Australia-UK-Kenya Partnership for One Health and Food Security
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Institute of Infection and Global Health
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Liverpool (Lead Research Organisation)
- Murdoch University (Collaboration)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Collaboration)
- Addis Ababa University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
Publications
Akoko J
(2020)
Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya.
in BMC veterinary research
Bettridge JM
(2018)
The role of local adaptation in sustainable village chicken production.
in Nature sustainability
Laing G
(2018)
Respiratory disease and sero-epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in the working horses of Ethiopia
in Equine veterinary Journal
Mutwiri T
(2022)
Findings of a community screening programme for human cystic echinococcosis in a non-endemic area.
in PLOS global public health
Ogola J
(2018)
The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya.
in Preventive veterinary medicine
Rushton J
(2018)
Initiation of Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme.
in Lancet (London, England)
Rushton J
(2021)
Roll-out of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme.
in Lancet (London, England)
Terfa ZG
(2018)
Eliciting preferences for attributes of Newcastle disease vaccination programmes for village poultry in Ethiopia.
in Preventive veterinary medicine
| Description | Global Burden of Animal Diseases framework |
| Amount | $900,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme |
| Amount | $7,000,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University |
| Organisation | Addis Ababa University |
| Department | College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | New collaborations with AAU CVMA, including co-supervision of AAU MSc students |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Department | CSIRO North Ryde |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Jonathan Rushton has led the development of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme. An initiation of this programme was published in 2018 and a rollout in 2021, |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mario Herrero and his team (CSIRO) lead the work on Populations and Production systems. Mieghan Bruce (Murdoch University) lead the work on Ontology and Attribution Delia Grace and her team (ILRI) lead the Disease Prioritisation work Barbara Wieland and Theo Knight-Jones (ILRI) lead the country case study for Ethiopia They have also led the development of a concept note for a case study in Indonesia |
| Impact | Funded rollout proposal from BMGF and FCDO Funded cases study from ACIAR Comments in the Lancet 2018 and 2020 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Jonathan Rushton has led the development of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme. An initiation of this programme was published in 2018 and a rollout in 2021, |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mario Herrero and his team (CSIRO) lead the work on Populations and Production systems. Mieghan Bruce (Murdoch University) lead the work on Ontology and Attribution Delia Grace and her team (ILRI) lead the Disease Prioritisation work Barbara Wieland and Theo Knight-Jones (ILRI) lead the country case study for Ethiopia They have also led the development of a concept note for a case study in Indonesia |
| Impact | Funded rollout proposal from BMGF and FCDO Funded cases study from ACIAR Comments in the Lancet 2018 and 2020 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme |
| Organisation | Murdoch University |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Jonathan Rushton has led the development of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme. An initiation of this programme was published in 2018 and a rollout in 2021, |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mario Herrero and his team (CSIRO) lead the work on Populations and Production systems. Mieghan Bruce (Murdoch University) lead the work on Ontology and Attribution Delia Grace and her team (ILRI) lead the Disease Prioritisation work Barbara Wieland and Theo Knight-Jones (ILRI) lead the country case study for Ethiopia They have also led the development of a concept note for a case study in Indonesia |
| Impact | Funded rollout proposal from BMGF and FCDO Funded cases study from ACIAR Comments in the Lancet 2018 and 2020 |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN) |
| Organisation | Addis Ababa University |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are leading the One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN) programme, with Universities of Nairobi and Addis Ababa as co-applicants. This builds upon and extends our work on Poultry health in Ethiopia by extending the geographic reach to Kenya, Eritrea and Somaliland, and extending the project scope. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-applicants and project partners, each leading activities within their countries, and with AAU contributing to work in Somaliland and UoN contributing to work in Eritrea. Both will host UoL staff and students. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN) |
| Organisation | University of Nairobi |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are leading the One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN) programme, with Universities of Nairobi and Addis Ababa as co-applicants. This builds upon and extends our work on Poultry health in Ethiopia by extending the geographic reach to Kenya, Eritrea and Somaliland, and extending the project scope. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-applicants and project partners, each leading activities within their countries, and with AAU contributing to work in Somaliland and UoN contributing to work in Eritrea. Both will host UoL staff and students. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Developing thinking and documents around One Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Developing thinking and documents around One Health with Anna Okello, Research Program Manager, Livestock Systems at Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), as part of activies linked to the Lancet One Health Commission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/centres/global-health/lancet-commision-one-health/ |
| Description | Discussions with CSIRO on the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting was held with senior management of CSIRO on their potential contributions to the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme. They subsequently contributed to a successful proposal for the rollout of the GBADs programme that is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and FCDO. They also contributed to the development of a successful concept note for case study work in Indonesia funded by ACIAR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited presentation at the ACIAR funded workshop on African Swine Fever. The talk was about the impact of animal diseases and the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop was organised to discuss ongoing research on the outbreaks of ASF in Asia. Reports were made from different countries and Jonathan Rushton made a presentation on the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme. Following this meeting ACIAR have worked with the GBADs programme in developing a concept note for funding with activities in Indonesia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://aciar.gov.au/media-search/news/disease-experts-meet-canberra |
| Description | Presentation in the veterinary faculty of Melbourne University on the Global Burden of Diseases programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The invited presentation on the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme was to stimulate interest in the application of the methodology presented within Australia. The presentation was made to academics at Melbourne University as well as epidemiologists who have a network in Australia from Universities in Adelaide, Brisbane, Wagga Wagga and Sydney. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme to an academic and industry meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A meeting was organised by Murdoch University, Perth, Australia to discuss the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme with academics in the veterinary faculty, Western Australia veterinary services with the CVO present and the pharmaceutical industry. Resulting from the meeting was a successful application of support for GBADs from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and FCDO with Murdoch as a partner of an international consortium and Dr Mieghan Bruce as a theme lead |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/taking-a-one-health-approach-to-animal-diseases |