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Tabitha Kimani
Researcher at Food and Agriculture Organization
Publications - 15
Citations - 205
Tabitha Kimani is an academic researcher from Food and Agriculture Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rift Valley fever & Maasai. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 12 publications receiving 90 citations.
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Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries.
Mark A. Caudell,Alejandro Dorado-García,Suzanne Eckford,Chris Creese,Denis K. Byarugaba,Kofi Afakye,Tamara Chansa-Kabali,Folorunso Oludayo Fasina,Emmanuel Kabali,Stella Kiambi,Tabitha Kimani,Geoffrey Mainda,Peter Mangesho,Francis Chimpangu,Kululeko Dube,Bashiru Boi Kikimoto,Eric Koka,Tendai Mugara,Bachana Rubegwa,Samuel Swiswa +19 more
TL;DR: It is found that interventions to limit antimicrobial resistance should be founded upon a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use at the farm-level given limited input from animal health professionals and under-resourced regulatory capacities within most low- and middle-income countries.
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One Health Economics to confront disease threats.
Catherine Machalaba,Kristine M. Smith,Lina Awada,Kevin Berry,Franck C J Berthe,Timothy Bouley,Mieghan Bruce,José Cortiñas Abrahantes,Anas El Turabi,Yasha Feferholtz,Louise Flynn,Guillaume Fournié,Amanda Andre,Delia Grace,Olga Jonas,Tabitha Kimani,Francois Le Gall,Juan Jose Miranda,Marie-Isabelle Peyre,Julio Pinto,Noam Ross,Simon R. Rüegg,Robert H. Salerno,Richard Seifman,Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio,William B. Karesh,William B. Karesh +26 more
TL;DR: An interdisciplinary workshop explored methods for country-level analysis of added value of One Health approaches to disease control, finding economic analysis offers a congruent measure of value complementing diverse impact metrics among sectors and contexts.
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The Impacts of Animal Health Service Providers on Antimicrobial Use Attitudes and Practices: An Examination of Poultry Layer Farmers in Ghana and Kenya.
Kofi Afakye,Stella Kiambi,Eric Koka,Emmanuel Kabali,Alejandro Dorado-García,Ann Amoah,Tabitha Kimani,Benjamin Adjei,Mark A. Caudell +8 more
TL;DR: The results show that patterns of antimicrobial use are linked to how much farmers invest in biosecurity and the following vaccination protocols, and it is found that more research is required to understand the interactions between animal health service providers and farmers regarding antimicrobialUse and antimicrobial resistance.
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Mapping Potential Amplification and Transmission Hotspots for MERS-CoV, Kenya
Stephen Gikonyo,Tabitha Kimani,Joseph Matere,Joshua Kimutai,Stella Kiambi,Austine Bitek,K. J. Z. Juma Ngeiywa,Yilma J. Makonnen,Astrid Tripodi,Subhash Morzaria,Juan Lubroth,Gabriel Rugalema,Folorunso Oludayo Fasina +12 more
TL;DR: These potential hotspots, determined using anthropogenic, system and trade characterizations should guide selection of sampling/surveillance sites, high-risk locations, critical areas for interventions and policy development in Kenya, as well as instigate further virological examination of camels.
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A One Health framework for integrated service delivery in Turkana County, Kenya
Evan F. Griffith,Job Ronoh Kipkemoi,Alison H. Robbins,T.O Abuom,Jeffrey C. Mariner,Tabitha Kimani,Hellen Amuguni +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a One Health framework (OHF) to aid in the implementation of integrated human and animal health policies in Turkana County, which can act as a model for other arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) where they primarily reside.