Tags: disease control

ILRI News on disease control

12 Apr 2022

Q fever common in Tana River and Garissa counties: New study reveals

Coxiella burnetii , the bacterium that causes query fever (Q fever) in humans and livestock, is widely spread in Kenya’s Tana River and Garissa counties and it could pose serious economic and human health risks in the region. This is one of the findings of a study by the International Livestock...

Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Specialist
Daniel Nthiwa(ILRI)

ILRI News

12 Apr 2022

Co-infection project’s seroprevalence study helps Isiolo County take first steps towards tackling zoonoses

Zoonotic diseases—diseases that jump from animals to humans such as Rift Valley fever (RVF), brucellosis and Q fever—impose substantial human health effects ranging from chronic malaise to fever and joint pain. In animals, they can reduce livestock productivity, increase mortality and downgrade the...

Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Specialist
Mathew Muturi(ILRI)
Athman Mwatondo(ILRI)

ILRI News

23 Mar 2022

Climate-smart farming offers hope to Zimbabwe’s smallholders and livestock keepers

For 60-year-old Maxwell Machivenyika, farm-life was filled with tedium, drudgery and challenges. To get the job done working on his small farm meant waking up at 4 a.m. daily. Machivenyika has been growing maize, Zimbabwe’s main staple crop, since 1988. But his yields have been poor because of...

Johnson SiamachiraCommunication Officer(Cirad)

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Publications on disease control

Journal Article

Published2022

Acaricide resistance in livestock ticks infesting cattle in Africa: Current status and potential mitigation strategies

Journal Article

Published2022

Monitoring the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the historical focus of Batié, South-West Burkina Faso

Brief

Published2021

Tackling the key cattle disease East Coast fever: An overview of CGIAR research in one of Africa’s most important livestock diseases

News Item

Published2022

Genetic breakthrough offers novel approach to controlling Africa’s East Coast fever, which kills a million cattle a year: A serendipitous discovery could improve the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa

Journal Article

Published2022

A locus conferring tolerance to Theileria infection in African cattle

Manual

Published2022

Field researcher guide: Gender-responsive study of phage adoption opportunities for chicken keepers in Kenya

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ILRI Projects on disease control

Jan 2022Dec 2025

Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental interactions using ICT in Vietnam (ICT4Health)

Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases such as Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Ebola, rabies and avian influenza pose a major threat to humans and animal health globally. These diseases may have a wildlife reservoir or involve domestic animals. In Southeast Asia, continued losses...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

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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