ICONZ aims at Improving Human Health and Animal Production in developing countries through Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses in animals, based on Scientific Innovation and Public Engagement. ICONZ unites experts from 21 European and African Partner Institutes collaborating to develop effective strategies for integrated control of neglected zoonoses. Effective control in animals will require scientific innovation to identify and (where necessary) develop tools for diagnosis, for quantification of disease burdens, and for control.
ICONZ hulenga kuboresha afya ya binadamu na uzalishaji wa mifugo katika nchi zinazoendelea kupitia kuzuia magonjwa ya kuambukiza kati ya wanyama, ikiwa na uvumbuzi wa kisayansi na kuhusisha raia. ICONZ huunganisha wataalamu kutoka nchi 21 za Ulaya na mashirika mengine barani Afrika wakiungana pamoja kufanikisha mikakati inayofaa ya kuzuia magonjwa ya kuambukiza kati ya wanyama na binadamu.Ili kuweza kuzuia magonjwa haya katika wanyama uvumbuzi wa kisayansi utahitajika ili kutambua (na kama ni lazima) kukuza vifaa vya uchunguzi wa magonjwa, na kuelezea kiasi cha matatizoyanayodhuru afya na jinsi ya kuyazuia.