Epidemiology, Ecology and Socio-Economics of Disease Emergence in Nairobi
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Institute of Infection and Global Health
Abstract
There is a global trend towards increasing urbanization. Already, half the world?s population lives in urban areas, and that proportion is rising. It is widely accepted that urbanization, especially when associated with poverty and poor living conditions, increases the risk of disease. Moreover, a number of influential reports have postulated that increased urbanization increases the risk of the emergence of novel pathogens. Though this idea sounds reasonable there is very little hard evidence to back it up: does urbanization really pose a risk of emerging disease and, if so, how? Without this information it is very difficult for policy makers to do anything practical to mitigate any risks that urbanization poses.
We propose a study involving experts in a wide range of relevant subjects to investigate this issue in the specific context of urban livestock keeping in Nairobi, Kenya. We will ask whether there is an association between livestock keeping and diarrhoeal disease in children, but also tackle the broader question of how the presence of livestock affects the microbial ecology of the city: how are the microbial floras of humans, livestock, other animals (such as rodents and birds) and the wider environment related? We will do this by collecting isolates of a ubiquitous bacterium ? Escherichia coli ? from all these environments and undertaking genetic analysis to show how the bacteria are related. This will allow us to determine the ?microbial footprint? of urban livestock and whether this footprint extends to the human population. We propose that novel pathogens are most likely to emerge via the same routes by which humans become exposed to known microbes.
At the same time, we will undertake a series of social and economic studies ? centred on the concept of the ?value chain? (which places supply chains in their socio-economic context) - which will examine the drivers of urban livestock keeping, relate these to other sources of livestock products, and explore how practices are related to supply and demand. This will tell us how the risks are likely to change in the future as urban livestock keeping becomes more widespread and food security more challenging, not just in Nairobi but worldwide. Finally, we will relate the results to policy development: legislation regarding livestock keeping in Nairobi is changing and this study will provide supporting evidence for the potential effectiveness of new regulations, balancing public health risks with the need for food security and income.
We propose a study involving experts in a wide range of relevant subjects to investigate this issue in the specific context of urban livestock keeping in Nairobi, Kenya. We will ask whether there is an association between livestock keeping and diarrhoeal disease in children, but also tackle the broader question of how the presence of livestock affects the microbial ecology of the city: how are the microbial floras of humans, livestock, other animals (such as rodents and birds) and the wider environment related? We will do this by collecting isolates of a ubiquitous bacterium ? Escherichia coli ? from all these environments and undertaking genetic analysis to show how the bacteria are related. This will allow us to determine the ?microbial footprint? of urban livestock and whether this footprint extends to the human population. We propose that novel pathogens are most likely to emerge via the same routes by which humans become exposed to known microbes.
At the same time, we will undertake a series of social and economic studies ? centred on the concept of the ?value chain? (which places supply chains in their socio-economic context) - which will examine the drivers of urban livestock keeping, relate these to other sources of livestock products, and explore how practices are related to supply and demand. This will tell us how the risks are likely to change in the future as urban livestock keeping becomes more widespread and food security more challenging, not just in Nairobi but worldwide. Finally, we will relate the results to policy development: legislation regarding livestock keeping in Nairobi is changing and this study will provide supporting evidence for the potential effectiveness of new regulations, balancing public health risks with the need for food security and income.
Technical Summary
Our overall objective is to understand the mechanisms leading to the introduction of pathogens into urban populations, and their subsequent spread. We focus on livestock as sources of these pathogens: emerging diseases are likely to be zoonotic in origin, and livestock pathogens, through the close interactions between livestock, their products and people, are at high of risk crossing the species barrier. It is often claimed that urbanization makes pathogen emergence more likely, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. What is it, exactly, about urban environments that might predispose to an emergence event, and what is the contribution of livestock keeping to this process? We will investigate two key aspects of this. Firstly, does urban livestock keeping pre-dispose people to acquiring new or more diverse microbial flora? Is the risk compounded by poverty status or other social factors? How is the microbial flora influenced by the keeping of livestock in these areas? Secondly, we will investigate exposure to livestock products traded for food or other purposes. Do supply chains for these products bring people into contact with microbial diversity over and above what they would otherwise experience? Why do people source food from particular places, and what influences the microbial flora to which people are exposed through food? Why do supply chains exist in the way that they do, and how might they change as demand for products changes with urban growth, or as a consequence of legislation? We have created an interdisciplinary team of epidemiologists, microbiologists, urban planners, demographers, social scientists, geographers, public health specialists, ecologists and economists to address these questions, examining in detail the city of Nairobi, Kenya. We will focus on Escherichia coli, an exemplar of many potential emerging pathogens, which exists in a diversity of hosts, in the environment, on food, in waste. We will take a landscape genetics approach to understanding E. coli distribution and spread and how this is affected by environmental and socio-economic factors. Our approach, which builds on state-of-the-art methodologies across a range of disciplines, is likely to become a benchmark for future studies, and will be applicable to a wide range of situations where animals, people and the environment interact. The findings will inform development of policy on urban livestock keeping by improving knowledge of the public health risks and by putting those risks in a wider socio-economic context, including the risks associated with alternative sources of livestock products.
Organisations
- University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- Barefoot Lightening (Collaboration)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Nairobi, Kenya (Collaboration)
- United States Agency for International Development (Collaboration)
- African Population and Health Research Center (Collaboration)
- Muungano Support Trust (Collaboration)
- London International Development Centre (Collaboration)
- Food and Agricultural Organisation UN, Italy (Collaboration)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (Collaboration)
- University of Wisconsin Madison, United States (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Collaboration)
- Murdoch University (Collaboration)
- Government of Kenya (Collaboration)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- Farmer's Choice Ltd (Collaboration)
- The Lancet (Collaboration)
- Saint Louis Zoo (Collaboration)
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) (Collaboration)
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Collaboration)
- Kenyan Institute for Medical Research (KEMRI) (Collaboration)
- Erasmus MC (Collaboration)
- Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
Publications


Ahmed S
(2019)
Participatory mapping and food-centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
in Geo: Geography and Environment

Ahmed S
(2019)
Does urbanization make emergence of zoonosis more likely? Evidence, myths and gaps.
in Environment and urbanization

Akoko J
(2020)
Serological and molecular evidence of Brucella species in the rapidly growing pig sector in Kenya
in BMC Veterinary Research

Akoko JM
(2019)
Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya.
in Parasite epidemiology and control

Alarcon P
(2021)
The Importance of a Food Systems Approach to Low and Middle Income Countries and Emerging Economies: A Review of Theories and Its Relevance for Disease Control and Malnutrition
in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Alarcon P
(2017)
Urban Livestock Keeping in the City of Nairobi: Diversity of Production Systems, Supply Chains, and Their Disease Management and Risks.
in Frontiers in veterinary science

Alarcon P
(2017)
Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi - A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies.
in Agricultural systems

Carron M
(2017)
The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: Using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks.
in Preventive veterinary medicine

Carron M
(2018)
Campylobacter, a zoonotic pathogen of global importance: Prevalence and risk factors in the fast-evolving chicken meat system of Nairobi, Kenya.
in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Description | A directive from the Director of Veterinary Services, Kenya to County Vet Directors of various counties to act accordingly following results from our ESEI Study. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Submission of research findings and intention to publish findings to the Director of Veterinary Services, Kenya on one of the outputs of the ESEI project - He directed all the County Vet Directors within the affected areas to implement Capacity building activities to Meat Inspectors, Pig farmers and pork consumers. |
Description | Government of Kenya Zoonotic Disease Technical Working Group |
Geographic Reach | Africa |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
Impact | Directly influenced systems of national disease surveillance, ranking of priority diseases at a national level |
Description | Promoting food security, safe food trading, and vendors' livelihoods in informal settlements: Lessons from Nairobi |
Geographic Reach | Africa |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/90569?show=full |
Description | World Health Organization Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Working Group (FERG) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | Main impact was to guide international efforts at data collection for disease burden |
URL | http://www.who.int/entity/foodsafety/publications/foodborne_disease/fergreport/en/index.html |
Description | World Health Organization Working Group on Zoonotic Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
Description | BBSRC Agri-food technology Seeding catalyst |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | BBSRC GCRF IAA University of Liverpool |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2016 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | BBSRC Translational Awards |
Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/R020051/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 10/2019 |
Description | CGIAR A4NH |
Amount | $20,000,000 (USD) |
Organisation | CGIAR |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | France |
Start | 01/2014 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | CGIAR AMR Hub |
Amount | $500,000 (USD) |
Funding ID | A4NH CGIAR AMR Hub |
Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | Kenya |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 02/2022 |
Description | Carron PhD |
Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | London International Development Centre |
Department | Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | Darwin Trust - Evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance determinants between and within livestock and humans in Kenya |
Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2015 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | Fleming Fund Kenya Country Grant |
Amount | £6,000,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MML.574394-01681708-SUB |
Organisation | Fleming Fund |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 04/2021 |
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 | Government of Kenya - Mapping Dairy Value Chains to assess Emergence and Transmission of Zoonotic Diseases, using diversity of Escherichia coli as a marker, in Nairobi Kenya |
Amount | £200,000 (KES) |
Organisation | University of Nairobi |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Kenya |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 08/2017 |
Description | Melissa Ward Fellowship |
Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | WT103953MA |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Muloi PhD |
Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) |
Department | Darwin Trust of Edinburgh |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2015 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | Public Engagement Award |
Amount | £400 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2016 |
End | 12/2016 |
Description | Small Grants Louise Parkhurst |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 05/2017 |
Description | Staff award |
Amount | £90,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2014 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Travel grant - Maruice Karani |
Amount | $2,000 (AUD) |
Organisation | International One Health Congress |
Sector | Private |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 12/2016 |
Description | US-UK Partnership Award |
Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/N022513/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 05/2020 |
Description | ZELS |
Amount | £3,300,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/L019019/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2014 |
End | 12/2019 |
Title | 2500 isolates of E. coli |
Description | 2500 confirmed E. coli isolates which have been typed and subjected to phenotypic drug resistance patterns. They have also been whole genome sequenced, data that is not yet (2017) in the public domain, but will be shortly. |
Type Of Material | Biological samples |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | One PhD project and several papers in preparation |
Title | BAGPIPES |
Description | Bacterial Genomics Pipelines |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Streamlined analysis of E. coli whole genome sequences |
Title | Biobank of 20,000 isolates of E. coli |
Description | 20,000 E. coli isolates deposited in the open access biobank maintained by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi - the AZIZI BioBank: http://azizi.ilri.cgiar.org/ |
Type Of Material | Biological samples |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Several MSc and PhD projects that will lead to peer reviewed publications |
URL | http://azizi.ilri.cgiar.org/ |
Title | Frameworks for studying livestock commodity value chains |
Description | A formal framework designed to study livestock commodity value chains, an important element in the interdsciplinary work we are doing on the project. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | High quality data |
Title | Sample biobank |
Description | Biobank of biological samples and associated metadata from East African field research in humans and animals |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | None yet |
URL | http://azizi.ilri.cgiar.org/ |
Title | Urban Zoo biorepository and metadata |
Description | E coli and Campylobacter isolates collected from households, farms, slaughterhouses and butcheries. Sources include human faeces; faecal swabs from livestock and peri-domestic wildlife; food samples and environmental samples. All isolates have associated source data held in a secure database (under development - expected completion by the end of 2018); approximately 2000 have whole genome sequence data that will be uploaded to NCBI sequence read archive |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | New collaboration with Dr Louise Pankhurst |
Description | A4NH |
Organisation | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Department | Agriculture for Nutrition and Health |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Technical expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding for sub-projects (eg on human nutrition in urban value chains), as well as technical staff support and some consumables |
Impact | Interdiciplinary. Outputs still in preparation |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Barefoot Lighting |
Organisation | Barefoot Lightening |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We have provided data and expertise to the company, subcontracted on the project, to develop a digital data collection tool |
Collaborator Contribution | The company have provided a custom made android app interface for data collection |
Impact | None yet other than protypes which are about to go for pilot testing int he field |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | African Population and Health Research Center |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) |
Department | Animal Production and Health Division |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
Department | Human Settlements Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | Kenyan Institute for Medical Research (KEMRI) |
Department | Centre for Microbiology Research |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | Royal Veterinary College (RVC) |
Department | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (formerly Veterinary Clinical Sciences) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Bartlett Development Planning Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Co-PI on Consortium Grant (ESEI) |
Organisation | University of Nairobi |
Department | Department of Veterinary Public Health and Toxicology |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | All collaborators are now actively working together in the interdisciplinary ESEI project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium GrantCollaborator is a co-PI on an ESEI Consortium Grant |
Impact | This is an interdisciplinary collaboration, involving Human medicine Veterinary public health Demography Remote sensing Livestock demography Economics Social science Anthropology Microbiology |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Dorte Dopfer |
Organisation | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Department | Department of Medical Sciences |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Sharing of data for added value in analysis |
Collaborator Contribution | Additional analytical expertise |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | EPT-2 USAID/FAO |
Organisation | United States Agency for International Development |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have contributed policy advice and samples to the EPT2 programme in Kenya |
Collaborator Contribution | EPT2 have contributed samples |
Impact | Analysed samples awaiting publication |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Erasmus Holland |
Organisation | Erasmus MC |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Sharing of samples and joint analysis of data leading to outputs |
Collaborator Contribution | Laboratory consumables, laboratory personnnel time, shipping costs |
Impact | PLoS One. 2015 Oct 16;10(10):e0140125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140125. eCollection 2015. Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Deem SL1, Fèvre EM2, Kinnaird M3, Browne AS4, Muloi D5, Godeke GJ6, Koopmans M7, Reusken CB6. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Farmers Choice |
Organisation | Farmer's Choice Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of data and the design of a data capture system for the farms |
Collaborator Contribution | Close collaborative relationship in understanding the pig industry in Kenya; provision of manpower and access to on farm resources. |
Impact | A handheld data collection system developed by a commercial partner |
Start Year | 2018 |
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 | Kenya FELTP |
Organisation | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) |
Department | Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We train FELTP residents in our programme |
Collaborator Contribution | Provide 3x full time trainees every year (total of 6 trainees at any given time) at no cost to our programme. Effectively, we are given 6 free members of full time staff. |
Impact | MSc theses x3 so far Papers x 3 in preparation 6x theses expected over the next 2 years |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Kenya National Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee |
Organisation | Government of Kenya |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | PI Fevre is a member of the Kenya National Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee Technical Working Group on surviellance |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the design of the national surveillance system for AMR |
Impact | National Action Plan for AMR |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Kenya VMD |
Organisation | Government of Kenya |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have partnered with the Kenya VMD to undertake a value chain analysis of antimicrobial drugs in Kenya. We provided an intern to undertake data entry, and we provided draft questionnaires and technical input to survey design. We will jointly write a paper. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partner has provided data collected through government funded work. |
Impact | No yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | LIDC |
Organisation | London International Development Centre |
Department | Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Access to data and study sites, and analytical tools |
Collaborator Contribution | 100% of a joint PhD student |
Impact | PhD student appointed |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Lancet One Health Commission |
Organisation | The Lancet |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | PI Fevre is a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on One Health |
Collaborator Contribution | Drafting of international report on Food Safety and One Health |
Impact | Not yet |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Muungano Support Trust |
Organisation | Muungano Support Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Personnel from the Trust shared by the project during fieldwork activities |
Collaborator Contribution | Primary data collection |
Impact | Primary data Newsletter: http://www.iied.org/air-citizen-scientists-map-food-dangers-nairobi |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | PREDICT-USAID |
Organisation | United States Agency for International Development |
Department | PREDICT |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have contributed samples and intellectual inputs to the PREDICT program |
Collaborator Contribution | USAID -PREDICT program has been a partner on wildlife sampling, sharing materials, protocols and staff time |
Impact | Agreed shared protocols |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Sarah O'Brien |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Department | Department of Epidemiology and Population Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Access to field sites and data |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to field sites and data |
Impact | Joint PhD student |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | St Louis Zoo |
Organisation | Saint Louis Zoo |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Joint work in the field and joint analysis of data leading to publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding from their fundraising activitites |
Impact | PLoS One. 2015 Oct 16;10(10):e0140125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140125. eCollection 2015. Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Deem SL1, Fèvre EM2, Kinnaird M3, Browne AS4, Muloi D5, Godeke GJ6, Koopmans M7, Reusken CB6. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ZDU Kenya |
Organisation | Government of Kenya |
Department | Zoonotic Disease Unit |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | ZDU is a policy partner to whom we have contributed policy advice for national level policy making |
Collaborator Contribution | Facilitation to work in Kenya |
Impact | Formal advice to policy fora. Involvment of the PI in two national task forces. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ZELS |
Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The partnership created by the MRC ESEI award was successful in applying for a Zoonoses In Emeging Livestock Systems grant from the BBSRc woth 3.3 M pounds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are co-PIs in the new ZELS application |
Impact | Successful grant application |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ZELS |
Organisation | Kenyan Institute for Medical Research (KEMRI) |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The partnership created by the MRC ESEI award was successful in applying for a Zoonoses In Emeging Livestock Systems grant from the BBSRc woth 3.3 M pounds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are co-PIs in the new ZELS application |
Impact | Successful grant application |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ZELS |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The partnership created by the MRC ESEI award was successful in applying for a Zoonoses In Emeging Livestock Systems grant from the BBSRc woth 3.3 M pounds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are co-PIs in the new ZELS application |
Impact | Successful grant application |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ZELS |
Organisation | University of Nairobi |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The partnership created by the MRC ESEI award was successful in applying for a Zoonoses In Emeging Livestock Systems grant from the BBSRc woth 3.3 M pounds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are co-PIs in the new ZELS application |
Impact | Successful grant application |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | ZELS |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Biomedical Sciences Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The partnership created by the MRC ESEI award was successful in applying for a Zoonoses In Emeging Livestock Systems grant from the BBSRc woth 3.3 M pounds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are co-PIs in the new ZELS application |
Impact | Successful grant application |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | 11th Eastern and Southern Dairy Association (ESADA) conference from 23rd to 26th September 2015 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Study of food systems with value chain analysis. These are in the context of the importance of the food system in terms of pathogen disease emergence and re-emergence, environmental impacts and the changing patterns of diets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | One Health 2-day themed sub meeting at the 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH 2019) in Liverpool, Sept 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://rstmh.org/events/11th-european-congress-tropical-medicine-and-international-health-ectmih |
Description | 3rd International One Health meeting - Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Multiple presenations (x7) at this conference. Study of food systems with value chain analysis. These are in the context of the importance of the food system in terms of pathogen disease emergence and re-emergence, environmental impacts and the changing patterns of diets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | A paper presentation in the 4th International One health congress and the 6th Biennial congress of the International Association of Ecology and Health, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The presentation was titled "Assessing and understanding food safety risk practices in Nairobi pork food system: a value chain approach". It was meant to share information and how to assess the food risk practices in food systems using Value Chain approach. This raised alot of interest and has led to further queries on the same. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | BBC news article on AMR |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC News article reporting the wider context around a project output on AMR |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34276557 |
Description | Case control treatments |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Participants in the research received direct health benefits in terms of free treatments for diagnosed conditions. 700 people screened for helminths and zoonotic diseaeses and treated accordingly. Mainly involved children under 5 with diarrhoea in vulnerable groups. 50% were female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | Conference Oral presentation -on Genomic epidemiology of interconnected human and livestock resistomes in a developing country urban landscape at the ICOHAR (International Conference on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance), Utrecht, NETHERLANDS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference was a valuable opportunity to share information and interact with like minded professional practitioners and policy makers as well as to build and strengthen networks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Conference presentation: Forces of urbanisation that drive zoonoses emergence in global South . Special Session on Transdisciplinarity in urban health, 11th International Urban Health Conference, 4-7th March, Manchester, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference was a valuable opportunity to share and exchange information, as well as to build and strengthen networks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Conference presentation: Health premium for whom in the city? Comparing Health equity through the lens of social and spatial determinants in formal-informal settlements in Nairobi. International Conference on Urban Health 2015, 24-27 May Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Main aim was to foster international discussion of urban health issues, build networks among stakeholders in urban health, and promote enhanced understanding of the impacts of urban environments and human behaviour on health and well-being. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Conference presentation: Participatory mapping for transformation: multiple visual representation of food scapes and environment in informal settlements in Nairobi. GIS Research UK Conference, University of Leeds, 14-17 April, Leeds, UK. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Intended purpose of this talk was to share the experience gained while mapping the informal settlements in Nairobi. It created a lot of inquiries on the different approaches used and created a lot of interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Converstaion article: How an 'urban zoo' project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article on the academic blog site The Conversation entitled 'How an 'urban zoo' project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease' Written and published by EM Fevre on 17 November 2016. Downloaded 59,289 times by March 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/how-an-urban-zoo-project-in-kenya-is-helping-unpack-the-spread-of-diseas... |
Description | Converstaion article: Studying African camels is key to learning more about the MERS virus |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Converstation academic blog site article entitled "Studying African camels is key to learning more about the MERS virus". Downloaded 944 times by March 2017 Led to requests to participate in new grants |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/studying-african-camels-is-key-to-learning-more-about-the-mers-virus-487... |
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 | Fly butchery study |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of research results relating to food chain microbial contamination to the target groups of that research in Nairobi, Kenya High uptake of the intervention we were testing, namely insecticide incorporated nets in prtoeting meat in butcheries from flies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Food handling and food safety training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Training in food safety and safe food handling for food retailers in informal settlements of Nairobi. The activity was filmed and distributed on local social media channels |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.zoonotic-diseases.org/informal-food-vendors-training/ |
Description | From Faeces to Phylogeny |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Formal course delivered as part of the project entitled From Faeces to Phylogeny, delivered jointly by the project, the International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya), the University of Liverpool and the University of Edinburgh. Formal training in phylogenetics analysis to scientists and public health practionners in the Government of Kenya Better understanding of research data in public policy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/43775 |
Description | Guardian article: 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview for a feature article in the Guardian newspaper, with a global reach at a time of heightened media attention around emerging diseases. Much social media sharing followed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/tip-of-the-iceberg-is-our-destruction-of-nature-... |
Description | Invited Talk: Sohel Ahmed and Cecilia Tacoli: Mapping Food Safety and Environmental Hazards: what difference do community-led initiatives make? In the Workshop on Global Public Health: The potential of social networks, participatory systems and context-aware data, Festival of Digital Health , UCL. 2nd July 2014, London. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | It was a platform to discuss new technologies, Share achievements, Network with staff, industry and healthcare and Create new collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
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 | Invited talk at the Chilean Veterinary Congress |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Santiago, Chile - December 2014; Keynote address |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Invited talk: Linking food and environment in informal settlements in Nairobi. Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation, IIED, London 3-5 December 2014. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The workshop brought together practitioners, researchers and staff from international and donor agencies to launch a new initiative on 'Food consumption, urbanisation and rural transformations'. The initiative was addressing two interrelated levels: Support change in the global narrative and Support change on the ground. Our presentation was able to contribute towards identifying priority issues for knowledge integration, consolidation and advocacy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Invited talk: Rapid urbanization and new zoonotic diseases: The challenge of inter-disciplinary research, 21-OCT-2014 , UNAM, Mexico. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The aim was to share experience and challenges experienced and how to overcome them during the implementation of the multi disciplinary research. It emitted a lot of interest and requests for discussions after the meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | KVA/UON JOINT CONFERENCE Salmonella Serotypes and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Livestock and Humans in Korogocho and Viwandani, Kenya. By Dr. Mercy Cianjoka |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference was a valuable opportunity to share and exchange information, as well as to build and strengthen networks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Kenya Government Zoonotic Disease Technical Advisory Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Expert Member of the Zoonotic Disease Technical Advisory Group, the independent panel of experts who advise the Government of Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit on scientific and technical issues in the area of zoonoses and disease surveillance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://zdukenya.org |
Description | Kenya Zoonotic Disease Technical Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Key policy makers from several government ministries learnt about our future research plans Involvement of government policy makers in the research design process |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
Description | Member of the Avian Influenza Task Force coordinated by Director of Veterinary Services |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The purpose of this task force was in five themes 1) Surveillance; (2) Research & Laboratory; (3) Case Management; (4) Information, Communication and Education; and (5) Funding. So far, several surveillance work has been done to evaluate the Avian Influenza prevalence and in particular highly pathogenic strains, among wild bird populations, including both migratory and resident bird species; and to provide technical support to the national surveillance programme through capacity building of national counterparts on sampling techniques. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
Description | Member of the MERS Technical Working Group/ Task force coordinated by the Director of Veterinary Services, Kenya. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | To deliberate on issues of MERS and to give technical advice on the surveillance and control of MERS in the region. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
Description | New Scientist article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article in the New Scientist in both the online (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329842.900-mappi) and print editions. Widley distributed through blogs, twitter and others. Much blog/twitter and other online interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
URL | http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329842.900-mappi |
Description | News article in national Kenyan paper the Daily Nation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Article on zoonoses together with policy partners in a national daily newspaper |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/DN2/Take-care-how-you-interact-with-animals/-/957860/3108294/-/15f... |
Description | News article: Kenya tackles growing threat of deadly animal viruses transmitted to humans |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two page spread article in the Kenyan daily paper the "Business Daily" on March 2 2017 entitled 'Kenya tackles growing threat of deadly animal viruses transmitted to humans'. Article the results of a series of interviews with project staff by a science journalist |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Kenya-tackles-growing-threat-of-deadly-animal-viruses-/... |
Description | News viewpoint: Achieving a common good |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | News item in the Veterinary Record: Achieving a common good resulting from a conference talk in September 2016, at the meeting of the Royal Soceity of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.i5006 |
Description | OIE workshop on the database on antimicrobial agents intended for use in animals |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | First training workshop on the database on antimicrobial agents intended for use in animals held in Mombasa, Kenya, from 29 to 31 October 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Paris AGREENSkills |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited talk: "An Urban Zoo - the city from a pathogen's perspective" at AgreenSkills Annual Meeting; Cities and the new challenges and issues for research in agriculture, environment and nutrition Paris, Feb 13-16 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.agreenskills.eu/Events-training/Annual-Meetings/Annual-Meeting-2017 |
Description | Popular articles on urbanisation and disease emergence |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | As a result of a paper published arising from the project (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15412) we were asked to contribute an article to the Conversation Africa. This was then taken up by several general public media outlets including national newspapers in Kenya, including the Standard and Daily Nation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/nairobi-is-rapidly-losing-its-green-spaces-this-could-open-the-door-to-m... |
Description | Post Doc attendance to a Symposium: One Health for the Real World: zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This symposium brought together leading experts from different fields to discuss the topic 'Healthy ecosystems, healthy people'.This symposium brought together leading experts from different fields to:Present new interdisciplinary frameworks for a real-world One Health approach, Highlight evidence from field-based settings in Africa and beyond and Debate implications for policy and practice. The level of interaction was key to the Project and more opportunities of collaboration has created a lot of interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/one-health-for-the-real-world-zoonoses-ecosystems-and-wellbeing |
Description | Post Doc attendance to a conference: Responsible Use of Antimicrobials in Animals at The Hague |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | To widen scope of current information on Antimicrobial use and to make links with interested parties on the same for future possible collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.responsibleantibioticuse.org/#xl_xr_page_index |
Description | Presentation in a Conference: Putting food first: narrating, mapping and analysing food-environment- society nexus in informal settlements of Nairobi . Special session on Perceptions of Urban Environmental Health: Narrating Political Ecologies of Disease, in the Dimensions of Political Ecology (DOPE) Conference, 26-28 Febryary, University of Kentucky, Lexington, US. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The conference creates a welcoming, supportive environment for junior scholars to share their work, while at the same time providing a forum for cutting-edge political ecological thought and debate on key topics in the community. The work presented created discussions and interest from among the participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
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 |
Description | Presentation to the UK Cheif Scientist, Sir Mark Walport |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Sir Mark Walport, the UK Cheif Scientist, visited Kenya and was invited to the International Livestock Research Institute where PIs for the project presented the work we are doing to him and his team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://news.ilri.org/2015/07/22/uk-chief-scientific-adviser-visits-kenya-part-2-one-health-surveilla... |
Description | Press attention to the project forth quarter 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press attention from several groups of international journalists who visited field sites in Kenya, in association with a partner institute on the project, ILRI: eg 1) http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/kenya/120926/urban-farming-nairobi-agriculture-economy 2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/oct/12/stop-zoonoses-spreading-chickens-bed 3) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/10/20121021183432618404.html 4) http://allafrica.com/stories/201210230238.html Let to several additional interviews by co-PI Grace |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Quote and photo in Daily Nation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Brief piece in the Kenyan Daily Nation newspaper reporting on urban health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Soup-E.Coli-Field Logistics-Epi-And-Genomics: a sampling strategy to capture bacterial diversity in a changing urban environment |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference was a valuable opportunity to share and exchange information, as well as to build and strengthen networks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Training policy makers and the private sector to understand phylogentics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Formal 2 day workshop targeting policy audience and private sector food industry representatives on understanding drug resistance, phylogenetics and scientific output interpretation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Twitter social media activity on @ZoonoticDisease |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Our team uses twitter on @ZoonoticDisease with almost 1800 followers to date (March 2016). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | https://twitter.com/ZoonoticDisease |
Description | Uppsala Health Summit 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Uppala Health Summit; The overall goal for this year's summit is to bring together a diverse group ofpolicy-makers, scientists, industry representatives and civil society to stimulate dialogue around the One Health concept as approach to emerging infectious disease threats. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.uppsalahealthsummit.se/our-summits/tackling-infectious-disease-threats-with-a-one-health-... |
Description | Urban Zoo project quarterly newsletter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Urban Zoo project quarterly newsletter (produced 4x per year). Immediate circulation list of approx 60, plus social meida, and print issues distributed to various partner organisations. 10 issues produced during the course of the project so far. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.zoonotic-diseases.org/project/urban-zoo-project/ |
Description | VOA news report |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Media output (written) together with video footage of project sidte, project explanation etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://m.voanews.com/a/scientists-study-slums-signs-spreading-superbugs/3116155.html |
Description | WHO NZD group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Participation in a World Health Organization Expert Panel on Zoonotic diseases: 4th International meeting on the control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases "From Advocacy to Action" Very wide dissemination of information to a global policy audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/zoonoses/fourth_meeting/en/ |
Description | WHO Strategic Advisory Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | WHO working group appointed by the WHO Director General considering issues of Zoonotic Diseases |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/stag_nzd_call_nominations/en/ |
Description | Website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Curated website with rich content, receiving approx 950 hits per month from a global audience. Includes newsletters specific to the projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.zoonotic-diseases.org/ |
Description | World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Kenya Government and FAO Regional World Antibiotic Awareness Week Information event, Theme: Tackling AMR Together; 21-22 November 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | ZDU GIS training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Training in the use of Open Source GIS by the project and its collaborators for Government policy makers and civil servants in Kenya Better use of software to analyse national data on disease |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/45971/TrainingWorkshopReport-IntroductionToGIS.pdf?... |