Vaccination services for people and livestock often fail to achieve sufficient coverages in Africa's remote rural settings because of financial, logistic, and service delivery constraints. In Chad from 2000 through 2005, we demonstrated the feasibility of combining vaccination programs for nomadi...
Schelling, E.
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Bechir, M.
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Ahmed, M.A.
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Wyss, K.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Zinsstag, Jakob
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[Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad]
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Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad
Conventional disciplinary research approach is losing momentum in the face of dynamic health challenges of the 21st
century. There is a need for a new, suitable approach, to tackle these emerging and re-emerging human and animal
diseases through integrating livestock and human health research in ...
Tibbo, Markos
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Schelling, E.
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Grace, Delia
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Bishop, Richard P.
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Taracha, E.A.
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Kemp, Stephen J.
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Ameni, G.
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Dawo, F.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world]
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Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world
Livestock kept or produced in smallholder farming systems are an important component of the agricultural economy in the developing world. The role of livestock on smallholder farms varies widely, providing draught power for crop production or as a production activity for subsistence needs or mark...
McDermott, John J.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[The economics of optimal health and productivity in smallholder livestock systems in developing countries]
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The economics of optimal health and productivity in smallholder livestock systems in developing countries
Trypanocidal drugs are the most commonly purchased and used livestock input by resource-poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The effective use of trypanocidal drugs by smallholder farmers is threatened by the development of widespread resistance. This is a particular concern for smallholder crop-l...
Clausen, P.H.
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Bauer, B.
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Zessin, K.H.
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Diall, O.
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Bocoum, Z.
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Sidibe, I.
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Affognon, Hippolyte D.
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Waibel, H.
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Grace, Delia
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa]
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Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa
This paper characterises the dairy farming system in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Characterisation was part of a broader ecohealth project to estimate the prevalence and risk of cryptosporidiosis and develop risk mitigation strategies. In the project a trans-disciplinary team addressed epidemiological, so...
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
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Kimani, V.N.
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McDermott, B.
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Grace, Delia
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Lang'at, A.K.
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Kiragu, M.W.
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Karanja, N.
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Njehu, A.N.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Mbugua, G.
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Irungu, T.W.
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Ombutu, P.
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[A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: Study background and farming system characteristics]
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A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: Study background and farming system characteristics