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- DFID Zoonoses report 6: Prioritising the need for new diagnostics, medicine, vaccines and management practices of zoonoses (external PDF)
- DFID: Surveillance and monitoring of Zoonoses. Report for the Department for International Development (external PDF)
- DFID: A systematic review of zoonoses transmission and livestock/wildlife interactions - preliminary findings (external PDF)
- DFID: Zoonoses (Project 1) - Wildlife/domestic livestock interactions (external PDF)
- DFID: Characterising livestock system ‘zoonoses hotspots’
- DFID Zoonoses Project 5: Collating examples of Institutions, Policies and Stakeholders involved in the Management of Zoonoses
- DFID - Zoonoses Project 4: Mapping of poverty and likely zoonoses hotspots.
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Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS)
Co-funding
ZELS is a joint research initiative between the Department for International Development (DFID) and:
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC)
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Funding total
Not yet awarded.
Number of projects funded
Not yet awarded.
Purpose
To make a step change in the research evidence available to inform decision makers on how to minimise the health risks associated with the rapidly changing nature of livestock systems in developing countries, focusing on those risks which impact on the livelihoods and health of poor people.
Key aims
- To reduce the impact of zoonoses on poor people and their livestock. The initiative recognises that priorities for endemic, new and/or (re)-emerging zoonotic diseases may vary from region to region. It will address the problem of zoonoses by generating high quality research in technical and policy areas
- To forge mutually-beneficial inter- and multi-disciplinary partnerships between researchers in the UK and developing countries that create trans-national added value through meaningful intellectual collaboration, and enhance the scientific capabilities of southern partners for the longer term
Contact
Amanda Read
amanda.read@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 414665
fax: 01793 413234