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Ekta Patel

@ehpatel

Scientist & One Health Communications: ILRI & CGIAR OHI. Views are my own! Research Interest: #OneHealth #AMR #Wildlife #Spillover #Biosecurity

 Nairobi, Kenya
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Joined September 2010
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As I gear up for @ICCB2025 I look forward to discussing #wildmeat trade risks with others from @FAO @TheWCS @CIFOR_ICRAF where I will be sharing our findings from border settlements @ILRI #OneHealth @OHRECA_ILRI theconversation.com/eating-w…
Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border

Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border

As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife.

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Why does #bushmeat consumption persist along the Kenya-Tanzania border, despite serious health risks? Ahead of @ICCB2025, I reflect on this in light of our upcoming Forest to Fork panel on disease risk mitigation. #onehealth #diseaserisks #zoonoses @OHRECA_ILRI @ILRI
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As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife. theconversation.com/eating-w… 💻 Ekta Patel, @ILRI / Julia E. Fa, @ManMetUni #HealthAndMedicine
Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border

Eating wild meat carries serious health risks – why it still happens along the Kenya-Tanzania border

As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife.

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Join us in the conversation on the 19 June @ICCB2025 from 10.30-11.30am at the #Brisbane convention centre @ILRI @CIFOR_ICRAF @CGIAR @FAO @Cirad
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There is an urgent need to strengthen surveillance, diagnostics & cross-border coordination to protect pastoral livelihoods- discussed at the @IGAD_CPALD Regional Consultative Meeting on unknown #CamelDisease with @adafsa_gov, @mercycorps, governments of Kenya, Ethiopia & Somalia
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Who knew there would come a day when smugglers moved ants! Biopiracy for #ecological balance #biodiversity bbc.com/news/articles/cd6jn5…
Ant smugglers caught with hundreds of prized insects in Kenya

Ant smugglers caught with hundreds of prized insects in Kenya

It is believed the ants were destined for exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.

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Commemorating #WorldWildlifeDay2025 looks at a #OneHealth Framework to integrate #wildlife health ilri.org/news/new-operationa… @ILRI @WOAH @Cirad @IUCN @RoyalVetCollege @OHRECA_ILRI #WWD2025 #WildlifeConservation #biodiversity
New operational framework aims to integrate wildlife health into the One Health approach

New operational framework aims to integrate wildlife health into the One Health approach

World Wildlife Day is commemorated annually on 3 March to celebrate wild animals and plants, and to recognize their unique roles and contributions to people…

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Happening Now! Celebrating 50yrs of @ILRI and its predecessors with @ADjikeng
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Board Chair Martyn Jeggo sharing his story. Always a joy listening to him! Expressing gratitude for @GovKenya @EthiopiaGov for hosting @ILRI
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Happening Now! @ILRI Institute Planning Meeting and celebrating #ILRI50 with @ADjikeng and the global ILRI family. #2025 Here we come! #OneHealth #whylivestockmatters
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Attended the @CGIAR inclusive leadership session this week @ILRI. Where do you see yourself in any given day? Not only at work but at home or your community? Key Insights: build safe spaces for communication. #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety
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Loved this Iceberg of Ignorance! Exploring a bottom up approach can reshape your environment. Key Insights: Listen to frontliners #LeadershipDevelopment
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vietnamagriculture.nongnghie… @ILRI @chinguyencomms @hung_cenpher @khaosanlao
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POGGI | Rethinking Our Plates for a Sustainable Future

The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.

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I'll be attending the amazing @ILRI Institutional Planning Meeting 2024. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event! ipm2024.events.whova.com/reg… via #Whova event app ipm2024.events.whova.com/reg…

Registration hosted by Whova

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Trial vaccine underway for #marburg outbreak @RwandaHealth
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In response to a request from the government of Rwanda and @RwandaHealth to support its ongoing #marburg outbreak response, we have provided an initial shipment of ~700 investigational Marburg vaccine doses to be used in a trial targeting frontline workers. We dispatched the shipment within 7 days of first being contacted for assistance thanks to our many partners, including @ReitheraSrl. We have entered into a clinical trial agreement with Rwanda Biomedical Centre @RBCRwanda who is sponsoring the Phase 2 rapid response open-label study. Per the approved protocol, ~700 high-risk adults — mainly health care providers who have been most impacted in this deadly outbreak — will be dosed at 6 clinical trial sites in Rwanda. We are prepared to supply additional vaccines pending a request from Rwandan officials and authorization from @BARDA, who is funding our current research and development efforts. Learn more: sabin.org/resources/sabin-va…
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#Rwanda confirms cases of #maburg virus #cohesa @shyakaa @ughe_org @pwairagala @OHRECA_ILRI reuters.com/world/africa/rwa…
Rwanda confirms cases of Marburg viral disease

Rwanda confirms cases of Marburg viral disease

Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that can cause death, among some patients, the country's health ministry said on Friday.

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As of 28th Sept @RwandaHealth confirms cases of #maburg most of which have been healthcare workers in intensive care units.
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Absolutely great to see @UCT_news representation by Dr Lynthia Paul @WOHCongress #WOHC2024 @GlobalOHC #onehealth @Geoff_L_Njenga @pwairagala @OHRECA_ILRI
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Caught on camera @WOHCongress is @WOAH sub-regional southern Africa representative Moetapele Letshwenyo who says #onehealth needs to move beyond this space and into policies and the end users #WOHC2024 @GlobalOHC
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@AfriqueOneREACH @babonfoh and @LivUni @ILRI @ericfevre share thier experiences of being at @WOHCongress and how the one on one intermingling supports key ideas to move agenda forward through initiatives like #COHESA @OHRECA_ILRI @CGIAR #onehealth initiatives
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Day 2 from @WOHCongress and we caught up with 1/Peninah from @CDCKenya with @ILRI @bett_bk Addressing #biodiversity #disease #healthrisks and #one health governance
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2/@TRAFFIC_WLTrade James Compton says behavioral insights by @ILRI Maureen was inspiring to look at derisking aspects. TRAFFIC has been a great partner on our work at the #wildmeat value chain at the Kenya-Tanzania border. Read our brief: hdl.handle.net/10568/152250
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Day 1: If you are @WOHCongress you may be wondering what's all the fuss about well here it is: 1/@afohnet Mischeck Mulumba and congress chair says there are robust #OneHealth governance discussions taking place and great energy! Something for #COHESA and partners #WOHC2024
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2/Serge Nzietchueng #onehealth coordinator for @FAOKenya @FAO is @WOHCongress and looks forward to more for these sessions as scientific theories are translated into practice for impact increasing resilience of rural and urban communities. #WOHC2024 #OneHealth for #Africa
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Caught on camera @WOHCongress are the ladies in #onehealth @sallybukachi1 @uonbi and her students #gender in one health #cohesa @ILRI @Cirad @afri_isaaa
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Catching up this morning from #CapeTown @WOHCongress with @ILRI DG @ADjikeng and Board Chair Martin Jeggo and DDG Siboniso Moyo #onehealth #cohesa @OHRECA_ILRI
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Shauna Richards and @thestevenlam from @ILRI present @WOHCongress in the the Implementation and Leadership session on the operationalization of One Health through #COHESA addressing financing and operationalizing regional in Southeast Asia @afri_isaaa @Cirad @PressACP #WOHC2024
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Speaking at the session on towards2030 #OneHealth strategies to achieve neglected tropical disease with @ughe_org a #COHESA partner Anselme Shyaka talking of #cysticercosis @ILRI @Cirad @afri_isaaa @PressACP @OacpsProgramme
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