Category Archives: AHH

(Food Safety and Zoonoses)

Cambodia taskforce scales up activities in line with country’s new food safety law
Advocacy / AHH / Cambodia / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / Meat / Pigs / Poultry / Research / Southeast Asia

Cambodia taskforce scales up activities in line with country’s new food safety law

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A taskforce of food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently met in Phnom Penh to explore ways to facilitate collaboration between the authorities and researchers in Cambodia for safer food in the country. The meeting was co-hosted by the National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI) and ILRI as part of an ILRI-led component of the Agroecology and Safe food System Transitions, or ASSET project. Continue reading →

Media clippings: launch of a video report on the remarkable life of Dr Alexandre Yersin
AHH / Animal Health / East and Southeast Asia / Human Health / ILRI / Launch / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Media clippings: launch of a video report on the remarkable life of Dr Alexandre Yersin

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Clippings of key national print and online newspapers on the launch of a short video report on the remarkable life of Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) that took place on 1 March 2022 are highlighted in this post. Continue reading →

Thông cáo báo chí: Câu chuyện về cuộc đời và sự nghiệp của bác sĩ Alexandre Yersin qua thước phim tài liệu truyền cảm hứng cho những người trẻ tuổi làm việc nhằm nâng cao sức khỏe cộng đồng
AHH / East and Southeast Asia / Human Health / ILRI / Launch / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

Thông cáo báo chí: Câu chuyện về cuộc đời và sự nghiệp của bác sĩ Alexandre Yersin qua thước phim tài liệu truyền cảm hứng cho những người trẻ tuổi làm việc nhằm nâng cao sức khỏe cộng đồng

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Hôm nay, ngày 1 tháng 3 năm 2022, Viện nghiên cứu Chăn nuôi Quốc tế (ILRI) phối hợp cùng một số đại sứ quán, viện nghiên cứu, trường đại học tại Việt Nam giới thiệu phim tài liệu “Cuộc đời phi thường của Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) “, giúp truyền cảm hứng cho những người trẻ tuổi, đặc biệt là những bạn trẻ hoạt động trong lĩnh vực nghiên cứu y tế và phát triển, áp dụng cách tiếp cận Một Sức khỏe (One Health) giúp giải quyết các bệnh lây truyền từ động vật sang người trong bối cảnh xuất hiện nhiều bệnh mới nổi như đại dịch COVID-19 hiện nay. Continue reading →

‘Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia’—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions
Advocacy / AHH / Cambodia / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / ILRI / Markets / Meat / Pigs / Poultry / Research / Southeast Asia / Zoonotic Diseases

‘Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia’—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions

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For two days last month (21–22 Jun 2021), food safety experts from across Cambodia and a research project team led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) gathered to discuss ways to disseminate findings and scale up interventions of a ‘Safe Food, Fair Food (SFFF) for Cambodia’ project that was ending after four years of operation. 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 →

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 →

ILRI’s Nguyen interviewed on wild animal consumption in Vietnam
AHH / Disease Control / East and Southeast Asia / Emerging Diseases / Human Health / ILRI / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

ILRI’s Nguyen interviewed on wild animal consumption in Vietnam

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VTC14, a Vietnamese national media outlet, recently interviewed Hung Nguyen, regional representative for East and Southeast Asia and senior scientist of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), on the current situation of zoonotic diseases and how a One Health approach could help better control these diseases. Continue reading →

SafePORK project offers lessons on improving food safety in developing country for University of Sydney students
A4NH / AHH / Capacity Strengthening / East and Southeast Asia / Food Safety / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

SafePORK project offers lessons on improving food safety in developing country for University of Sydney students

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Recently, three students from Sydney School of Veterinary Science, the University of Sydney, participated in a three-week internship (2–21 December 2019) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Vietnam to learn about food safety risks and related communication issues in a developing-country context. Continue reading →