Several outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in livestock and people have occurred in eastern Africa over the last three months or so. In the first week of June 2018, local media reported at least five fatal human cases in Kenya’s northern Wajir County. More suspected cases in livestock were observed in several areas in the … Continue reading
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Provisional acceptance and commissioning of generator
Dear ILRI Ethiopia campus users, This is to inform you today June 22, 2018 we will do a provisional acceptance and commissioning of the 1200KVA generator at 5PM. There will not be any power cut but please expect few seconds power interruptions during testing. Please inform Gizachew Yadeta if you have any comment. Sorry for … Continue reading
Applications for Sandpit Event Oct 8 -12, 2018
Dear colleagues, Please follow the below link to apply for the Sandpit event scheduled from October 08-12,2018 in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. http://onehealthhorn.net/horn-sandpit-events/ Continue reading
Seminar Presentation: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever – Dr. Lucilla Steinaa
Dear Colleagues, This is to remind you of the invitation to a seminar presentation by Dr. Lucilla Steinaa, Senior Scientist – Animal and Human Health. Title: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever By Dr. Lucilla Steinaa Date: Thursday 21st June 2018 Time: 09:00Hrs – 09:45Hrs Venue: Room 721 WebEx … Continue reading
Instagram personal accounts ‘ILRI’ and ‘International Livestock Research Institute’: Do you know who maintains these personal accounts, please?
Colleagues: Someone associated with the ILRI gym, probably in Addis, has started an account called ‘ILRI’ on Instagram, with many pictures of our gym and facilities. The Instagram account is here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/38192034/ilri/ There is another Instagram account in the name of International Livestock Research Institute, in Nairobi. It is here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/688894097/international-livestock-research-institute/ We do not know … Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia Finance Office will be closed for a meeting on June 25, 2018
Good Morning! ILRI Ethiopia finance office will be closed for a meeting on Monday June 25, 2018. Operation will resume on Tuesday June 26, 2018. Regards, Benyam Continue reading
Seminar Presentation: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever – Dr. Lucilla Steinaa
Dear Colleagues, You are invited to a seminar presentation by Dr. Lucilla Steinaa, Senior Scientist – Animal and Human Health. Title: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever By Dr. Lucilla Steinaa Date: Thursday 21st June 2018 Time: 09:00Hrs – 09:45Hrs Venue: Room 721 WebEx Connection: Seminar Presentation Thursday, 21 … Continue reading
Mid Year Inventory
ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the 2018 Mid-Year Stock-take exercise from 26th – 29th June 2018. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended. You are therefore kindly requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS by mid-day, Monday 25th June 2018. Normal operations will resume on Monday, 2nd July … Continue reading
Introducing Adeniyi Samuel Adediran – TAAT Livestock Compact Coordinator
Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to introduce Adeniyi (Niyi) Samuel Adediran who joined ILRI yesterday as the Coordinator of the TAAT Livestock Compact. Niyi will be based in Addis Ababa, be part of the Impact at Scale team, and will report to me. Niyi brings with him two decades of work experience at four … Continue reading
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The view from Iain’s office – May 2018
Greetings from Scotland where I am on leave for a week – which partly explains why this blog is a little late! Leadership training Early May saw me at a three-day leadership development training. This was the second module of a two-module course for ILRI senior managers. ILRI has invested considerably in staff development and … Continue reading
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