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'Veterinary research in Africa: changing perceptions of neglected diseases'
Many human and animal disease agents (pathogens) infect multiple different species, with widespread implications for human health, livestock production, food security, rural livelihoods and wildlife conservation. Despite the myriad of problems, many of these diseases remain widely neglected, largely because the impacts of disease are poorly recognised and the disease burden is borne by impoverished and marginalised communities. This presentation draws on case studies from on-going research in East Africa to illustrate the nature of these interacting problems, and describes progress that has been made towards understanding and controlling diseases in their natural settings. The presentation will include discussion of some of the world’s most deadly zoonotic diseases (e.g. rabies and anthrax), those that cause more insidious problems (e.g. brucellosis and Q-fever), as well as those that affect rural livelihoods and conservation management around wildlife-protected areas (e.g. foot-and-mouth disease).
Prof. Sarah Cleaveland is a veterinary epidemiologist at the University of Glasgow at the Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine. After training as a veterinarian at Cambridge University in1988, she worked for a year in general practice before embarking on a research career based in East Africa, addressing disease problems at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1996 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and subsequently worked at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh before moving on to the University of Glasgow in 2008.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.
- Speaker
- Professor Sarah Cleaveland
- Hosted by
- Glasgow Centre for International Development
- Venue
- Seminar Room 2 (Hugh Fraser), Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow