Tag Archives: Zoonotic Diseases

A4NH / AHH / Animal Diseases / East and Southeast Asia / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Pigs / Project / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

ILRI pork safety project holds mid-term review in Vietnam

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In March 2016 the PigRisk project, which focuses on food safety and pork value chains, held its mid-term review. This five-year project (2012–2017) aims to improve the livelihoods of rural and urban poor in Vietnam by creating better opportunities and incomes from pig value chains as a result of reduced risks associated with pork-borne diseases. The project is led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Continue reading →

A4NH / Animal Diseases / Disease Control / East and Southeast Asia / Emerging Diseases / ILRI / Indonesia / Launch / Southeast Asia / Vietnam / Zoonotic Diseases

One Health partnership to control zoonoses in Vietnam launched

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In an effort to step up control of zoonotic diseases, or diseases transmitted from animals to humans, the framework for One Health Partnership for Zoonoses (OHP), an initiative by the Vietnamese government, was officially launched in Hanoi on 1 March 2016. Continue reading →

Asia / ILRI / Indonesia / Interview / Staff / Zoonotic Diseases

The ‘ILRI crowd’ in Asia: Rainer Asse

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Each week on this blog, we meet with ILRI staff members, partners and projects in Asia to learn about their work, challenges and the opportunities they face to leverage livestock knowledge in Asia. These days you’ll find Rainer Asse in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where he facilitates the Ecohealth Resource Centre located at the University of Gadjah … Continue reading →

Asia / Disease Control / Emerging Diseases / ILRI / Livestock / Southeast Asia / Zoonotic Diseases

EcoZD project refines cross-country, trans-disciplinary collaboration on zoonotic diseases in Southeast Asia

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Between 10-13 December 2011, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) led project on ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia (EcoZD) convened a progress meeting  in Bangkok. Chaired by program coordinator Jeff Gilbert of ILRI, the conference provided the seventy nine attendees an opportunity to reflect on the … Continue reading →