Eastern and Southern Africa

ILRI operates in East Africa with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This page brings together ILRI and partner resources on Eastern and Southern Africa. It shows information on projects, news items, research outputs and video materials as well as ILRI people working in the region.

ILRI Projects in Eastern and Southern Africa

Aug 2020Aug 2025

Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab

The Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab will develop local capacity in Kenya to carry out laboratory-based animal health research to improve East Coast fever vaccines and diagnostics and conduct social and economic evaluations of the effects of animal health interventions on human...

Nov 2020Dec 2022

Regional integrated agricultural development project in the great lakes (PRDAIGL)

Objectives Facilitate access to modern animal husbandry techniques in epidemiological surveillance, disease control, artificial insemination and livestock feeding to improve dairy production. Activities Technical support for the purchase and distribution of 3,000 dairy cattle Support veterinary...

Jun 2020Jun 2023

Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control antimicrobial resistance in East Africa

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health and interventions to address it are urgently required. The project applies information and communications technology in poultry production to enhance poultry health, reduce the need to use antibiotics and limit the risk of...

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ILRI News in Eastern and Southern Africa

ILRI News

09 Jul 2021

After 10 years in Kenya and Ethiopia, are we ready to scale up livestock insurance in the Horn of Africa?

Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) programs in East Africa have thus far had limited success. A new ILRI study finds that future initiatives should embrace a number of lessons learned if they wish to achieve scale and financial sustainability. It’s not a secret – for millions of people,...

Felix LungDisaster risk finance consultant

ILRI News

02 Jul 2021

How COVID-19 measures have affected food safety in East Africa

By Florence Mutua , International Livestock Research Institute ; Delia Grace , International Livestock Research Institute , and Erastus Kang'ethe , University of Nairobi Foodborne diseases are thought to impose a health burden on society comparable to the “big three”: malaria, HIV/AIDs and...

Florence MutuaScientist
Delia GraceProfessor Food Safety Systems, NRI; Contributing scientist ILRI
Erastus KangetheProfessor(University of Nairobi)

ILRI News

01 Jul 2021

BUILD Uganda launches quarterly newsletter

The Boosting Uganda’s Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project inaugural newsletter edition has been published. The newsletter, which will be produced quarterly, is a platform to share project outputs and updates with colleagues, partners, donors and other stakeholder groups. The BUILD...

Pamela WairagalaCommunications and Knowledge Management Senior Officer

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Latest publications

Journal Article

Published2021

Penning pigs: Pig rearing practices, biosecurity measures, and outbreaks of African swine fever in central Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

Escherichia coli O157:H7 in retail lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in Addis Ababa city: Magnitude of contamination and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern

Report

Published2021

Antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence in foods, food handlers, animals, and the environment

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International Livestock Research Institute