Ebola viral disease: Need for augmented ‘One Health’ approaches in Africa

Some developed countries have networks advocating 'One Health' for combating zoonoses, whereas inadequacies exist in developing nations such as those West African countries in which the current EVD epidemic is taking place. [...]to combat the threat of EVD, an augmented networking approach...

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Published in:Canadian journal of public health 2015-01, Vol.106 (2), p.e84-e84
Main Author: Asokan, G.V.{roHead}
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa - epidemiology
Animals
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Ebola virus
Economic systems
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control
Humans
Integrated approach
International Cooperation
Letter
Letters
Medicine & Public Health
Pandemics
Public Health
Viral diseases
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - epidemiology
Zoonoses - prevention & control
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Summary:Some developed countries have networks advocating 'One Health' for combating zoonoses, whereas inadequacies exist in developing nations such as those West African countries in which the current EVD epidemic is taking place. [...]to combat the threat of EVD, an augmented networking approach of One Health with the capacity to control and respond to the risks posed by EVD is required, with the support of developed economies.4 Three key preventive interventions5 recommended for the global response to EVD - preventing the unknown spillover and the introduction of Ebola virus into humans, limiting the handling of bush meat and limiting contact with bats - are unquestionably under the ambit of systems approach-based One Health.
ISSN:0008-4263
1920-7476
DOI:10.17269/CJPH.106.4906