Tags: zoonotic diseases

ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

07 Jun 2021

Reflections on One Health and food systems approaches: Op-ed by Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen-Viet is the co-leader of Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in China. He recently published an op-ed about his experience--and what it...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

ILRI News

07 Jun 2021

Improving food safety risk management for a healthy Vietnam

More than 350 actors in Vietnam’s smallholder pig value chain have been trained in managing risks in the value chain and risk communication by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led ‘Market-based approach to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam’ or SafePORK project in the past...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

07 Jun 2021

Video: Five keys to safer pork in Cambodia’s traditional markets

Today, 7 June 2021, is the World Food Safety Day . This year, the day has the theme ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’. The Safe Food, Fair Food (SFFF) for Cambodia project joins the rest of the world to celebrate the day by launching a short video highlighting ‘Five keys for retailing safer...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

More news

Publications on zoonotic diseases

Training Material

Published2020

Sổ tay 05 nguyên tắc cho công nhân để đảm bảo an toàn thịt lợn tại lò mổ ở Việt Nam

Training Material

Published2020

Sổ tay 05 nguyên tắc cho người bán lẻ để đảm bảo an toàn thịt lợn tại chợ truyền thống Việt Nam

Manual

Published2021

Sổ tay hướng dẫn phòng bệnh ký sinh trùng truyền lây từ lợn sang người và cải thiện thực hành vệ sinh trong chuỗi sản xuất thịt lợn bản địa

Journal Article

Published2021

Comparative evaluation of the immunodominant proteins of Brucella abortus for the diagnosis of cattle brucellosis

Journal Article

Published2021

Japanese encephalitis in small-scale pig farming in rural Cambodia: Pig seroprevalence and farmer awareness

Journal Article

Published2021

Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo seroprevalence and farming practices on small-scale dairy farms in North Eastern India; Insights gained from a cross-sectional study

more publications

ILRI Projects on zoonotic diseases

Sep 2019Aug 2022

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors

Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever cause serious illnesses in humans and are associated with extensive socio-economic losses in livestock. These diseases are prevalent in pastoral areas of Kenya and are among the country’s top 10 priority zoonoses. In people, the diseases cause intermittent...

Jan 2019Dec 2023

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...