Dr OLIVIA HOWLAND's Outputs (3)

Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting (2021)
Journal Article
Thomas, L. F., Rushton, J., Bukachi, S. A., Falzon, L. C., Howland, O., & Fèvre, E. M. (2021). Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, Article 658454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.658454

Background: Collaboration between the human and animal health sectors, including the sharing of disease surveillance data, has the potential to improve public health outcomes through the rapid detection of zoonotic disease events prior to widespread... Read More about Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting.

Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health (2021)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2021). Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5, Article e2021042. https://doi.org/10.29392/001c.22245

Background

Although much has been written about efficacy of various herbal and plant-based medicines, significantly less is known about patterns of use in humans, and even less about how these are used in livestock. This paper addresses that gap i... Read More about Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health.

Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya (2021)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., & Howland, O. (2021). Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya. Global Public Health, 17(6), 1002-1015. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1887314

Shifting environmental conditions and poor or insufficient hygiene facilitates the transmission of bacteria and viruses between and within species of animals; between humans; and between humans and animals. Taking a One Health perspective, we used in... Read More about Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya.