Category Archives: Emerging Diseases

Under emerging zoonotic diseases, we work on bird flu and other emerging diseases in developing countries, understanding and mapping the risks associated with these.

Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?

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ILRI and UN experts say preserve and protect the world’s ‘informal markets’ AND invest and enhance these markets, which provide billions of people
with food and incomes. Continue reading →

The seven deadly drivers of zoonotic disease pandemics
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The seven deadly drivers of zoonotic disease pandemics

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A report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and ILRI last month makes the case for focusing on the causes of pandemics instead of treating the diseases as they emerge, an argument echoed by many in the field. Continue reading →

Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found
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Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found

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In Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock. There’s value in their meat and milk products and as a result, there are now over three million camels in the country. But there is a danger that the people who come into contact with camels, and their products, face getting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). MERS is a disease in people caused by a coronavirus (MERS-CoV) which was first identified in Saudia Arabia in 2012. Continue reading →

Scientists stress need, amid COVID-19, to maintain focus on everyday zoonotic diseases of the world’s poor
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Scientists stress need, amid COVID-19, to maintain focus on everyday zoonotic diseases of the world’s poor

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Most diseases that transmit from animals to humans (zoonoses) are not of the headline-grabbing, world-stopping variety write Eric Fèvre and Naomi Marks. They are an everyday reality for millions of people whose lives are quietly blighted or prematurely ended by diseases transmitted through farming and food systems. Continue reading →

FOOD SAFETY: A point of departure for preventing diseases originating in the world’s food systems
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FOOD SAFETY: A point of departure for preventing diseases originating in the world’s food systems

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To mark World Food Safety Day today, 7 June 2010, three of the world’s leading food safety experts investigate opportunities for building back better food systems and nutrition in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →

COVID-19 gives the ‘One Health’ approach to tackling epidemics ‘global celebrity status’. Again.
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COVID-19 gives the ‘One Health’ approach to tackling epidemics ‘global celebrity status’. Again.

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Recent past pandemics, such as bird flu, swine flu and MERS likewise led to the potential of One Health being acclaimed. But the present COVID-19 pandemic reveals that the implementation of One Health has not matched its periodic celebrity status. So what is the problem? Continue reading →

Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre
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Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre

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Eric Fèvre, professor of veterinary infectious diseases at the University of Liverpool and jointly appointed at the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya, . . . says people should not be concerned about their domestic livestock becoming a COVID-19 source. Continue reading →

Disease outbreaks linked to degraded ecosystems: A problem ALL of us are driving and ALL of us need to solve
Agri-Health / Article / Biodiversity / COVID19 / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Environment / Food Security / Human Health / Intensification / Policy / Wildlife / Zoonotic Diseases

Disease outbreaks linked to degraded ecosystems: A problem ALL of us are driving and ALL of us need to solve

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While the world’s attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversity crisis as a leading factor in its emergence. At first glance, the two issues might seem unrelated, but disease outbreaks and degraded ecosystems are deeply connected. Continue reading →