Health for Animals and Livelihood Improvement
A Project of the
Global Livestock CRSP
USAID
One of the meanings of the word “Hali” in Swahili is “state of health”
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Project Partners (click here to see the full team)
UC Davis Wildlife Health Center
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Conservation Society, Ruaha Landscape Program
University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of the Environment
Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA)
Animal Health for the Environment and Development (AHEAD) initiative
Friends of Ruaha Society (FORS)
Tanzanian Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), Veterinary Investigation Centre (VIC)
MBOMIPA, community wildlife management association
HALI is a collaborative US-Tanzania research and capacity-building program aimed at assessing the effects of zoonotic disease (diseases which can be passed between animals and people) and water management on health and livelihoods in the Ruaha ecosystem, Tanzania.
The program has just completed its first year. Please see our annual report for more details.
Latest Updates
January 2007:
HALI project coordinator, Deana Clifford presented a paper entitled “BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS AT THE WILDLIFE-LIVESTOCK INTERFACE IN THE RUAHA ECOSYSTEM, TANZANIA” at the 6th Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute Scientific Conference held in Arusha, Tanzania held from December 3-6, 2007. Her presentation highlighted the first year of results from testing livestock and wildlife species for bovine tuberculosis.
HALI team members, Jonna Mazet, Deana Clifford, Rudovick Kazwala, Harrison Sadiki, Julius John and Mike Kock attended a conference to develop an African network for bovine tuberculosis in November 2007. Participants from all over Africa shared their latest research and capacity building efforts.
April 2007: A community-based wildlife management area has been approved! MBOMIPA and WCS took the lead on this important initiative. HALI will help by investigating and advising on health problems that could affect the wildlife in the WMA and livestock in nearby villages.