ILRI Animal and Human Health Activities
Dieter Schillinger
Workshop on transforming livelihoods in South Asia through sustainable
livestock research and development
Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-14 November 2018

health service
delivery
herd health
management
vaccines &
diagnostics
prioritizing &
mapping
Animal Health
Diseases in
landscapes
challenges in health
(AMR)
emerging &
neglected zoonoses
Human Health
evidence that counts
aflatoxin
mitigation
safe fresh foods
Food Safety
AHH FLAGSHIPS SDGsCGIAR
SRF
Natural
resources &
ecosystem
services
Food &
nutrition
security
Reduce
poverty

Causes of FBD
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
Microbes Helminths Aflatoxins Other toxins
Burden LMIC
zoonoses
non zoonoses
Havelaar et al., 2015

Food Safety

• Branding & certification of milk vendors
in Kenya & Guwahti, Assam led to
improved milk safety.
• It benefited the national economy by
$33 million per year in Kenyan and $6
million in Assam
• 70% of traders in Assam and 24% in
Kenya are currently registered
• 6 million consumers in Kenya and 1.5
million in Assam are benefiting from
safer milk
Training & certifying milk vendors

PPR Research topics
• Epidemiology
• Economics and socio-economic impact
• Gender
• Motivations/incentives for control
• Ex-ante assessment of control efforts
• Diagnostics
• Vaccines
• Vaccine delivery models
• Surveillance systems
• Capacity development
• Impact assessment

The CGIAR AMR strategy
Knowledge,
attitude, practices,
and incentives for
antimicrobial use
and role of formal
and informal
markets
Transmission
dynamics at the
human-animal-
environmental
interface
Intervention and
incentive systems
and their impact
Support evidence-
based policy
dialogue for
antimicrobial
surveillance and
AMR strategies
Capacity
development
Partnerships within and outside CG

Nutritional benefits of livestock – derived foods
The influence of
livestock- derived foods
on the nutrition of
mothers and infants
during the first 1,000
days of a child’s life
Agriculture
for Nutrition
and Health
ILRIRESEARCHREPORT
CGIAR
CGIAR
Livestock
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