Building One Health partnerships and research capacity in Kenya

A central focus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)’s One Health work in Africa is the improvement of research infrastructure and capacity. In Kenya, ILRI has worked to achieve this by developing partnerships with local governments and communities while also establishing new field-based laboratories in the country’s project areas. These efforts have helped foster a collaborative and multisectoral One Health approach capable of achieving optimal health outcomes for people, animals and the environment.

Photo credit: A typical mixed crop-livestock farming household, western Kenya (ILRI/Charlie Pye-Smith)