Kenya’s One Health record shows research mattered when it was translated into disease-control policy
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
An ILRI evidence-to-policy brief reviews a decade of Kenyan One Health research and partnerships and links that work to three national policy products: an anthrax control strategy, a human brucellosis testing strategy and a Rift Valley fever contingency plan. The emphasis is on the institutional work required to move evidence through agencies and into operational guidance.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
Disease science does not become public policy automatically. The case is useful because it treats translation capacity—long-term relationships, cross-sector institutions and decision timing—as part of the evidence system rather than as communication added after research is finished.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
This is an institutional retrospective from an organization involved in the work, not an independent causal evaluation of policy effectiveness. The existence of a strategy does not demonstrate implementation quality or improved disease outcomes.
SOURCE
International Livestock Research Institute
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An ILRI retrospective traces how sustained research partnerships contributed to national strategies for anthrax, brucellosis and Rift Valley fever.
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