Resumen de Mapping Nairobi's disease flashpoints
By 2025, the UN predicts that Nairobi will be home to more than 6 million people, the majority of whom will end up in areas like Korogocho that lack basic amenities such as sewers. James Akoko, from the International Livestock Research Institute in the city, and James Macharia, from the University of Nairobi, are searching for pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Campylobacter and Salmonella, which can infect humans as well as animals. By identifying where pathogens originate and concentrate along the food chains, Akoko and Macharia's team hopes to make such outbreaks less likely. The way one designs his city and the way he structures his food system can play into a policy to prevent disease emergence.
