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ILRI News on epidemiology

05 Oct 2021

After 31 years, principal scientist Roger Pelle retires from ILRI

After 31 years with the International Livestock Research Institute, BecA-ILRI Hub's principal scientist and molecular parasitologist Roger Pelle is retiring. Throughout his time at ILRI, Pelle contributed research and expertise on topics like animal health, epidemiology and the control of African...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

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...

ILRI clippings

10 Sep 2020

The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository

Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project, first attempt to study the complete pathogen landscape of any species, has generated a unique dataset and biorepository for researchers of infectious diseases of cattle in East Africa. ‘The Infectious...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

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Publications on epidemiology

Journal Article

Published2021

Electronic data collection to enhance disease surveillance at the slaughterhouse in a smallholder production system

Report

Published2021

Building capacity of field veterinary officers on national diseases surveillance systems and participatory diseases surveillance

Report

Published2021

Community-based approach for the control of gastrointestinal parasites under smallholder sheep farming systems

Training Material

Published2020

Training facilitator guide on animal health management

Training Material

Published2020

Training facilitator guide on animal reproduction and breeding

Report

Published2021

Epidemiology and Control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in East and West Africa (ECo-PPR)―Building capacity of African researchers on epidemiology and socio-economic impacts of PPR: ECo-PPR toolbox training report

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ILRI Projects on epidemiology

Jan 2018Dec 2021

Metropolitan mosquitoes: Understanding urban livestock keeping and vector-borne disease in growing tropical cities

With over half of the global population living in urban areas, cities are not only crowded with people but also with livestock as well as disease vectors like rodents and mosquitoes. Thus, cities may serve as a melting pot for emerging infectious diseases, including zoonotic and vector-borne...

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...