Attributing Ethiopian animal health losses to high-level causes using expert elicitation


Congratulations to Andrew Larkins, Wudu Temesgen, Carlotta Di Bari, Stephen Kwok, Theo Knight-Jones and Mieghan Bruce for their recent paper published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. You can find the full publication here. Abstract The Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme is currently working to estimate the burden of animal health loss in Ethiopia. As part … Continue reading Attributing Ethiopian animal health losses to high-level causes using expert elicitation

Characterizing Ethiopian cattle production systems for disease burden analysis


Congratulations to Yin Li, Di Mayberry, Peggy Schrobback (CSIRO), Wudu Temsegen, Theo Knight-Jones (ILRI), Mario Herrero (Cornell University), Gemma Chaters and Jonathan Rushton (University of Liverpool) who have had the following paper ‘Characterizing Ethiopian cattle production systems for disease burden analysis’. You can find the full version here. Abstract This paper addresses knowledge gaps in … Continue reading Characterizing Ethiopian cattle production systems for disease burden analysis

Senegal Case Study – Online Launch Event


French version can be found here The Senegal Case Study launched with an online workshop held on September 1st. The workshop was attended by 18 people representing the main organisations involved in the case study: Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) Laboratoire National de l’Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires (ISRA-LNERV) Bureau d’Analyses Macro-Economiques (ISRA-BAME) Direction … Continue reading Senegal Case Study – Online Launch Event

GBADs attend CAHEC meeting, Qingdao


In July 2023, Jonathan Rushton (University of Liverpool, UK), Mieghan Bruce (Murdoch University, Australia) and Yin Li (CSIRO, Australia) were invited to visit the China Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC) in Qingdao, China on behalf of the GBADs team. The delegation was warmly received by Dr Zhiliang Wang, deputy director general of CAHEC, followed … Continue reading GBADs attend CAHEC meeting, Qingdao

Albania Fieldwork Workshop


The Albanian Case Study launched with a fieldwork workshop in Tirana,Kukes,Shishtavec, Vranisht-Tobël -Has,Milot,Durres during 9th-16th June. This was led by Jean-Baptiste Hanon (VetoGreen) with support from Xhelil Koleci (University of Tirana). The objectives set out for the fieldwork were: Visit cattle and small ruminants farms of various types (traditional, semi-intensive) and various sizes and meet/discuss … Continue reading Albania Fieldwork Workshop

ISESSAH, June 2023


During 13th-15th June, the International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health (ISESSAH) conference took place in Helsinki, Finland-“Understanding stakeholder behaviour and socio-economic implications of practices and policies of animal health”. Emma-Jane Murray, a member of the GBADs programme, attended the conference and gave her thoughts below. “There were amazing talks throughout the … Continue reading ISESSAH, June 2023