The 8th World One Health Congress: Pre-congress session organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on One Health

The 8th World One Health Congress: Pre-congress session organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on One Health

 Date: Friday 20 September 2024

Time: 0800–0930 hours (SAST)

Venue: Auditorium 1, Cape Town International Convention Centre

Chair: Ekta Patel, ILRI

0800–0900: Responding to global health challenges: CGIAR response 

Welcome remarks: Appolinaire Djikeng, ILRI

Overview of the CGIAR Initiative on One Health: Hung Nguyen-Viet, ILRI

Response from the CGIAR Initiative on One Health

• Misuse of antimicrobials in agri-food systems of low- and middle-income countries: Arshnee Moodley, ILRI
• CGIAR response on integrated surveillance: Bernard Bett, ILRI
• One Health interventions: Vivian Hoffmann, International Food Policy Research Institute

Q&A

Closing remarks: Martyn Jeggo, ILRI

0900–0930: Launch of ILRI report: Eating wild animals: rewards, risks and recommendations

Introduction and opening remarks: Siboniso Moyo, ILRI

Presentation of report findings

• Delia Grace, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, and ILRI
• Shashi Ramrajh, Department of Agriculture, South Africa

Q&A

Closing remarks covering both sessions: Appolinaire Djikeng, ILRI