The following remarks are a transcript of the first part of a presentation made last week by Delia Grace, who works at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi. Grace gave a ‘big-picture’ talk on zoonoses—on why, and if,…
Delia Grace speaks on zoonoses at a ‘Livestock live’ talk at the Nairobi headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute on 31 October 2012. Integrated approaches such as One Health and Ecohealth are needed for sustainable and cost-e…
ILRI seeks to recruit a post-doctoral scientist-veterinary epidemiologist for ILRI’s evolving research addressing zoonotic diseases and other agriculture associated diseases at the interface of agro-ecosystems and human health and nutrition, with emp…
An article in the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog, ‘How to stop zoonoses spreading–Don’t keep chickens under the bed’, highlights findings of new research from ILRI on zoonotic diseases in urban areas and evidence-based approaches tha…
Mark Tran in the Guardian‘s Poverty Matters Blog warns us this week not to keep chickens under our beds. On the other hand, he infers, chicken bought on the street in poor countries may be safer to eat than that from the supermarket.
