Makerere-North Dakota to tackle zoonoses and vector-borne diseases in Eastern and Central Africa

Posted on 18 Sep 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Under a new initiative by the United States Agency for International Development and Higher Education for Development, 11 innovative new partnerships between 22 universities in Africa and the United States have each been awarded up to US$1.1 million to address food security and other issues in Africa. These partnerships will maximize the resources of US … Continue reading →

Biodiversity / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Environment / Epidemiology / Kenya / Mozambique / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Wildlife

Veterinarian Steve Osofsky on smart ways of tackling wildlife, livestock and human health in tandem

Posted on 8 Sep 2010 by Susan MacMillan • 1 Comment

Photo credit: ILRI / Mann Steve Osofsky, wildlife veterinarian and Director of Wildlife Health Policy at the international Wildlife Conservation Society, spoke with Laurel Neme on her ‘The WildLife’ radio show and podcast about the intersection between wildlife, livestock and human health, and how paying attention to all three in tandem leads to better outcomes … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Animal Production / Climate Change / Emerging Diseases / Livestock Systems / Zoonotic Diseases

OIE examines links between animal production, climate change and emerging diseases

Posted on 5 Sep 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

The detection of links between animal production systems around the world, climate change and the epidemiological evolution of animal diseases was the focus of a meeting organised by the OIE with experts from several continents. “The experts confirmed that there are correlations between the various factors linking animal production systems, human influence on the environment, … Continue reading →

Bird flu / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Zoonotic Diseases

USAID and FAO continue joint battle against infectious disease threats

Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is renewing its support of FAO’s efforts to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and other emerging infectious diseases, the UN agency announced today. USAID’s commitment totals US$26.3 million for the period running from October 2011 to September 2012. The funds will support continuing FAO technical assistance … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Livestock

Improved disease prevention in animal health could save billions of dollars

Posted on 13 Aug 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

According to FAO, Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health. Many other animal diseases have a negative impact on people’s livelihoods. Pandemic influenza viruses H5N1 and H1N1, foot-and-mouth disease, Rift Valley fever, and rabies are … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Health / Emerging Diseases / Livestock / Southern Africa / Wildlife

Using health ecology to manage emerging diseases in Zimbabwe

Posted on 12 Aug 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Since 2008, the Parsel project has been monitoring cattle and wild hoofed animal movements in the Zimbabwe National Park. The aim is to understand and limit the spread of certain diseases. The results obtained so far are so encouraging that the protocol has just been extended to South Africa and Mozambique. Read more … (CIRAD) Continue reading →

Animal Diseases / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Livestock / Zoonotic Diseases

WSU takes big role in fighting animal diseases

Posted on 25 Jul 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Researchers at Washington State University are working to prevent diseases from moving from animals to humans, and they will soon have a new state-of-the-art facility to help them. The Pullman school broke ground Friday 25 June on the $35 million headquarters for its new School for Global Animal Health. The building was funded with a … Continue reading →

Animal Diseases / China / Emerging Diseases / Pigs / Research / Southeast Asia / Zoonotic Diseases

Study published in Science criticizes swine flu follow-up

Posted on 18 Jun 2010 by Susan MacMillan • Leave a comment

‘The message from our paper is not an inevitable disaster around the corner, but the need for continued vigilance.’–Malik Peiris Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Capacity Strengthening / Disease Control / East Africa / Emerging Diseases / Kenya / Livestock / Wildlife / Zoonotic Diseases

Kenya Wildlife Service hosts training on wildlife capture and sampling techniques for disease surveillance

Posted on 5 Jun 2010 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • 3 Comments

Emerging and re-emerging diseases some of them pandemic in proportions, pose great threat to biodiversity conservation, public health and livestock industry. The African Union’s Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and other international agencies such as Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started training on wildlife capture and sampling techniques for disease surveillance in collaboration … Continue reading →

Africa / Animal Diseases / Biotechnology / CGIAR / Climate Change / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / Ghana / ILRI / Malawi / RVF / Senegal / Trypanosomiasis / Zoonotic Diseases

ILRI to build climate model to predict disease outbreaks

Posted on 21 May 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has received a $4.4 million award for research to build a climate model that can predict outbreaks of infectious disease in Africa. ILRI will work with 11 partners and researchers to integrate data from climate modeling and disease … Continue reading →

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