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Livestock keeping in urban areas is a source of livelihoods for poor urban families, but it also poses public health challenges. Purpose This included mapping of value chains for products from commercial layers (CL) and indigenous layers (IL) kept in peri-urban areas of Nairobi City, prioritizati...


Onono, J.Alarcón, PabloKarani, M.Muinde, P.Akoko, James M.Carron, M.Fèvre, Eric M.Häsler, BarbaraRushton, Jonathan[Value chain analysis for products and by-products of egg laying birds in peri-urban areas of Nairobi City]Value chain analysis for products and by-products of egg laying birds in peri-urban areas of Nairobi City

Purpose: Research on livestock food systems in developing countries remains limited, yet this context needs to be understood to investigate the epidemiology of zoonoses. The aim of this study was to use a value chain framework to characterize the broiler and indigenous chicken meat systems of Nai...


Carron, M.Alarcón, PabloHäsler, BarbaraFèvre, Eric M.Karani, M.Muinde, P.Akoko, James M.Onono, J.Rushton, Jonathan[Using a value chain framework for food safety assessment of broiler and indigenous chicken meat systems of Nairobi]Using a value chain framework for food safety assessment of broiler and indigenous chicken meat systems of Nairobi

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.Karani, M.Akoko, James M.Rushton, JonathanFèvre, Eric M.Domínguez Salas, PaulaMuloi, D.Häsler, BarbaraAlarcón, Pablo[Value chain analysis as a tool for assessing food safety risks in the Nairobi pork food system]Value chain analysis as a tool for assessing food safety risks in the Nairobi pork food system

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.Muinde, P.Akoko, James M.Rushton, JonathanFèvre, Eric M.Domínguez Salas, PaulaMuloi, D.Häsler, BarbaraAlarcón, Pablo[Assessing and understanding food safety risk practices in Nairobi pork food system: A value chain approach]Assessing and understanding food safety risk practices in Nairobi pork food system: A value chain approach
Murungi, M.K.Muinde, P.Rushton, JonathanAkoko, James M.Fèvre, Eric M.Domínguez Salas, PaulaMuloi, D.Häsler, BarbaraAlarcón, Pablo[Understanding the pork food system supplying Nairobi: An essential framework for food safety and disease control]Understanding the pork food system supplying Nairobi: An essential framework for food safety and disease control
Alarcón, PabloMurungi, M.K.Muinde, P.Akoko, James M.Fèvre, Eric M.Domínguez Salas, PaulaKiambi, S.Ahmed, S.Häsler, BarbaraRushton, Jonathan[Beef, sheep and goat food chains supplying Nairobi: an essential framework to understand and control zoonotic pathogen flows]Beef, sheep and goat food chains supplying Nairobi: an essential framework to understand and control zoonotic pathogen flows
Akoko, James M.Alarcón, PabloKang'ethe, Erastus K.Kivali, V.Muinde, P.Karani, M.Kiambi, S.Fèvre, Eric M.[Serological survey of porcine cysticercosis in pigs slaughtered at Ndumbuini abattoir, Nairobi]Serological survey of porcine cysticercosis in pigs slaughtered at Ndumbuini abattoir, Nairobi
Carron, M.Alarcón, PabloHäsler, BarbaraFèvre, Eric M.Karani, M.Muinde, P.Akoko, James M.Onono, J.Rushton, Jonathan[Value chain mapping of broiler and indigenous chicken production systems in Nairobi as a first step to food safety and food security assessments]Value chain mapping of broiler and indigenous chicken production systems in Nairobi as a first step to food safety and food security assessments

Background & methods Taenia solium a zoonotic tapeworm, responsible for neurocysticercosis in humans is a major public health threat, being a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic regions. Eastern and southern African nations have experienced a recent rapid growth in pig production, inclu...


Akoko, James M.Macleod, EwanThomas, Lian F.Alarcón, PabloKang'ethe, Erastus K.Kivali, VelmaMuloi, DishonMuinde, PatrickMurungi, Maurice K.Gachoya, Julius M.Fèvre, Eric M.[Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya]Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya

The potential of livestock and animal-source foods (ASF) to improve nutrition of vulnerable households in the Sahel countries is large, but currently underutilised, despite the dependence of human nutrition on livestock in some areas. This study assesses the perceptions of the linkages between li...


Domínguez-Salas, PaulaKauffmann, D.Breyne, C.Alarcón, Pablo[Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: Perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel]Leveraging human nutrition through livestock interventions: Perceptions, knowledge, barriers and opportunities in the Sahel

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