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Ekta Patel

Boosting Uganda’s action plans on livestock development – BMZ-funded project to tackle animal health challenges

Rose Ademun (MAAIF), Julia Kronberg (BMZ) and Jimmy Smith (ILRI) at the BuildUganda Project launch in Kampala, Uganda (Photo credit: ILRI/Ekta Patel) Written by Ekta Patel, Kristina Roesel and Peter Ballantyne In early June this year, policymakers, researchers, government and private sector...

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Ekta Patel

Minimizing the risks of Rift Valley fever in Uganda – BuildUganda project to build national​ surveillance and response capacities

Livestock waiting to drink at a traditional deep well source at Garba Tulla, Isolo, Kenya (Photo Credit: ILRI/Fiona Flintan) Written by Ekta Patel and Kristina Roesel In early June this year, the BuildUganda research for development project was launched at a workshop with stakeholders . One of the...

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Tezira Lore

Celebrating World Zoonoses Day with a focus on ILRI’s research on zoonotic diseases

Taking sheep for disease testing in Bako, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Barbara Wieland). World Zoonoses Day is marked annually on 6 July to commemorate the day in 1885 when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against a zoonotic disease when he treated a young boy who had been...

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Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries (QWeCI)

Objectives/Goals Evaluate the use and awareness of predictions and projections of atmospheric variability on timescales of weeks (weather), months to seasons up to decades (climate) for quantification of health impacts in targeted countries Develop methods to tailor, for health impacts, output from weather and climate ensemble forecasts (days, seasons to decades) and scenario driven future climate projections from regional and global climate models