Seven new Livestock for Life grants have been awarded to support projects aiming to strengthen links between key stakeholders working in international animal health.

These include:

• Dr Susan Welburn at the University of Edinbugh will lead educational and awareness programmes in Uganda targeting key groups affected by sleeping sickness.
• Professor Gustavo Monti from the Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (UACH), Chile, will head a team developing a programme for disaster situations and animal health emergencies.
• Nicholas Taylor at the University of Reading, partnering with the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, will lead a project exploring the impact of avian influenza and its control measures on village livestock keepers, traders and consumers in Vietnam.
• Professor Ian Scoones at the University of Sussex and colleagues will focus on foot and mouth disease in southern Africa, exploring alternatives to current disease control strategies that are easier to implement, yet cost-effective.
• A team led by Dr Claire Heffernan at the University of Reading will use multimedia games to teach children in India and Bolivia livestock-related knowledge and to assess how well these technologies help transfer information to other generations.
• And Davinder Lamba from the Mazingira Institute, Nairobi has been funded to design a range of activities to improve livestock health, livestock management and the wellbeing of livestock keepers and associated communities in Kenya.

See also

• A goat is not just for Christmas (Animal health in the developing world feature)