Major ILRI-CGIAR-livestock contributions at the 2024 World One Health Congress in Cape Town
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The focus of the World One Health Congress 2024 held in Cape Town, South Africa on 20–23 September 2024 was on improving human health by taking a holistic approach that considers the interconnectedness of human, animal and environment health.
The congress—the world’s largest forum dedicated to advancing the One Health agenda and community—comprised over 1400 participants from 87 countries, 400 speakers across 70 sessions, and 600 scientific posters. This was the first time this congress, the eighth in an annual series, took place in Africa.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) made several contributions to the congress, including the launch of a landmark report on the wild meat trade and a keynote speech by ILRI’s director general Appolinaire Djikeng on leveraging One Health approaches for resilient food systems.
Photo: Bush meat at the weekly market of Yangambi, DRC. (credit: Axel Fassio/CIFOR)
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