Poster advertizing a 'livestock live talk' by Delia Grace, ILRI, Nairobi, 31 October 2012.

1. 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 income
A talk by Delia Grace, veterinary epidemiologist and food safety countries, but just 0.7% of the infectious
expert 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 speaker
Venue: John Vercoe Auditorium, ILRI Nairobi
Date: Wednesday 31 October 2012
Time: 1500 to 1600 hours
The 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.