The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is a landmark initiative that systematically quantifies the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality for hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors of global health importance. For the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the GBD 2010 confirmed a high dis...
Herricks, J.R.
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Hotez, P.J.
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Wanga, V.
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Coffeng, L.E.
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Haagsma, J.A.
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Basáñez, M.-G.
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Buckle, G.
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Budke, C.M.
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Carabin, H.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Fürst, T.
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Halasa, Y.A.
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King, C.H.
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Murdoch, M.E.
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Ramaiah, K.D.
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Shepard, D.S.
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Stolk, W.A.
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Undurraga, E.A.
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Stanaway, J.D.
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Naghavi, M.
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Murray, C.J.L.
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[The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs?]
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The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs?
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
This paper is a review of the meeting "Sleeping Sickness Rediscovered". The meeting focussed on human sleeping sickness, which, despite improvements in diagnosis and control has returned with a vengeance across central Africa. Topics of discussion include control activities; control tools; resear...
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This paper describes the development of an Ecohealth Trainer Manual that was published in May 2013 and adapted to a Southeast Asian audience. This manual was part of a project entitled the Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI), launched in October 2011, which aims to bu...
Fèvre, Eric M.
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Waltner-Toews, D.
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Jing, F.
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Kittayapong, P.
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Adisasmito, W.
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Dinh Xuan Tung
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Jianchu Xu
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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[Création d’un manuel pédagogique comme action collaborative de promotion de l’écosanté en Asie du Sud-Est]
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Création d’un manuel pédagogique comme action collaborative de promotion de l’écosanté en Asie du Sud-Est
In many livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa, cattle are owned by individual keepers but regularly mix with animals from other herds while grazing communal land, at watering points or through the use of shared bulls for breeding and ploughing. Such contacts may have important implic...
Ogola, J.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Gitau, G.K.
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Christley, R.
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Muchemi, G.
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Glanville, William A. de
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[The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya]
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The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya