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The One Health research-for-development agenda: Enhancing the holistic health of people, animals and environment

Nephew of a dairy entrepreneur near Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). JIMMY SMITH, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), made a slide presentation at a half-day webinar on ‘The place of science in the COVID-19 story’, held on 18 Dec 2020. The...

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The ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge - a pipeline for creating cohorts of transformational next-generation livestock sector professionals

Students from last year's Cap Dev challenge discuss strategy (photo credit: ILRI/Wellington Ekaya) On 17th November 2020, The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched the second annual Capacity Development Grand Challenge (ILRI CapDev Grand Challenge). The Challenge is a 10-month...

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ILRI scientist, Hung Nguyen-Viet discusses his experiences with the WHO team investigating COVID-19 origins

Peter Daszak and Hung Nguyen-Viet, members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk at a park of their hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2021. (Photo credit: REUTERS/Aly Song) ‘As soon as I...

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New ILRI podcast series 'The Boma' launched

Today we are launching The Boma , a new international podcast about livestock across the developing world! The Boma is named after the Swahili word for the traditional circular thorn bush enclosures of East Africa built to hold livestock and keep them safe from predators. Like a boma, each episode...

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Three ILRI fellows attend World One Health Congress (virtually)

Three graduate fellows from the International Livestock Research Institute attended the 2020 World One Health Congress (WOHC), which occurred virtually this year from the 30th of October to the 3rd of November. The three were winners of the CapDev Grand Challenge, a 10-month long capacity...

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Strengthening wildlife health capacities and use of One Health can support global efforts to eradicate ‘goat plague’

In Africa, ILRI is implementing the Epidemiology and Control of Peste des petits ruminants (ECO-PPR) research project, with several partners in East and West Africa and in collaboration with French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organization (CIRAD) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to support initiatives towards eradicating PPR.

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“A virus is a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein”—Sir Peter Medawar

Two of ILRI’s senior scientists discuss what’s next in vaccine development and public health measures Vish Nene , co-leader animal and human health program, and Dieter Schillinger , deputy director general of research and development–biosciences, gave presentations on the status of vaccine...

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ILRI Impact at Scale program shares insights on scaling tools and practices with CGIAR science leaders and GIZ scaling experts

This post was written by Murat Sartas and Saba Ermyas, and edited by Paul Karaimu. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Impact at Scale (I@S) program recently share examples for identifying, analysing and integrating scaling tools into agricultural research for development programs...

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Exploring livestock issues in the context of feeding the world in times of pandemics and climate change

The header image was painted by primary school children from Kangemi, Kenya at ILRI's Mazingira Centre in 2015 (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Experts from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) were well-represented at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held 18-...

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Squaring the circles: Feeding a world in a pandemic and climate change

The header image is a painting titled 'Maasai Herding' by Kenyan artist Kahare Miano. Delia Grace, a veterinary epidemiologist and food safety expert on joint appointment with the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), in Kenya, and the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources...

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One World, One Health: a landscape approach for preventing and mitigating future pandemics

It was “perhaps the most important session of the conference,” said John Colmey, managing director of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). Hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the session ‘A One Health approach for environmental, animal and human health’ was held on 28...

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A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis

People in industrialized regions like the United States of America or Europe are generally urged to eat less meat and animal-source foods as part of a healthier and lower-emissions diet. But such recommendations are not universal solutions in low- or middle-income countries, where livestock are...