ILRI

For over ten years, Dao Thi Duyen sold pork at her local market in Hanoi relying purely on past experience. But today, her stall looks a little different. By making simple changes—like using separate knives for raw meat and organs, using clean display trays, and washing tools with soap—she is helping protect her community from foodborne illnesses. 🥩🧼

Because of her safer, cleaner setup, Dao’s customer base has actually grown by 10%!

In Vietnam, pork is a daily staple. But high rates of bacteria like Salmonella in traditional markets have been a major public health challenge. To fix this, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been working with local vendors and slaughterhouses to introduce simple, life-saving changes.

From teaching better hygiene in busy morning markets to installing raised stainless-steel grids in slaughterhouses (keeping meat completely off the floor!), these small shifts are causing a massive drop in contamination rates across several provinces.

Discover how local businesses and researchers are teaming up to make every meal a little safer: https://www.ilri.org/index.php/news/slaughterhouses-markets-making-pork-safer-vietnam

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Why are animal diseases like Ebola, hantaviruses, and coronaviruses jumping to humans more frequently?

It’s not happening in a vacuum. As our scientist Bernard Bett explains in this insightful BBC piece, a combination of environmental changes, urbanization, and food security challenges are actively altering animal habitats and behaviors, bringing us into closer contact than ever before.

At ILRI, we believe that while we may not completely stop diseases from spilling over, we can use resilient infrastructure and predictive science to stop localized outbreaks from turning into pandemics.

Check out the video below to learn how viral pathogens "find the key" to human cells and what researchers are doing to monitor the threat: https://on.cgiar.org/4dV8js4