HALI Project featured in University of Vermont’s “UVM Today” e-newsletter!

HALI Co-Principal Investigator and University of Vermont (UVM) Professor Dr. Jon Erickson, and HALI team member Michel Masozera, a graduate student at UVM, were featured in a story by the UVM e-newsletter UVM Today. The story, entitled “When Rivers Run Dry” by Joshua Brown, provides a nice overview of HALI, including project background and objectives.
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World Rabies Day – September 28, 2009

Every day more than 150 people die of rabies, and more than 100 of them are children.
Over 95% of human deaths due to rabies occur in Africa and Asia where exposure to infected domestic dogs is the most common source of disease for people.
BUT… Rabies can be prevented through vaccination and education!
The Alliance for Rabies [...]

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HALI Co-Principal Investigators Erickson and Kazwala present at the GL-CRSP End of Program Conference

HALI Co-Principal Investigators, Professors Jon Erickson of the University of Vermont and Rudovick Kazwala of the Sokoine University of Agriculture, presented findings from the HALI project during the Agriculture, Health and  Nutrition theme of the Global Livestock CRSP End of Program Conference “From Problem Models to Solutions” on June 17th 2009 in Naivasha Kenya.  The [...]

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HALI Hosts 2009 Envirovet course in Tanzania

Special report by guest author Liz VanWormer
Farmers gather from the fields as Envirovet participants, faculty members, and village residents cluster by a long farm fence to discuss elephant conflict near a wildlife management area. The cool dry-season breeze sends dark rectangles of chili oil and grease soaked cloth (an elephant deterrent) swinging above the conversation [...]

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HALI Field Coordinator, Harrison Sadiki receives AHEAD Beyond Boundaries journal award!

We are excited to announce that HALI Field Coordinator, Dr. Harrison Sadiki received the  “AHEAD Beyond Boundaries’ journal award“. These awards are for researchers and managers conducting promising work at the interface between wildlife health, domestic animal health, and human health and livelihoods.
Harrison  and eight of his dedicated colleagues will receive [...]

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“Risk at the Noxious Nexus of Unintended Consequences:” HALI Project Team Members participate in a panel discussion at the GL-CRSP Conference in Naivasha, Kenya

Drs. Pete Coppolillo and Rudovick Kazwala, and David Wolking of the HALI team participated in a panel discussion on zoonotic disease and risk during the recent Global Livestock CRSP “End of Program Conference: From Problem Models to Solutions,” in Naivasha, Kenya.  The discussion, which also included Dr. George Aning from the University of Ghana, Legon [...]

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Envirovet Summer Institute Starts Today!

The 2009 Envirovet Summer Institute starts today, June 16th!
Our Goal is to educate, inform, engage and inspire veterinarians of all backgrounds and nationalities to become integral members of teams protecting animal, human and ecosystem health in the one living world we share.
Envirovet will provide seven weeks of intensive lecture, laboratory, and field experiences to 27 [...]

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HALI researchers traveling to Kenya for GLCRSP Conference

HALI researchers Prof. Rudovick Kazwala (Sokoine University), Prof. Jon Erickson (University of Vermont), Dr. Peter Coppolillo (Wildlife Conservation Society), and David Wolking (HALI Master’s student – UC Davis) are traveling to Kenya for the final conference of the Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program from June 16-19th in Naivasha, Kenya.
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Hot Off The Press–New HALI Research Briefs Available

Three new HALI research updates are available from our sponsor, the Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program.  These brief papers detail our investigation into livestock losses from disease, gender roles in pastoralist society, and highlight the exciting training course called Envirovet!

Just click on the links to download a pdf version of the brief.
HALI 09-01:  Landscape [...]

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Focus on Training Part Deux – HALI Honor’s student Enos Kamani

In part 2 of the series about HALIs Honor’s students at Sokoine University, we highlight Enos Kamani’s project.
Enos is a 5th year veterinary student from the Mwanza region of northern Tanzania near Lake Victoria. Enos’s research project is a dirty job – he is working to determine how frequently young cattle  in pastoralist households shed [...]

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