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THE HAVELAAR LAB

THE HAVELAAR LAB

Ongoing Projects

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

(LSIL)

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems develops long-term research and capacity-development efforts, primarily through multi-disciplinary, integrated, and competitively-funded applied research.  LSIL aims to sustainably improve livestock productivity and marketing and animal-source food consumption using appropriate improved technologies, capacity development, and policies, in order to improve the nutrition, health, incomes, and livelihoods of vulnerable people.  More details

  

 

CAMPYLOBACTER GENOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERIC DYSFUNCTION

(CAGED)

CAGED strives to determine the reservoirs and pathways associated with Campylobacter infections in young children living in rural eastern Ethiopia. These bacterial infections are known to impact child health by impairing the gut microbiome, nutrition, and growth. The Bill & Melinda Gates-funded project is currently progressing into the longitudinal phase.  More details

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS IN RURAL ETHIOPIA

(EXCAM)   

EXCAM is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded study that will be run congruently with CAGED in rural Eastern Ethiopia. Study participants in this cross-sectional study will  be recruited from CAGED  participants  at the time of enrollment. The  study aims to systemically examine Campylobacter exposure pathways and infection among infants. Extensive behavioral observations, contact sampling, and Campylobacter detection methods will be utilized to quantify exposure and risk assessment between Campylobacter and various potential routes of exposure. More details

URBAN FOOD MARKETS IN AFRICA - INCENTIVIZING FOOD SAFETY USING THE PULL PUSH METHOD

This project strives to sustainably reduce foodborne disease burden by improving food safety within urban informal markets in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia by adopting the Pull-Push approach. This approach utilizes a behavior change strategy to understand if consumer demand can provide an incentive for implementing food safety measures in low and middle-income countries ("Pull"). At the same time, it gives capacity-building opportunities to improve current food safety practices used in the field to mitigate risks associated with foodborne disease ("Push"). This project is led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) located in Nairobi, Kenya. More details

The Assessment and Management of Risk from Non- typhoidal Salmonella and Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Raw Dairy and Beef in Ethiopia

(TARTARE) 

TARTARE strives to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with foodborne disease by developing a risk-based framework for decision making and allocating resources around food safety, using Ethiopia as a model country. This project focuses on three major food safety pathogens found in raw beef and dairy products (frequently consumed raw in Ethiopia): non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica, Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter species. The TARTARE project is led by Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, United States). More details

Rwanda enhancement for enabling policy support to the dairy industry

This project endeavors to analyze and develop policy options to enhance milk production and milk products in Rwanda, Africa. A risk assessment will be performed on the disease burden associated with the consumption of unprocessed cow’s milk-related to several known pathogens to aid in policy development. Secondly, an analysis will examine the milk value chain across the entire production and marketing chain, including farmers, transporters, milk collection centers, and milk processing establishments. This study is led by Dr. Ronald M. Gordon from the Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida. More details

SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES & COST EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF PRODUCE SAFETY REGULATIONS 

(CONTACT) 

This project aims to provide the produce industry with tools to effectively manage food safety risks while making the most efficient use of available resources, to reduce the public health and economic impact of produce-associated outbreaks and recalls using a systems-based decision making and cost-effectiveness analysis. More details


Chakula Salama: a risk-based approach to reducing foodborne diseases and increasing production of safe foods in Kenya

This project aims to develop and test food-safety interventions to support Kenya’s small-scale poultry producers. This highly collaborative project will use a systems-based approach to answer important food safety questions and build an enabling environment that fosters the implementation of risk-based approaches to food safety in Kenya with the goal of eventually assisting and other African countries. More details

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