The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence


Congratulations to Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Christina Fastl, Sarah Gabriël, Delia Grace, Arie H. Havelaar, Ben Huntington, Grace T. Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Niko Speybroeck, Paul Torgerson, David M. Pigott, Brecht Devleesschauwer who have recently had the following  publication published online here. Abstract The majority of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, most of which are classified … Continue reading The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence

Burden of Zoonoses: Making Sense and Acting on the Socio-economic Impact of Zoonoses in Our Food Systems


Dr. Sara Babo Martins (University of Geneva), Prof. Jonathan Rushton and Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow (University of Liverpool), of the GBADs programme, have had the chapter below accepted and published which you can find here.  Abstract Livestock food systems are changing rapidly with increasingly complex, dynamic, and globally connected production, harvesting, distribution, and consumption patterns. These changes … Continue reading Burden of Zoonoses: Making Sense and Acting on the Socio-economic Impact of Zoonoses in Our Food Systems

GBADs Ethiopia Workshop, May 2023


The GBADs Ethiopia case study was launched in 2021 as proof of concept of GBADs frameworks and methods in estimating the social and economic burden of animal diseases. The workshop presented and reviewed the GBADs estimates of animal disease burdens in Ethiopia that have been generated over the last two years. The data and information … Continue reading GBADs Ethiopia Workshop, May 2023

Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review


Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Mieghan Bruce, Christina Fastl, Ben Huntington, Grace Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Paul Torgerson, David Pigott and Brecht Devleesschauwer have had the following publication which you can read the abstract below. For the full published version, please click here. This has been published in the European Journal of Public Health, Volume 32 … Continue reading Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review

GBADs special session, ISVEE 2022


The Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) programme gave a Special Session presentation at ISVEE 16. Members of the GBADs team gave multiple talks on the work each theme are working on and how each theme links together. You can find the abstracts from our presentations below. Previous Next The current use of economics in … Continue reading GBADs special session, ISVEE 2022

GBADs Annual Meeting, 2022


On Saturday 13th August, we had our annual meeting for 2022 in Halifax, Canada after ISVEE. We had discussions on side meetings we had during the week and linking with collaborators. Kevin Watkins, Andrew Larkins and Ben Huntington presented a session on risk mitigation which gave the team time to discuss 3 main risks and … Continue reading GBADs Annual Meeting, 2022