Webinar: Beyond borders: vaccines, livestock health and global food security in a changing climate
Join the webinar to learn from experts who have been researching ways to improve the health of animals and livelihoods of smallholder farmers through livestock vaccine solutions in Africa and Asia with the support of the Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund.
This fund supports innovation and research that make quality vaccines more affordable, available and acceptable to smallholder livestock producers, and that facilitate their use at scale.
Vaccine innovations can help support food security and climate adaptation and protect human health.
This webinar will present some research breakthroughs in the livestock vaccine field and highlight new or priority areas for further research.
Host: Santiago Alba-Corral, director, Climate-Resilient Food Systems, IDRC
Speakers:
- Jeremy Salt, chief executive officer of The Vaccine Group, United Kingdom
- Jemimah Njuki, chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women
- Renée Larocque, program leader, Animal Health, IDRC
Simultaneous interpretation to English and French will be available.
The webinar will take place on 25 June, 2024 from 8:00-10:00 AM Eastern Time/12:00-2:00 pm GMT.
Find out about the great innovations LVIF has been supporting to make vaccines accessible to livestock farmers.