In Nairobi, with 3.1 million consumers and 30,000 pigs, the pork system may represents a major source of zoonotic pathogens. Yet, this system and its public health risks have not been described. The study used value chain analysis, a well-known method in economics, to investigate zoonosis and foo...
Muinde, P.
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Karani, M.
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Akoko, James M.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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Muloi, D.
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Häsler, Barbara
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Alarcón, Pablo
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[Value chain analysis as a tool for assessing food safety risks in the Nairobi pork food system]
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Value chain analysis as a tool for assessing food safety risks in the Nairobi pork food system
Surveillance of diseases in Kenya and elsewhere in East Africa is currently carried out by both human and animal health sectors. However, a recent evaluation highlighted the lack of integration between these sectors, leading to disease under-reporting and inefficiencies. This project aimed to dev...
Falzon, Laura C.
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Alumasa, Lorren
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Amanya, Fredrick
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Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
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Kariuki, Samuel
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Momanyi, Kelvin
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Muinde, Patrick
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Murungi, Maurice K.
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Njoroge, Samuel M.
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Ogendo, Allan
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Ogola, Joseph
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[One Health in action: Operational aspects of an integrated surveillance system for zoonoses in western Kenya]
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One Health in action: Operational aspects of an integrated surveillance system for zoonoses in western Kenya
This chapter presents the main findings of a set of comparative milk sector surveys carried out in Kathmandu (Nepal), Nairobi (Kenya), and Santa Cruz (Bolivia). The surveys assessed changes in demand, supply and marketing of milk and milk products over a ten to fifteen year period to 2001. This c...
Anderson, S.
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Tulachan, P.M.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Staal, Steven J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[A comparative analysis of milk sectors -- Nairobi, Kathmandu, Santa Cruz: opportunities for pro-poor policies]
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A comparative analysis of milk sectors -- Nairobi, Kathmandu, Santa Cruz: opportunities for pro-poor policies
Demand for dairy products in sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to triple by 2050, while limited increase in supply is predicted. This poses significant food security risk to low income households. Understanding how the dairy food system operates is essential to identify mitigation measures to food ...
Kiambi, S.
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Alarcón, P.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Murungi, Maurice K.
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Muinde, Patrick
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Akoko, James M.
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Aboge, G.
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Gikonyo, S.
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Momanyi, Kelvin N.
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Kang’ethe, E.K.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research]
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Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research
In Nairobi the pork food system may represent a major source of zoonotic pathogens. Yet, the system and its public health risks have not been described. The study address this gap by identifying and understanding food safety risks practices in the Nairobi pork food system using a value chain appr...
Murungi, M.K.
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Muinde, P.
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Akoko, James M.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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Muloi, D.
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Häsler, Barbara
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Alarcón, Pablo
,
[Assessing and understanding food safety risk practices in Nairobi pork food system: A value chain approach]
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Assessing and understanding food safety risk practices in Nairobi pork food system: A value chain approach
Five different East Coast fever (ECF)-control strategies (involving ECF immunisation by the infection-and-treatment method) were tested in groups of traditionally managed Sanga cattle in the Central Province of Zambia over a period of 2.5 years. Two groups were under intensive tick control (weekl...
Minjauw, B.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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James, A.D.
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Upton, M.
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[Financial analysis of East Coast Fever control strategies in traditionally managed Sanga cattle in Central Province of Zambia]
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Financial analysis of East Coast Fever control strategies in traditionally managed Sanga cattle in Central Province of Zambia
Okell, C.N.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Glanville, William A. de
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[The dynamics of livestock ownership, asset ownership and human health in rural households and the role of animal based product consumption: A cross sectional study in Western Province Kenya]
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The dynamics of livestock ownership, asset ownership and human health in rural households and the role of animal based product consumption: A cross sectional study in Western Province Kenya
A broad framework for the assessment of the economic impact of animal diseases and control of these diseases is described. Various levels of analysis are discussed, from the herd, to the household, the sector, the nation and the region. For each of these levels, methods of economic impact assessm...
Fèvre, Eric M.
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Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
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Davila, J.
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Grace, Delia
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Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
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Kariuki, S.
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Kyobutungi, C.
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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Rushton, Jonathan
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Tacoli, C.
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[Epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi]
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Epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi