Veterinary vaccines: a silver bullet for animal health in low- and-middle-income countries Dr Pankaj Dhaka and colleagues have written a blog post highlighting historical and recent approaches to veterinary vaccine development, factors which affect vaccine strategy and vaccine related challenges in LMICs. 26 Jun 2019
IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme: Ole Tipis Girls High School, Narok Country, Kenya Three of the IVVN Schools Outreach Team visited Ole Tipis Girls High School in Kenya and delivered the experimental workshop to 80 students. 07 Jun 2019
African Vaccinology Network (AfVANET) scientific workshop The African Vaccinology Network (AfVANET) hosted its first scientific workshop at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 19th and 20th 2019. 30 May 2019
IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme: Abadina College & Abadina Grammar School, Nigeria Two of the IVVN Schools Outreach Team delivered the workshop to 76 students across Abadina College and Abandina Grammar School in Nigeria. 23 May 2019
Field evaluation of novel livestock vaccines In November 2018, the IVVN funded a workshop entitled 'Field evaluation of novel livestock vaccines', hosted by IVVN members Dr. Nick Lyons and Professor Eyal Klements. 28 Mar 2019
Promoting the use of vaccines in tilapia aquaculture A workshop on vaccines in tilapia aquaculture held at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam, in October 2018. 19 Dec 2018
EuFMD Open Session 2018: Global Vaccine Security, Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, Italy Read our report on the EuFMD Open Session 2018: Global Vaccine Security Conference which was hosted in Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, Italy on 28th-31st October 2018. 18 Dec 2018
Interview with Dr Rebecca McLean, The Pirbright Institute In this blog post, Dr. Rebecca McLean from The Pirbright Institute discusses her work to develop an inexpensive, safe and efficacious Nipah virus vaccine for pigs. 14 Aug 2018
Interview with Professor Gary Entrican, Moredun Research Institute In this blog post, Professor Gary Entrican from Moredun Research Institute discusses his career in ruminant immunology & vaccinology, and his involvement with various initiatives to promote the field of veterinary immunology worldwide. 31 Jul 2018
Rift Valley fever virus epidemiology In this blog post, Madeleine tells us about her day-to-day job as a DPhil/PhD candidate working on Rift Valley fever virus epidemiology. 14 Jun 2018
Inaugural meeting of the PPR – Global Research and Expertise Network Dr. Phil Toye from ILRI has written a short report for the IVVN blog on the inaugural meeting of the PPR – Global Research and Expertise Network which took place in Vienna on the 17th - 19th April. 03 May 2018