A new study in Kenya led by Dr. Peter Rabinowitz in the UW School of Public Health will investigate whether children living in close proximity with domestic animals show evidence of sharing of gut microbes that can affect nutritional status. If this is the case, it is possible that resetting the microbiome—the gut's microbial communities--in livestock can be a sustainable intervention to improve children's health and development. Dr. Rabinowitz and colleagues at the University of Washington, Washington State University, and CDC Kenya will perform these investigations in a community in Western Kenya, where over 90% of the households own livestock.
Funding for this study is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations Award.
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