries

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) have signed a memorandum of collaboration to strengthen activities to address antimicrobial resistance in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Through this collaboration, at the CGIAR AMR Hub ICARS will build training capacity of LMIC partners in antimicrobial susceptibility testing, establish a state-of-the art centre of excellence for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and co-develop capacity for research through exchange programmes at ILRI.

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Decades of foundational animal health research showcased in new book

3 Nov 2021 ILRI launches a book detailing the impacts of livestock research for development conducted by ILRI and its many partners since the early 1970s. Check out the book's landing page . Below is just one of the many stories outlined in the book. Decades of foundational animal health research...

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Drivers and risk factors of Rift Valley fever in Uganda: Findings from a preliminary survey

In 2016, for the first time in 48 years, Uganda reported its first localized case of Rift Valley fever in Kabale District, in western Uganda. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak involved 16 human cases and seven deaths. Since then, at least 10 subsequent...

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Open Access Week 2021: Preprints as a tool for open knowledge and open science at ILRI

International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event that is marked globally during the last full week of October to raise awareness about open access publishing of research and scholarly outputs to enable their universal online accessibility. The theme of Open Access Week 2021...

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Lancet Countdown 2021 report calls for urgent global action to tackle the health impacts of climate change

The health impacts of climate change are getting worse, exposing communities around the world to greater risks of food and water insecurity, heatwaves and the spread of infectious diseases, according to a new report by the Lancet Countdown . The Lancet Countdown is an international,...

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ILRI News

The World Animal Day celebrated in Ethiopia

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) celebrated the World Animal Day in partnership with Brook Ethiopia, ELNet Foundation and the Ethiopia Veterinary Association on 9 October 2021. Activities to mark the day were held in Addis Ababa, under the...

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ILRI researchers contribute to Scientific and Technical Review special issue on veterinary services

A special issue (Aug 2021) of the Scientific and Technical Review journal of the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OIE ) turns the spotlight on the operation of veterinary services in a world affected by various external factors such as climate change and emerging zoonotic diseases. The COVID-...