Tags: disease control

ILRI News on disease control

18 Nov 2019

Celebrating World Antibiotic Resistance Week 2019 with highlights of ILRI research on antimicrobial resistance

Each November, the World Antibiotic Awareness Week is commemorated to raise global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage rational use of antibiotics to avoid further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. In collaboration with national, regional and international partners,...

ILRI Asia blog

12 Nov 2019

Chi Nguyen

Behaviour change interventions key to preventing and reducing pork-borne illnesses in northern Vietnam

New research shows that incidences of pork-borne parasitic diseases in northern Vietnam may be lower than previously thought but behaviour change is needed to strengthen pork safety and reduce incidences of pork-borne illnesses in communities. A survey in late 2018 by an International Livestock...

ILRI News

03 Nov 2019

Ekta Patel

#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta Patel & Susan MacMillan One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment. —...

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Publications on disease control

Blog Post

Published2019

Insights from Kenya: why anthrax outbreaks recur in the same areas

Presentation

Published2019

Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system for early detection and control of livestock diseases

Journal Article

Published2019

Willingness to pay for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine among Kenyan cattle producers

Presentation

Published2019

Benefits and possibilities for the foot and mouth disease progressive control pathway to be applied at county level

Brochure

Published2019

Health and antibiotics in Vietnamese pig production

Journal Article

Published2019

A qualitative study on gendered barriers to livestock vaccine uptake in Kenya and Uganda and their implications on Rift Valley fever control

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ILRI Projects on disease control

Jan 2018Dec 2019

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization listed the top 10 foodborne parasites of global concern in humans, with cysticercosis (caused by Taenia solium ) ranked the highest and trichinellosis (caused by Trichinella spiralis ) seventh. Human...

Jun 2017May 2020

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

In Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, outbreaks of anthrax occur in certain ecological regions, primarily triggered by weather extremes. Outbreaks of this neglected disease result in significant morbidity and mortality in humans, livestock and wildlife. The overall goal of this project is to identify...

Jun 2019May 2022

Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

The global strategy for the control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants has been endorsed by more than 200 countries with the vision of a world free of the disease by 2030. This project supports ongoing global control and eradication efforts led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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