COVID19

ILRI News on COVID19

10 Dec 2020

Seizing virtual opportunities for CGIAR research in a pandemic

Every cloud has a silver lining – even a pandemic. For months, while the COVID-19 crisis locked CGIAR researchers into their homes, it also unlocked virtual innovation across the whole network. Like green shoots in the sunshine, people across the CGIAR turned towards virtual tools, applications and...

AgHealth blog

04 Dec 2020

Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change

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 change offers a triple win: protect public health, promote a sustainable economy and preserve our...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

03 Nov 2020

New One Health Centre in Africa joins global efforts to prevent future pandemics

Annett Günther, the German ambassador to Kenya, and Jimmy Smith, ILRI’s director general, at the inauguration of the One Health Centre in Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). This post was developed by Ekta Patel and Geoffrey Njenga, and edited by Paul Karaimu . This year the global One Health...