Fred Unger

Fred Unger

Regional Representative - South, East and Southeast Asia

Fred Unger, a veterinary epidemiologist from Germany, joined ILRI in December 2007 and is based in ILRI's Regional Office for South, East and Southeast Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam. Fred graduated from veterinary school in 1990 (Humboldt Univerität Berlin) and obtained at the Free University Berlin in 1995 a diploma in Animal Health Management and a PhD in epidemiology in 2000 respectively.  He looks back at nearly three decades of working experience in epidemiology research on animal health, zoonoses and food borne disease control in developing countries of East/Southeast Asia (18 years) and Africa (12 years) but also Germany (2 years). Current research in East and Southeast Asia focuses on animal health and food safety (including AMR and zoonosis) management in livestock systems. Since March 2024 he is the Regional Representative for ILRI South, East and Southeast Asia.

My Projects

SAFEGRO - Safe Food for Growth

ACTIVE

SAFEGRO - Safe Food for Growth

Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental interactions using ICT in Vietnam (ICT4Health)

ACTIVE

Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental interactions using ICT in Vietnam (ICT4Health)

Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET)

ACTIVE

Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET)

Technical capacity development to support ASEAN economy import MRL process and ASEAN MRL harmonisation

ACTIVE

Technical capacity development to support ASEAN economy import MRL process and ASEAN MRL harmonisation

ROADMAP

ROADMAP

Increasing the standards and quality compliance capacity of the mango value chain in the Mekong River Delta

Increasing the standards and quality compliance capacity of the mango value chain in the Mekong River Delta

SAFEPORK - Market based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam

SAFEPORK - Market based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam by better management of parasitic foodborne diseases

My Blog Posts

Workshop on food safety risk assessment in Chiang Mai, Thailand

ILRI News

Workshop on food safety risk assessment strengthens capacity in informal value chains in Southeast Asia

Study tour in Tuyen Quang Province

ILRI News

SAPLING's study tour highlights successes and future opportunities in sustainable livestock farming in Northwest Vietnam

OHI scoping

ILRI News

Collective efforts from a One Health approach to prevent zoonotic threats: ILRI's initiatives in Vietnam

One Health workshop in Bangkok

ILRI News

Advancing One Health in Southeast Asia: workshop highlights strategies for implementation and investment

ILRI News

From national to local level: Leveraging SafePORK impacts on food safety in Vietnam

Genetic gains research to transform smallholder chicken farming in Southeast Asia

My Publications

How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia

  • Lam, Steven
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan
  • Bekele, Meseret
  • Amenu, Kebede
  • Alonso, Silvia
  • Unger, Fred
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet

Transboundary viral diseases of pigs, poultry and ruminants in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

  • Thi Ngan Mai
  • Thanh Trung Nguyen
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet
  • Unger, Fred
  • Hu Suk Lee

Enhancing the use of participatory disease surveillance in the animal health sector in Mongolia

  • Bett, Bernard K.
  • Bayasgalan, C.
  • Unger, Fred

ILRI research to support sustainable livestock systems in the region

  • Unger, Fred

Digital innovations to support equitable, sustainable, and resilient agri-food systems and last mile delivery

  • Dhulipala, Ram
  • Whitbread, Anthony M.
  • Unger, Fred
  • Chi Nguyen

Training report on mobile application of Farmvetcare for Sub-Department of Animal Health and Livestock Production in Lao Cai Province

  • Thang Nguyen
  • Nam Luong
  • Phuong Nguyen
  • Sinh Dang-Xuan
  • Hu Suk Lee
  • Unger, Fred
  • Hung Nguyen-Viet