Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand?
Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand?
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Date
2012
Authors
ابوشامه, هند
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University of Khartoum
Abstract
Despite growing awareness of the importance of controlling neglected tropical diseases as a contribution to
poverty alleviation and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a need to up-scale programmes to
achieve wider public health benefits. This implementation deficit is attributable to several factors but one often
overlooked is the specific difficulty in tackling diseases that involve both people and animals - the zoonoses. A
Disease Reference Group on Zoonoses and Marginalised Infectious Diseases (DRG6) was convened by the Special
Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a programme executed by the World Health
Organization and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO. The key considerations included:
(a) the general lack of reliable quantitative data on their public health burden; (b) the need to evaluate livestock
production losses and their additional impacts on health and poverty; (c) the relevance of cross-sectoral issues
essential to designing and implementing public health interventions for zoonotic diseases; and (d) identifying
priority areas for research and interventions to harness resources most effectively. Beyond disease specific research
issues, a set of common macro-priorities and interventions were identified which, if implemented through a more
integrated approach by countries, would have a significant impact on human health of the most marginalised
populations characteristically dependent on livestock
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Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases
of poverty: Where do we stand?
Keywords
Zoonoses , marginalised,nfectious ,diseases poverty