Ekta Patel
@ehpatel
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Scientist & One Health Communications: ILRI & CGIAR OHI. Views are my own! Research Interest: #OneHealth #AMR #Wildlife #Spillover #Biosecurity
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined September 2010
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
As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife.
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RT @ILRI: World Food Safety Day 2025 was marked in Vietnam by a forum held by The National Institute of Animal Science with support of @FAOโฆ.
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The National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), theโฆ
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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.
As many as three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases originate from wildlife. ๐ป Ekta Patel, @ILRI / Julia E. Fa, @ManMetUni.#HealthAndMedicine.
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RT @AfricaCDC: ๐ก #DidYouKnow: Africa experiences more disease outbreaks than any other part of the world?. To help address this, @AfricaCDCโฆ.
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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.
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It is believed the ants were destined for exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.
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RT @pwairagala: Want to know what it takes to develop a National One Health Strategy? Register for this webinar to learn from #Namibia's exโฆ.
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RT @GlobalOHC: ๐ #WOHC2024 #Scientific #Highlights are now published in One Health Outlook @BioMedCentral ! .๐ Read them now โก๏ธ https://t.cโฆ.
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RT @OHRECA_ILRI: How do communities perceive disease risks from wild meat? ๐ค The #Kenya-#Tanzania border study has answers! Critical insighโฆ.
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RT @WHOAFRO: Uganda has confirmed a new case of #Ebola disease. @WHO continues to support the national response, working with @MinofHealthโฆ.
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Commemorating #WorldWildlifeDay2025 looks at a #OneHealth Framework to integrate #wildlife health . . @ILRI @WOAH @Cirad @IUCN @RoyalVetCollege @OHRECA_ILRI . #WWD2025 #WildlifeConservation #biodiversity.
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World Wildlife Day is commemorated annually on 3 March to celebrate wild animals and plants, and to recognize their unique roles and contributions to peopleโฆ
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RT @ILRI: On #WorldWildlifeDay ILRI is celebrating our research at the wildlife-livestock-human interface!. https:/โฆ.
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RT @CORAFNews: ๐ข Dr Moumini SAVADOGO, Directeur Exรฉcutif du CORAF participe au #ILRI50 ร Dakar ! . Aux cรดtรฉs du DG de @ILRI & du Prof. Cheโฆ.
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RT @MOH_Kenya: As we tackle global health security challenges, preparedness, innovation, and collaboration remain essential. Today, Cabinetโฆ.
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RT @MOH_Kenya: ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐
๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ. The Ministry of Health has reafโฆ.
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RT @DrumChronicles: #Uganda An outbreak of Sudan #Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in the capital Kampala, following confirmation froโฆ.
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RT @OHRECA_ILRI: First seminar of the year! Don't miss our lineup of experts from Uppsala University @UU_University sharing on zoonotic disโฆ.
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