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

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

Informatics progress of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme towards data for One Health


Kassy Raymond, Nelia Ben Sassi, Grace Patterson, Ben Huntington, Jonathan Rushton, Deb Stacey, and Theresa Bernardo of the GBADs programme have had the following publication published in The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Animal Health Data Management (Scientific & Technical Review, vol 42, 2023). You can read it here. Abstract The Global Burden of … Continue reading Informatics progress of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme towards data for One Health

GBADs present at The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Conference


The OECD-CRP Antimicrobial use and resistance in livestock production in a One Health context symposium took place in Edinburgh on the May 22nd-24th.  Current work ongoing in AMR in livestock from a One Health perspective in modelling, surveillance, socio-economics, and policy were presented by researchers across the world. In the symposium, Dr Sara Babo Martins, … Continue reading GBADs present at The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Conference

Seminar: GBADs and DECIDE #2- “The burden of endemic respiratory disease in pigs: developing farm-level tools to monitor pig health and improve disease control”


On Wednesday 17th May 2023, GBADs and DECIDE  hosted the second official Seminar in a series between the two projects. After the success of the first official Seminar, we were hoping to continue presenting research that interests our audience. You can find the recording of both talks below. Fernanda Dórea, Epidemiologist. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), … Continue reading Seminar: GBADs and DECIDE #2- “The burden of endemic respiratory disease in pigs: developing farm-level tools to monitor pig health and improve disease control”

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