Resources: Global health
Here we present a selection of popular science resources within the area of global health, produced at SLU or through our different partnerships.
Scientific articles can be found here.
Reports and more
Grazing with trees. A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands
SLU researcher Aida Bargues Tobella has co-authored the report.
FAO 2022
Water productivity, the yield gap, and nutrition. The case of Ethiopia
By Jan Lundqvist, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Louise Malmquist, SLU, Paulo Dias, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Jennie Barron, SLU, Mekonnen B. Wakeyo, Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Ethiopia
An FAO Land and Water Discussion Paper 2021
By Ulf Magnusson, SLU
FAO 2021.
By Ulf Magnusson, SLU
FAO 2021.
How to use antibiotics effectively and responsibly in dairy production
By Ulf Magnusson, SLU and Håkan Landin, Swedish Board of Agriculture
FAO 2021.
Department of Energy and Technology, SLU, 2020.
Read a news article about the report.
Tackling antimicrobial use and resistance in dairy cattle
- lessons learned in Sweden
SLU Global and FAO 2020.
Evaluation of SLU-Vietnam collaborations 1977-2018
SLU Global 2020.
Urban-Rural Linkages: Guiding Principles
UN-Habitat 2019.
Read a news article about the publication here.
Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People
A new comprehensive assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts towards attaining the different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on forests and forest-related livelihoods and development.
Seema Arora-Jonsson, Professor in Rural Development at SLU, has contributed to the chapter on SDG 5: Gender Equality and to the chapter on SDG 16: Peace, justice and
strong institutions.
Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2019.
Read a news article about the manual.
Policy briefs
- Healthy and fertile livestock for livelihoods, food security and reduced climate impact SLU Global 2024
- Promoting medically, rational and responsible use of antimicrobials CGIAR and SLU 2021
- Water for Food Systems and Nutrition (UN Food System Summit brief)
- Nutrition and the Perfect Storm of Water (SIWI policy brief)
- Factors enabling sustainable goat production in Zambia (SIANI policy brief)
- Agroforestry, food security and nutrition (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
- The Promise of Payday: Exploring the role of state cash transfers in post-apartheid rural South Africa (EBA development dissertation brief
- Botanicals and plant resistance inducers: Potential alternatives to pesticides in Africa (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
- Social entrepreneurship and innovation for transformative change – Empirical studies of sanitation innovation (EBA development dissertation brief)
- Migration and Agroforestry (Agroforestry Network policy brief)
- Building resilience and disaster risk reduction among pastoralist communities (SIANI policy brief)
- Slaughter hygiene and meat safety in Uganda (AgriFoSe2030 policy brief)
- Antimicrobial Use in Livestock in Low-Income Countries (SIANI policy brief)
Videos
Here is a selection of videos connected to Global health. For more filmed material, please visit SLU Global's YouTube channel.
AMR-webinar hosted by LAMP and SLU Global, November 2020. Moderator: Ulf Magnusson
Exploring the whys and hows of epidemiology: Introduction
Klara Fischer (SLU) presenting ‘Where is the participation in participatory epidemiology? How engagement with social science could lead to improved understanding of situated knowledges about animal disease’. November 2018, SIANI and SLU Global.
Exploring the whys and hows of epidemiology: Panel discussion with Susanna Sternberg Lewerin (SLU), Karl Ståhl (SVA), Orla Shortall (the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen) and Paul Richards (Wageningen University), Moderated by Klara Fischer. November 2018, SIANI and SLU Global.
Improved disease control by community participation: the case of African swine fever.
Karl Ståhl (National Veterinary Institute, Sweden): Presenting his long-term engagement of research on African swine fever in Norther Uganda. November 2018, SVA, SIANI and SLU Global.