• Malaria transmission in relation to rice cultivation in the irrigated Sahel of Mali 

  Dolo, Guimogo; Briët, Olivier J.T.; Dao, Adama; Traoré, Sékou F.; Bouaré, Madama (Elsevier, 2003)

  Seven cross-sectional entomological surveys were carried out from September 1995 to February 1998 in three irrigated rice growing villages and three villages without irrigated agriculture in the area surrounding Niono, ...
• Assessment of research needs for public health adaptation to social, environmental and climate change impacts on vector-borne diseases in Africa : an informal expert consultation convened by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) 

  World Health Organization; Thomson, Madeleine; Mantilla, Gilma; Platzer, Barbara; Willingham, Arve Lee (TDR/World Health Organization, Geneva, CH, 2012)

  Control strategies for vector--‐borne diseases (VBD) are a pillar of public health policies. Potential impacts of VBD-¬‐related risks reflect environmental exposure as well as social vulnerabilities, both of which are ...
• Biodiversity of African vegetables 

  Maundu, Patrick; Achigan-Dako, Enoch; Morimoto, Yasuyuki (Earthscan, London, GB, 2009)
• Trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya : study background and farming system characteristics 

  Kang’ethe, Erastus K.; Kimani, Violet N.; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Lang’at, Alfred K. (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper characterises the dairy farming system in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Characterisation was part of a broader ecohealth project to estimate the prevalence and risk of cryptosporidiosis and develop risk mitigation strategies. ...
• Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kimani, Violet N.; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Ambia, Julie (Springer, 2012-08)

  The aim of the study was to investigate the social and gender determinants of the risk of exposure to Cryptosporidium fromurban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Focus group discussions were held in six locations to obtain ...
• Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle-keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kange’the, Erastus; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Mbae, Cecilia; Mulinge, Erastus (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper reports a study estimating the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in people and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi. A repeated cross-sectional survey was carried out among randomly selected cattle ...
• Outcome mapping for fostering and measuring change in risk management behaviour among urban dairy farmers in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Nyangaga, Julius N.; Grace, Delia; Kimani, Violet; Kiragu, Monica W.; Langat, Alfred K. (Springer, 2012-08)

  A study was undertaken to investigate and mitigate the risk from zoonotic Cryptosporidium associated with dairy farming in Dagoretti division, Nairobi, Kenya. Outcome mapping (OM), a relatively new tool for planning and ...
• Multiple burdens of zoonotic disease and an ecohealth approach to their assessment 

  Grace, Delia; Gilbert, Jeff; Randolph, Thomas; Kang’ethe, Erastus (Springer, 2012-08)

  Zoonoses occur at the interface of human and animal disease and partly because their impact and management fall across two sectors they are often neglected. The Global Burden of Disease captures the impact of zoonoses on ...
• Development and delivery of evidence-based messages to reduce the risk of zoonoses in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kang’ethe, Erastus; Kimani, Violet; Grace, Delia; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, Brigid (Springer, 2012-08)

  This paper describes a trans-disciplinary process of co-generating and disseminating evidence-based messages for reducing the risk from cryptosporidiosis and other zoonoses in an urban community in Nairobi. Research findings ...
• Evaluating a group-based intervention to improve the safety of meat in Bodija Market, Ibadan, Nigeria 

  Grace, Delia; Dipeolu, Morenike; Olawoye, Janice; Ojo, Ernest; Odebode, Stella (Springer, 2012-08)

  We evaluated a group-based, participatory training intervention to improve food safety among meat processors and retailers in Bodija Market, Ibadan, Nigeria. An interactive training workshop was held for Butchers Associations’ ...
• Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Kang’ethe, Erastus K.; Mulinge, Erastus K.; Skilton, Robert A.; Njahira, Moses; Monda, Joseph G. (Springer, 2012-07)

  A total of 1,734 cattle faecal samples from 296 dairy-keeping households were collected from urban settings in Nairobi, Kenya. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining method and an immunofluorescence assay were used to identify ...
• Influence of gender and group membership on food safety : the case of meat sellers in Bodija market, Ibadan, Nigeria 

  Grace, Delia; Olowoye, Janice; Dipeolu, Morenike; Odebode, Stella; Randolph, Thomas (Springer, 2012-08)

  We describe a study to assess the bacteriological quality and safety of meat in Bodija market in Ibadan and to investigate the influence of gender and group membership on food safety. Mixed methods were used to gather ...
• Participatory and integrative approaches to food safety in developing country cities 

  Grace, Delia; Kang’ethe, Erastus; Waltner-Toews, David (Springer, 2012-08)
• Participatory probabilistic assessment of the risk to human health associated with cryptosporidiosis from urban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya 

  Grace, Delia; Monda, Joseph; Karanja, Nancy; Randolph, Thomas F.; Kang’ethe, Erastus K. (Springer, 2012-08)

  We carried out a participatory risk assessment to estimate the risk (negative consequences and their likelihood) from zoonotic Cryptosporidium originating in dairy farms in urban Dagoretti, Nairobi to dairy farm households ...
• Identifying Research Questions and Framework for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries - Authors' Meeting Proceedings 

  The African Institute for Health & Development (AIHD) (2012)

  The Ecohealth Program is collaborating with the African Institute for Health & Development (AIHD) to coordinate the production of thematic papers on women’s health in agro-ecosystems. This paper provides a review of a ...
• An Agroecosystem Health Case Study in the Central Highlands of Kenya 

  Gitau, Thomas; Waltner-Toews, David; McDermott, John (2008)
• One assumption, two observations and some guiding questions for the practice of agro-ecosystem health 

  Waltner-Toews, D; Murray, T; Kay, J; Gitau, T; Raez-Luna, E (2000)

  The paper describes the features of agro-ecosystem health as a paradigm or framework to study and develop sustainable agricultural systems. It is posited that agro-ecosystem health research is undertaken in order to help ...
• Agro-ecosystem health: Principles and methods used in high-potential tropical agro-ecosystem 

  Gitau, T; McDermott, J J; Waltner-Toews, D; Gathuma, J M; Kang, E K (2000)

  The paper briefly describes the application of agro-ecosystem health framework for characterisation of an agro-ecosystem in central Kenya, and identification of the indications of its health. The lessons learnt from the ...
• African Highland Initiative: A framework for research and development on NRM in the highlands of East and Central Africa 

  Stroud, A (2000)

  The African Highlands Initiative (AHI) is an ecoregional programme which seeks to develop and implement an integrated research and development agenda on natural resource management (NRM) at nine selected benchmark locations ...
• Perspective changes everything: managing ecosystems from the inside out 

  Waltner-Toews, David; Kay, James J; Neudoerffer, Cynthia; Gitau, Thomas (2003)

  In the past, environmental managers could behave as if they were managing a "natural" system to which they were external; criteria for successful management could be derived from historical data or from current pristine ...

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