Avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND) are the most prevalent poultry diseases in many Asian countries, with significant economic impact on smallholder livestock farmers.
This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
This project seeks to generate evidence on barriers that stop young Bangladeshi girls from advancing economically. Researchers will examine interventions and policies that are effective in removing the barriers.
What limits women's ability to become financially self-sufficient from an early age in Africa?
East Coast fever (ECF), a leukemia-like tick-borne disease of cattle, is caused by the protozoan blood parasite Theileria parva. ECF is a leading cause of cattle mortality in most of sub-Saharan Africa.
African swine fever is a devastating hemorrhagic disease with mortality rates up to 100% in infected herds. It is prevalent in many sub-Saharan African countries, causing major economic losses and threatening food security.
The ability of cells in the body to recognize bacteria and viruses is critical to survival.
Diseases that result from an infection are most often resolved by cells that use an immune response to clear foreign agents.
Type B lymphocytes are a specific type of white blood cell within our immune system. They produce and export antibodies which seek out, attach to, and neutralize microbes and toxins.
Tropical diseases in humans and livestock can cause death and remain a huge economic and social burden in developing countries. Currently, 3.6 billion people are at risk of dengue infection.