zoonotic diseases

This page brings together ILRI and partner resources on zoonotic diseases. It shows information on projects, news items, research outputs, video materials and presentations as well as ILRI people working in zoonotic diseases.

News about zoonotic diseases

Research for safer pork products in Vietnam

A two-day workshop, 7–8 September 2017, on the topic ‘Improving food safety along the pork value chain—lessons learned and ways forward’, kicked...

ILRI Asia, Sep/2017
Workshop identifies strategies to improve food safety in low and middle income countries

Originally posted on...

Safe Food Fair Food, Jun/2017

Workshop identifies challenges, strategies for improving food safety

The workshop “Better Targeting Food Safety Investments in Low and Middle Income Countries,” hosted by the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture...

ILRI Asia, Jun/2017
Six new papers on the ancient, complex and everlasting farm animal–zoonotic disease–human well-being nexus

Six new high-level publications by scientists and partners of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Research Program...

ILRI news blog, Jun/2017

Africa must take the lead in addressing global health challenges

Originally posted on ...

AgHealth, Jun/2017

New project on health surveillance of novel respiratory viruses kicks off in Vietnam

A training workshop on emerging respiratory virus threats was organized 10-13 April 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. A primary objective of the research...

ILRI Asia, May/2017

Livestock for food security and nutrition—Committee on World Food Security policy recommendations

The following policy recommendations build on the main findings of the CFS High Level Panel of Expert’s Jul 2016 report #10, on Sustainable...

ILRI news blog, May/2017
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) expands cooperation with Africa to improve food safety

At the beginning of May 2017, Dieter Schillinger, assistant director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi,...

Safe Food Fair Food, May/2017

Over-diagnosis of the milk-linked brucellosis disease in Kenya found—New study

Thousands of Kenyans are being wrongly diagnosed and treated for the milk linked disease brucellosis, reveals a new study. Now researchers at the...

ILRI clippings, Apr/2017
Making livestock foods safe—Lessons from Vietnam on what works—and what doesn’t

Originally posted on ILRI...

Safe Food Fair Food, Apr/2017

Kenya’s leading role in ‘One Health’ strategies controlling diseases transmitted between animals and people

'Prof Eric Fèvre, a researcher of veterinary infectious diseases at the Institute of Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool...

ILRI clippings, Mar/2017
Livestock and human health – highlights from ILRI’s corporate report 2015–2016

The experience of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partner scientists in 2015–2016 unmistakably identifies the potential...

ILRI news blog, Mar/2017

The epidemiological search for Ebola’s hiding places

After the recent epidemic, Ebola disappeared. But this relief is only temporary: the virus is hiding somewhere—maybe in forest animals, maybe...

ILRI clippings, Jan/2017
Medicine Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty is patron of the International Livestock Research Institute

Peter Doherty is today patron of two institutes: the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, a joint venture between the University of...

ILRI news blog, Dec/2016

One Health, many tools for forecasting climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam

A team of researchers from ILRI and national climate, agricultural and health (human, animal and plant) institutes, is developing forecasting...

ILRI Asia, Dec/2016
An ‘urban zoo’ project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease in urban environments

Originally posted on...

AgHealth, Nov/2016

ILRI scientist receives honorary professorship at Hanoi University of Public Health

On 18 Nov 2016, ILRI senior scientist Hung Nguyen-Viet was awarded an honorary professorship by the Hanoi University of Public Health in...

AgHealth, Nov/2016
An ‘urban zoo’ project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease in urban environments

Emerging infectious diseases are a major concern to the global public health community, both in terms of disease burden and economic burden....

ILRI clippings, Nov/2016

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Projects on zoonotic diseases

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries...

People working on zoonotic diseases


	Alice Kiyong’a Research Assistant I
	Barbara Wieland Team Leader Herd Health
	Barbara Wieland Team Leader Herd Health
	Christine Atherstone consultant
	Eric Fevre Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool
	Florence Mutua post doctoral scientist
	Hu Suk Lee Post-doctoral scientist (veterinary epidemiologist)
	Johanna Lindahl Scientist
	Lorren Alumasa Clinical Officer

Media stories

‘Nation’ probe discovers huge residues of drugs in meat

2017/08 - The Daily Nation
'One Health' research awarded £7.7million from Global Challenges Research Fund

2017/07 - University of Liverpool News
Pathway to peril: What's the new Zika?

2017/07 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Workshop on trust networks for food safety held

2017/07 - Viet Nam News
Non-travel-associated MERS in Kenya

2016/03 - The Scientist

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Clippings

Intensive animal production may boost flu pandemic threat

2017/01 - EurekAlert
How an ‘urban zoo’ project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease

2016/11 - The Conversation
Meat inspection must be beefed up in Africa to cull food-borne diseases

2016/08 - The Conversation
Understanding MERS-CoV at the animal-human interface

2016/05 - FAO
Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets

2015 - FAO

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ILRI events in zoonotic diseases

'Food microbial hazards and risks’ seminar

Jul/2016

Advantages of and ways forwards for integrated One Health approaches to antimicrobial resistance management in Vietnam

Jul/2016

An integrated approach to controlling brucellosis in Africa

Jan/2013

ILRI photos from zoonotic diseases

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