The deadly gifts of livestock

livestock live talks new series of ILRI-hosted monthly seminars Overview Zoonotic diseases or zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans) are a global health problem that particularly affects the poor in developing countries.The deadly gifts of livestock New research by ILRI and partners has found that zoonotic diseases make up 26% of the infectious disease burden in low incomeA talk by Delia Grace, veterinary epidemiologist and food safety countries, but just 0.7% of the infectiousexpert at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) disease burden in high income countries. Innovative research approaches such as One • What are zoonoses? Health/Ecohealth are increasingly being adopted to provide evidence to inform • What are the socio-economic and health impacts of zoonoses? policies and decisions aimed at preventing • What are the current ‘hot topics’ on research on zoonoses? and controlling the spread of zoonoses. About the speakerVenue: John Vercoe Auditorium, ILRI NairobiDate: Wednesday 31 October 2012Time: 1500 to 1600 hoursThe 20-minute talk will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and a question-and-answer session.Everyone is invited to the livestock live talks; please support this new initiative and participate. Dr . Delia Grace is a veterinarian and epidemiologist and leads ILRI’s research on animal health, food safety and zoonoses. She also leads a component on agriculture- associated diseases under the new CGIAR Research Program on agriculture for nutrition and health. She has led around 50 studies on food safety in informal markets of developing countries over the last six years and is the author of numerous chapters, scientific papers and communication products.

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The deadly gifts of livestock

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