17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
How is ILRI participating?
Staff and associates from ILRI will take part in the symposium through oral and poster presentations, and two special sessions.
11:00 - 13:00
Health policy and capacity building
1215–1230: Building the future One Health workforce in eastern and southern Africa – gaps and opportunities in higher education: Shauna Richards
11:00 - 13:00
Specific species – Cattle
1235–1240: Longitudinal study of abortion in dairy cattle in Nandi County, Kenya: Elizabeth Cook
14:00 - 15:30
Specific topic – Antimicrobial resistance
1520–1525: Assessing biosecurity and risk factors for antibiotic use in semi-intensive broiler farms in Kenya: Naomi Peter
14:00 - 15:30
Specific species – Dairy/cattle
1400–1415: Antibiotic quality and use practices amongst dairy farmers and drug retailers in the Central Kenyan Highlands: Dishon Muloi
16:00 - 17:30
Specific topic – Antimicrobial resistance
1600–1615: Patterns and drivers of antibiotic use in small-scale broiler production systems in Lilongwe district, Malawi: Dishon Muloi
1630–1645: Quantifying antimicrobial consumption patterns in semi-intensive broiler farms in Kenya: Naomi Peter
10:30 - 12:30
Specific topic – Food safety
1045–1100: Salmonella spp. and total bacteria count contamination in retailed pork in Vietnam: a baseline assessment from a food safety randomized controlled trial study: Thi Huyen Trang Le (co-presenters: Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet and Sinh Dang-Xuan)
10:30 - 12:30
Epi between the cracks
1030–1045: The HORN project: capacity strengthening for One Health research in the Horn of Africa: Siobhan Mor
10:30 - 12:30
Specific species – Ruminants
1030–1045: Seroprevalence and risk factors of peste des petits ruminants in different production systems in Uganda: Joseph Nkamwesiga
10:30 - 12:30
Specific topic – Vector-borne diseases
1115–1130: Linking socio-ecological transformation and arthropod-borne infections: Tatenda Chiuya
10:30 - 12:30
Special session: Adoption of digital transformation to deal with One Health issues among the LMICs
Chair: Hung Nguyen-Viet
1030–1045: One Health implementation from an ASEAN country perspective with emphasizes on ICT applications: Fred Unger
1045–1100: A web-based decision-support tool for prevention and control of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya: Bernard Bett
1115–1130: Using mobile syndromic surveillance at slaughter to understand the incidence and distribution of important animal and zoonotic diseases in Kenya and Uganda: Elizabeth Cook
1130–1145: Development and use of mobile application for transboundary animal and emerging zoonotic diseases surveillance in Vietnam: Thang Nguyen-Tien
1145–1200: Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control antimicrobial resistance in east Africa: Florence Mutua
1200–1230: Panel discussion: Using information and communication technology as one of the solutions to mitigate the burden of One Health problems (ILRI panelists: Elizabeth Cook and Fred Unger)
14:00 - 15:30
Epi in a socially connected world
1515–1530: Mixed methods for evaluating livestock vaccination undertaken during humanitarian crises in Africa: Wudu Temesgen
14:00 - 15:30
Special session – From science to policy: Walking the path from research to action
Chair: Silvia Alonso
1400–1410: From science to policy: walking the path from research to action: Silvia Alonso
1410–1417: Science based recommendation to control Brucella suis in domestic animals: Siobhan Mor
1424–1431: Establishment of national food safety technical working groups – experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia: Hung Nguyen-Viet
1438–1445: Development of regional benchmarks for university food safety teaching curriculum: Florence Mutua
1445–1500: Ending the milk war: scientists and government come together to transform the informal dairy sector in Kenya: Silvia Alonso
16:00 - 17:00
Specific topic – Vector-borne diseases
1600–1615: Longitudinal observational study on the causes of trypanocide failure in cases of African animal trypanosomiasis in cattle of northern Tanzania: Shauna Richards
1615–1630: Epidemiological investigation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sodo district, southern Ethiopia: Lina Mego