Tags: zoonotic diseases

ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

12 Sep 2021

Adrian Hill, of AstraZeneca, on the platforms and progress of global health vaccines

For those of you who, like me, are getting behind in your ‘vaccinology’ education and/or updates, here is a friendly, lucid and very current primer from Adrian Hill. Hill was recently interviewed by Brian Perry, a former research leader at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

AgHealth blog

09 Sep 2021

CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Côte d’Ivoire discuss new One Health initiative

The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR , is currently developing a series of initiatives to implement its 2030 research and innovation strategy that was launched in early 2021. The research initiatives are designed to create lasting impact in five key areas:...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI Asia blog

03 Sep 2021

CGIAR One Health initiative to forge a partnership of win-win cooperation in India

A woman feeds her pigs in Nagaland, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). On 24 August 2021, about 60 stakeholders from government, research and academia across India gathered virtually to discuss a proposed new CGIAR initiative to protect human health through a One Health approach . It is one of...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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Publications on zoonotic diseases

Journal Article

Published2021

The One Health landscape in sub-Saharan African countries

Journal Article

Published2021

The future of zoonotic risk prediction

Poster

Published2021

A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings

Journal Article

Published2021

Zoonotic diseases and the COVID-19 pandemic: Economic impacts on Somaliland’s livestock exports to Saudi Arabia

Journal Article

Published2021

Prevalence and risk factors for exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in western Kenya

Video

Published2021

Protecting human health through a One Health approach in Vietnam

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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 2025

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...