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BMZ-funded project to share recommendations for enhancing pork safety and adoption of local pigs in rural Vietnam
A4NH / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

BMZ-funded project to share recommendations for enhancing pork safety and adoption of local pigs in rural Vietnam

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In late 2020, animal and human health experts gathered in Hoa Binh Province, in northwest Vietnam, to discuss ways of disseminating the findings and recommendations of the now concluded two-year ‘Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases’ project. Continue reading →

Australia-funded safe pork project in Vietnam reviews 2020 achievements and sets goals for 2021
A4NH / AHH / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Human Health / Livestock / Markets / Meat / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Australia-funded safe pork project in Vietnam reviews 2020 achievements and sets goals for 2021

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In late November 2021, the ‘Market-based approach to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam,’ or SafePORK project team and partners held an annual planning meeting in Ninh Binh Province, about 100 kilometres south of Hanoi. The two-day workshop, which was hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Vietnam, reviewed the accomplishments of the project in 2020 and set project goals for 2021 and beyond. Continue reading →

Exploring the use of participatory epidemiology in controlling antibiotic resistance
A4NH / East and Southeast Asia / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Exploring the use of participatory epidemiology in controlling antibiotic resistance

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As part of celebrating the World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18–24 Nov), which is commemorated each November to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance (AMR), we highlight a section from this paper on applying participatory epidemiology in controlling AMR in Vietnam. Continue reading →

Community engagement a key to success in livestock systems transformation project in Northwest Vietnam
Animal Breeding / Animal Health / Cattle / Crop-Livestock / East and Southeast Asia / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Vietnam

Community engagement a key to success in livestock systems transformation project in Northwest Vietnam

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By September this year, the Lichan research team were ready to present to the communes of Chieng Chung and Chieng Luong of Son La Province the planned interventions and the five areas of focus of the program. Continue reading →

Vietnamese One Health partners commit to strengthening their collaboration during visit to research site
AHH / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Human Health / ILRI / Partnerships / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Vietnamese One Health partners commit to strengthening their collaboration during visit to research site

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More than 10 key One Health partners and stakeholders in Vietnam have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in One Health work with the aim of fast-tracking the translation of One Health research evidence into interventions and policy changes in the country. Continue reading →