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ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

03 Nov 2021

The world commemorates One Health Day amidst pandemic

Livestock picture from Laos (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Today, 3 November 2021, marks the sixth annual One Health Day, a global campaign that celebrates and brings attention to the need for a One Health approach to address health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. One Health...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

01 Nov 2021

Drivers and risk factors of Rift Valley fever in Uganda: Findings from a preliminary survey

In 2016, for the first time in 48 years, Uganda reported its first localized case of Rift Valley fever in Kabale District, in western Uganda. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak involved 16 human cases and seven deaths. Since then, at least 10 subsequent...

AgHealth blog

30 Oct 2021

Open Access Week 2021: Preprints as a tool for open knowledge and open science at ILRI

International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event that is marked globally during the last full week of October to raise awareness about open access publishing of research and scholarly outputs to enable their universal online accessibility. The theme of Open Access Week 2021...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on zoonotic diseases

Report

Published2021

Application of system dynamics modelling in the analysis of economic impacts of Rift Valley fever: A case study of Ijara County, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2021

Prevalence and risk factors associated with Campylobacter infection in diarrheal patients in Busia County, Kenya

zoonotic diseases

Journal Article

Published2021

Co-infection of pigs with Taenia solium cysticercosis and gastrointestinal parasites in Eastern and Western Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in Tanzania: A review of the current status, serogroup diversity and reservoirs

Journal Article

Published2022

Seropositivity rates of zoonotic pathogens in small ruminants and associated public health risks at informal urban markets in Zambia

Conference Proceedings

Published2021

Proceedings of the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia final workshop held 21-22 June 2021

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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...