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#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta Patel & Susan MacMillan One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment. —...

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Workshop inaugurates surveillance project on human and animal diseases in Kenya

A variety of zoonotic diseases afflict Kenyan livestock and the people who raise them. Using a modified prioritization tool developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, experts in human and animal health in 2015 identified five priority zoonotic diseases in Kenya: anthrax,...

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Researchers call for a gendered approach in strategies for community uptake of livestock vaccines

The design of strategies for uptake of livestock vaccines by communities in East Africa should take into account that male and female farmers face different barriers in the uptake of the vaccines, a new research study says. These barriers include the cost of the vaccines, distances to vaccination...

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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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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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Boosting Uganda’s investments in livestock development ‘healthy animals for healthy food and healthy people’

Field visits to Kiruhura District, Uganda [photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner] Today, policymakers, researchers and academics, donors, civil society, as well as government and private sector representatives from Uganda, Kenya and Germany meet to boost investment in Uganda’s livestock. Around 70% of...

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Boosting Uganda’s investments in livestock development – healthy animals for healthy food and healthy people

Field visits to Kiruhura District, Uganda [photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner] Today, policymakers, researchers and academics, donors, civil society, as well as government and private sector representatives from Uganda, Kenya and Germany meet to boost investment in Uganda’s livestock. Around 70% of...

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Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: The case of Rift Valley fever and tick-borne diseases

Cattle going to the grazing field in Afar region, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Climate change influences the occurrence and transmission of a wide range of livestock diseases through multiple pathways. Diseases caused by pathogens that spent part of their life cycle outside the...

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Introducing English and Swahili instructional videos on the patterns, signs, symptoms and control of Rift Valley fever

Written by Bernard Bett Several outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in livestock and people have occurred in eastern Africa over the last three months or so. In the first week of June 2018, local media reported at least five fatal human cases in Kenya’s northern Wajir County. More suspected cases in...

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ILRI’s Kapiti livestock research station—and Kenyan and global public goods—imperiled by land grabs in Kenya

Over the past several weeks, illegal attempts to grab land have escalated at Kapiti Plains Estate (now known as Kapiti research station), located about 60 km southeast of Nairobi along Mombasa Road, in Kenya’s Machakos County. Members of groups involved in the illegal sales have started trespassing...

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ILRI scientist calls for better irrigation techniques to reduce risk of vector-borne diseases

The hidden dangers of irrigation in Kenya By Imogen Mathers If you are unable to listen to this audio, please update your browser or go here to download. For farmers in Kenya, creative ways to irrigate crops can be the difference between a harvest failing or thriving. In this drought-prone country...

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Researchers develop Rift Valley fever risk map for Kenya to aid prevention and control of the disease

Cow in Kenya. A new Rift Valley fever risk map for Kenya will help develop prevention and control measures to combat the disease in the country (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). A new Rift Valley fever risk map for Kenya, based on data from a period spanning over 50 years, will be an important tool...