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Vietnam launches second phase of One Health partnership for zoonoses control

To strengthen ongoing work in the control of zoonotic diseases, or diseases transmitted from animals to humans, in Vietnam, the second phase of the framework for One Health Partnership for Zoonoses ( OHP ), was officially launched in Hanoi on 23 March 2021. This initiative by the Vietnamese...

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ILRI fellowship offers emerging researchers hands-on learning in using the One Health approach

A fellowship program by the Southeast Asia One Health University Network ( SEAOHUN ) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) is giving young Southeast Asian researchers hands-on experience in using the One Health approach to tackle zoonotic diseases in developing-country...

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Issue 9 of ILRI East and Southeast Asia newsletter out now

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) East and Southeast Asia newsletter, issue July-December 2020 is now available. It provides an overview of the activities from July to December 2020 as well as the upcoming activities in the first six months of 2021. Click here to read ILRI East...

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Publications update from ILRI East and Southeast Asia, July-December 2020

We would like to share with our donors and partners the list of publications of ILRI East and Southeast Asia publicized from July to December 2020. Thank you. Articles in international peer-reviewed journals Hu Suk Lee , Duy Tung Dao, Vuong Nghia Bui, Ngoc Anh Bui, Thanh Duy Le, Hung Nguyen-Viet ,...

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BMZ-funded project to share recommendations for enhancing pork safety and adoption of local pigs in rural Vietnam

In late 2020, animal and human health experts gathered in Hoa Binh Province, in northwest Vietnam, to discuss ways of disseminating the findings and recommendations of the now concluded two-year ‘ Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of...

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Australia-funded safe pork project in Vietnam reviews 2020 achievements and sets goals for 2021

On 27–28 November 2020, the ‘ Market-based approach to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam ,’ or SafePORK project team and partners held an annual planning meeting in Ninh Binh Province, about 100 kilometres south of Hanoi. The two-day workshop, which was hosted by the International Livestock...

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Issue 7 of ILRI East and Southeast Asia newsletter now available

The seventh issue of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) East and Southeast Asia newsletter is now available. It provides an overview of the activities from July to December 2019 as well as the upcoming activities in the first six months of 2020. Click here to read ILRI East and...

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Enhancing food safety messaging: Media workshop bridges the gap between food safety research and communication in Vietnam

A recent media workshop on ‘risk communications on food safety and human health’ brought together Vietnamese researchers and reporters to discuss ways for better communicating food safety information to the public. Forty journalists from a cross section of Vietnam’s news agencies and magazine...

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Field experiences from the first RHoMIS tool application in Vietnam

(The post was written by Thinh Nguyen , research officer at ILRI in East and Southeast Asia) Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey ( RHoMIS ) is a popular tool worldwide for characterizing farm households and for monitoring and evaluating project interventions. For the first time in Vietnam,...

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Video: Battling the mosquito-borne diseases: why it matters

Johanna Lindahl , senior scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ),and coordinator of the ‘ Metropolitan Mosquito’ project shares best tips on how to avoid mosquito bites and keep people away from deadly mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Japanese encephalitis. The...

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ILRI vacancy: Research Officer – Livestock CRP country project, Vietnam (closing date: 03 September 2019)

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Research Officer to support the implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock Agri-Food Systems, known as Livestock CRP in Vietnam. This position is jointly employed by ILRI and Center for Tropical Agriculture (...

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The Battle to Curb Swine Fever in Southeast Asia

(This post was written by Preeti Jha and originally posted on the Diplomat Magazine in which she interviewed Fred Unger and Hu Suk Lee, scientists at ILRI Hanoi office) ‘Some 3 million pigs have been slaughtered in Vietnam since African swine fever was detected in February, making Vietnam the first...