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Choose Prevention: Embrace a Healthier Future with Less Meat

While it’s true that many African countries already consume less or no meat compared to developed nations, it remains crucial to steadfastly promote the benefits of a preventative approach—#EatingLessMeat.

Untangling antimicrobial resistance – the legacy of an unhealthy development model

development banks must stop funding factory farming, instead, they should support and help expand truly sustainable farming projects with a focus on plant-based proteins and high animal welfare, that takes into account the needs of animals, local communities and the environment

6th IPCC report: Human activities are pushing planet earth beyond its limits

On 9th August 2021, the IPCC (intergovernmental panel on climate change) released their sixth assessment report which consists of contributions from each of the three IPCC Working Groups and a Synthesis Report, which integrates the Working Group contributions and the...

Report says major supermarkets in Kenya selling superbug laden meat

Kenyan consumers could be eating contaminated meat from the country’s major supermarkets. This is according to a study by World Animal Protection which is challenging stakeholders to improve animal welfare and ensure responsible use of antibiotics to reverse the trend.

A Global Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and its Drivers for the year 2021

The State of the World’s Antibiotics 2021 report by Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), on the state of antibiotics introduces country dashboards that capture progress on indicators that track AMR and show what remains to be done to decrease the need for antibiotics and their inappropriate use.

Food system transformation in support of nature – Chatham research report

Demand is a key lever that unlocks different options for farming practices and sparing land for nature (i.e. driving demand for economic growth drives intensification and makes it more difficult to both preserve natural land and farm sustainably)

Status of battery cage farming in Kenya

An assessment by the Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) on the adoption of battery cages as a means of poultry production in Kenya revealed that their use is increasingly gaining popularity among small-scale peri-urban and urban farmers.

Riyadh G20 Leaders Declaration

Leaders of the G20, on Sunday 22nd November 2020 asserted that they will: continue tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and zoonotic diseases based on the One-Health approach

UNEP joins three international organizations in expert panel to improve One Health

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as well as a number of key international experts, have agreed to set up a One Health High-Level Expert Council to collect, distribute and publicize reliable scientific information on the links between human, animal and environmental health.

Kenya national antimicrobial stewardship guidelines for healthcare settings

The purpose of this guideline is to give direction to health care workers on how to establish and run AMS programmes in health care settings and the community at large.

The IDSR Disease Surveillance System in Kenya

The IDSR Disease Surveillance System in Kenya

After adoption of the IDSR strategy by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2006, Kenya now has a total of 36 reportable priority diseases categorized as epidemic prone diseases, diseases targeted for eradication/elimination, disease of public health importance and public health events for internal concern (IHR 2005). These priority diseases have different reporting requirements and timelines and thresholds are stipulated in the IDSR technical guidelines. IDSR promotes the rational use of resources for collection, analysis and interpretation of health data and dissemination of the resulting information to those who need them for public health action.

Kenyan agricultural economist, wins the 2016 Norman Borlang award

Kenyan agricultural economist, wins the 2016 Norman Borlang award

Kenyan agricultural economist, Dr. Mude Andrew has been named the 2016 winner of the Norman Borlang award for his work in developing livestock insurance programme for communities in remote and arid lands.

Mude and his team developed an index based livestock insurance on 2008 which uses satellites to foretell droughts and pay the insured farmers long before the animal is lost.

New global migration mapping to help fight against infectious diseases

New global migration mapping to help fight against infectious diseases

Having an accurate overview of how different regions of countries are connected by human movement aids effective disease control planning and helps target resources, such as treated bed nets or community health workers, in the right places. Having data for all low and middle income countries across three continents will greatly aid disease control and elimination planning on global and regional scales.

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