{"id":720363,"date":"2024-07-07T21:40:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T18:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&p=720363"},"modified":"2025-01-11T00:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:57:26","slug":"720363-ilri-msc-graduate-fellow-antimicrobial-resistance-in-bacteria-nairobi","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&p=720363","title":{"rendered":"MSc Graduate Fellow - Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit an MSc graduate fellow to undertake research on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from carcasses in slaughterhouses in western Kenya. The fellow will be hosted by the Animal and Human Health (AHH) program at ILRI.<\/p>\n

ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals alive and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases.\u00a0www.ilri.org\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n <\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The AHH program seeks to effectively manage or eliminate livestock, zoonotic and food-borne diseases that matter to the poor through the generation and use of knowledge, technologies and products, leading to higher farmer incomes and better health and nutrition for consumers and livestock.\u00a0https:\/\/www.ilri.org\/research\/programs\/animal-and-human-health<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

About the position<\/h4>\n

The overall health and economic burden arising from meat contamination are likely to be substantial. The lack of adequate hygiene and sanitation facilities in slaughterhouses in developing countries is an important impediment to the practice of international hygiene standards. In Kenya, poor working conditions, including hygiene and sanitation facilities at slaughterhouses have been shown to lead to contamination of meat and transmission of pathogens. Inadequate infrastructure, resource constraints among regulatory bodies, and low levels of awareness among those who produce, trade and process animals about the adverse occupational and public health risks associated with meat contamination compound this problem. Improving hygiene practices at slaughterhouses is crucial to reduce contamination of meat in food system, mainly because large number of animals ultimately pass through them.<\/p>\n

Through this research project will identify the pathotypes and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens contaminating carcasses at slaughter and the public health risks associated with these pathogens.<\/p>\n

Key responsibilities:<\/h3>\n

The MSc fellow to be recruited will be responsible for:<\/p>\n