ILRI program outline: Animal and
Human Health
Vish Nene and Delia Grace
ILRI Institute Planning Meeting
4-7 October 2016

Animal and human health – AHH – a DRAFT
Bring health-related activities under one program at ILRI
Promote a trans-disciplinary approach to health:
 To increase the productivity of tropical livestock through better animal health
 To reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on human health
 (To improve animal, human and ecosystem health = one health)
Current thematic areas of research at ILRI
 Vaccines & diagnostics
 Herd health
 Zoonoses & EID
 Food safety

Animal and human health – AHH
CRP phase two mapping
Herd health
Vaccines
and
diagnostics
Zoonoses and
EID
Food Safety
A4NH Livestock

health
service
delivery
herd health
management
vaccines &
diagnostics
constraints
& threats
Animal Health diseases in
landscapes
challenges
in health
(AMR)
emerging &
neglected
zoonoses
Improving Human
Health
evidence
that counts
aflatoxin
mitigation
safe fresh
foods
Food Safety
Animal and human health – AHH
a trio of flagships

Animal and human health – AHH
cross ILRI program/CRP linkages
Overlaps with ILRI programs
 Many!
Other CRP alignments
 Agri food systems
 CRP Livestock: Feed, Genes, LAFS, environment
 CRP Fish
 Global integrating programs
 A4NH – Food systems for healthier diets
 CCAFS – Climate smart technologies & practices
 Big data

Nairobi
• David
• Ken
• Daisy
Vaccine Biosciences & Tick Unit: Who,
where, what?
African swine fever (ASF)
Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP)
East Coast fever (ECF)
Ticks (and tick-borne pathogens)
Nairobi
• Vish
• Lucilla
• Nick
• Anna
• Sam
• Anne
• Elise
• Flavio
• Annie
Nairobi
• Elias
• Rosemary
• Stephen
• Benjamin
• John
• Liz
• Thomas
• Gecharicha
• Cecilia
• Jared
• Robert
• Stephen
• Naftaly
• Milton
• Mary

Herd health team: Who, where, what?
Aims to understand impact of infectious and non-infectious diseases
on livestock productivity in smallholder systems worldwide and to
develop interventions to address these constraints
Disease
constraints,
production risks
and resulting
burden
Interventions at herd
level: prevention,
food safety, welfare,
AM use, husbandry
Interventions at
national/regional
level: control
programs,
surveillance
Access to AH
services: gender
sensitive, novel
business models
ONEHEALTH
CAPACITY
Addis
• Barbara
• Biruk
• Hiwot
Kenya/Tz
• Henry
Uganda/Mali
• Michel

Food Safety Zoonoses: Who, where, what?
Food safety
Food borne disease in CRP L&F value chains
Aflatoxins in ASF, and as productivity constraint
Emerging infectious disease
Disease and land use change especially VBD & irrigation
Priority diseases: HPAI, Ebola
AMR pathogens and AM use in livestock
Neglected zoonoses
Lepto, strep suis, brucellosis, cysticercosis, Q fever
Trichinella, erysipelothrix
Animal health & Human Nutrition
Cost of disease, parasites, climate change
Nutrition and animal source foods
Nairobi
• Delia
• Bernard
• Johanna
• Silvia
• Paula
Vietnam
• Hung
• Fred
• Max
• Hu Suk
Uganda
• Kristina
Zambia
• Mwansa
• Theo
India
• Ram
Japan
• Kohei
• Tezira
• Emmanuel
• Nicholas
• Sarah
• Martin
• Thinh
• Wacera
• Ngubia
• Rose
• Caroline
• Mustafa
• Thanh

Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases: Who, where, what?
Team of ~20 in Nairobi
Pathogen biology and epidemiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Livestock-human interface
Wildlife interface
Environment and disease transmission
Urban Zoo
Studies from the
microsatellite to the
satellite in space
Nairobi
Busia
Liverpool
London
Edinburgh
Oxford
In 2017+:
A4NH CRP
target
countries

Scientists & science support
i
Uganda=2
Kenya =
18 Ethiopia = 3
(2)
India = (1)
Japan
=0.2
Vietnam = 3
Zambia=2
Scientists=31
Support
Communications
Technicians
Research assistants
Administration
Finance
Program management
Drivers
Office cleaning

Science infrastructure
Laboratories Tick Unit
Country offices
Farm & Ranch

TOC: evidence that counts, impact that scales
Evidence
Technologies
Institutions
Motivation for
behavior change
Capacity
Enabling policy
environment
Impact at scale
Communication
Receptivity
Better decisions

Articulated ToC within CRPs

Animal and Human Health
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA Herd
Health AMR SC Healthy
diets
Upstream
Areas of integration
Upstream
Delivery/impact
Foresight/evidence
3 groups
Delivery/impact
Option 3: Development, delivery/impact, evidence/foresight
Evidence/foresight
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
FS CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins

Animal and Human Health
AH CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Herd
Health AMR
Upstream
Areas of integration
Upstream/ lab
Downstream/ epidemiology
2 groups
Downstream
Option 1: Upstream, downstream
FLAGSHIPS
AH= Animal Health
FS= Food Safety
HH = Improving Human Health
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins
CoA= cluster of
activities
SC= sub cluster of
activities

Animal and Human Health
SC Healthy
diets
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA Herd
Health AMR
CRP Livestock CRP A4NH
Areas of integration
FS Priorities/HH/Health Systems – 4 people
FS Vx Dx – 8 people
FS Human Health –5 people
FS Food Safety – 7/8 people
2, 3 or 4
groups
Option 2: CRP mapped
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins

Areas for integration
• What is One Health and what does it means for ILRI
• Hung/ Edward/Anne L/Silvia, Fred, Nicholas
• Making the most of ILRI labs
• Anne L, Nicholas, Johanna, Eric, Anna, Flavio, Michel
• Animal & human health in CRP Livestock value
chains
• Barbara, Kristina, Michel, Annie, Silvia, Paula, Fred
• Product lines from discovery to delivery
• Lucilla/Elisa/Annie/Henry/Ram

Support needs
Resource
mobilisation
Outcome driven
not rule driven
Compliance
and beyond
Walking the
theory of change

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