scholarly journals Prevention, detection, and response to anthrax outbreak in Northern Tanzania using one health approach: A case study of Selela ward in Monduli district

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elibariki R. Mwakapeje ◽  
Justine A. Assenga ◽  
John S. Kunda ◽  
Ernest E. Mjingo ◽  
Zachariah E. Makondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
Monduli District

scholarly journals Who could be One Health Activist at the community level?: A case for India

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandul Yasobant ◽  
Walter Bruchhausen ◽  
Deepak Saxena ◽  
Farjana Zakir Memon ◽  
Timo Falkenberg
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
One Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Community Level ◽  
System Level

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) are the mainstay of the public health system, serving for decades in low-resource countries. Their multi-dimensional work in various health care services, including the prevention of communicable diseases and health promotion of non-communicable diseases, makes CHWs, the frontline workers in their respective communities in India. As India is heading towards the development of One Health (OH), this study attempted to provide an insight into potential OH activists (OHA) at the community level. Thus, this case study in one of India’s western cities, Ahmedabad, targeted identifying OHA by exploring the feasibility and the motivation of CHWs in a local setting. Methods This case study explores two major CHWs, i.e., female (Accredited Social Health Activists/ASHA) health workers (FHWs) and male (multipurpose) health workers (MHWs), on their experience and motivation for becoming an OHA. The data were collected between September 2018 and August 2019 through a mixed design, i.e., quantitative data (cross-sectional structured questionnaire) followed by qualitative data (focus group discussion with a semi-structured interview guide). Results The motivation of the CHWs for liaisoning as OHA was found to be low; however, the FHWs have a higher mean motivation score [40 (36–43)] as compared to MHWs [37 (35–40)] out of a maximum score of 92. Although most CHWs have received zoonoses training or contributed to zoonoses prevention campaigns, their awareness level was found to be different among male and female health workers. Comparing the female and male health workers to act as OHA, higher motivational score, multidisciplinary collaborative work experience, and way for incentive generation documented among the female health workers. Conclusion ASHAs were willing to accept the additional new liaison role of OHAs if measures like financial incentives and improved recognition are provided. Although this study documented various systemic factors at the individual, community, and health system level, which might, directly and indirectly, impact the acceptance level to act as OHA, they need to be accounted for in the policy regime.

scholarly journals A One-Health evaluation of the burden of cystic echinococcosis and its prevention costs: Case study from a hypo-endemic area in Italy

One Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 100320
Author(s):  
Rudi Cassini ◽  
Massimo Canali ◽  
Francesca Tamarozzi ◽  
Andrea Angheben ◽  
Gioia Capelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Echinococcosis ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
One Health ◽  
Health Evaluation

Forming, Storming and Norming Your Way Into One Health: The Gombe Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 373-382
Author(s):  
Tiffany M. Wolf ◽  
Jessica R. Deere ◽  
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf ◽  
D. Anthony Collins ◽  
Thomas R. Gillespie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
One Health

Managing stakeholder relations, natural resources and tourism: A case study from Ololosokwan, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Burgoyne ◽  
Kevin Mearns
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Community Conservation ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
Common Interests

This manuscript investigates the complexities and challenges in the management of the Ololosokwan community conservation area in Northern Tanzania. The conservation area is adjacent to the Serengeti National Park, just south of the Tanzanian-Kenyan Border where nomadic Maasai Pastoralists are free to cross international borders in search of grazing for their cattle. The Ololosokwan community is faced with the difficulties of managing a number of conflicting land-uses and community aspirations while striving toward the maintenance of a successful and sustainable community conservation area in collaboration with a private tourism operation. Benefit sharing was found to be an effective way in which to heal negative stakeholder engagements of the past, and active participation in the development of community livelihoods was found to be a more meaningful pursuit in this cause than merely sharing money. Despite opportunities for stakeholders to show that they are willing to work together, existing conflict is likely to continue as stakeholders still mistrust each other and often align themselves with groups that share common interests.

scholarly journals Integrating serological and genetic data to quantify cross-species transmission: brucellosis as a case study

Parasitology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 143 (7) ◽  
pp. 821-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAFALDA VIANA ◽  
GABRIEL M. SHIRIMA ◽  
KUNDA S. JOHN ◽  
JULIE FITZPATRICK ◽  
RUDOVICK R. KAZWALA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Transmission Dynamics ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
Animal Infection ◽  
Latent Process ◽  
Level Of Understanding

SUMMARYEpidemiological data are often fragmented, partial, and/or ambiguous and unable to yield the desired level of understanding of infectious disease dynamics to adequately inform control measures. Here, we show how the information contained in widely available serology data can be enhanced by integration with less common type-specific data, to improve the understanding of the transmission dynamics of complex multi-species pathogens and host communities. Using brucellosis in northern Tanzania as a case study, we developed a latent process model based on serology data obtained from the field, to reconstruct Brucella transmission dynamics. We were able to identify sheep and goats as a more likely source of human and animal infection than cattle; however, the highly cross-reactive nature of Brucella spp. meant that it was not possible to determine which Brucella species (B. abortus or B. melitensis) is responsible for human infection. We extended our model to integrate simulated serology and typing data, and show that although serology alone can identify the host source of human infection under certain restrictive conditions, the integration of even small amounts (5%) of typing data can improve understanding of complex epidemiological dynamics. We show that data integration will often be essential when more than one pathogen is present and when the distinction between exposed and infectious individuals is not clear from serology data. With increasing epidemiological complexity, serology data become less informative. However, we show how this weakness can be mitigated by integrating such data with typing data, thereby enhancing the inference from these data and improving understanding of the underlying dynamics.

Ergonomics Programs: A Case Study in Complexity

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 1038-1041
Author(s):  
Hal Hendrick
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Internal Variables ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Global Companies ◽  
Business Complexity

Global companies are more complex and variable than any combination of complexity models can describe or explain. The reality is that today's global companies must operate utilizing multiple business strategies at the same time, adjusting in response to increasing external and internal variables. According to Websters' World Dictionary, “complexity is that which is made up of many elaboratively interrelated or interconnected parts, so that much study or knowledge is needed to understand or operate it.” This case study describes how one health and safety ergonomics program operates within global business complexity.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND “ONE HEALTH”: A CASE STUDY IN CALIFORNIA’s GREEN ECONOMY

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tirado von der Pahlen M ◽  
C Dora ◽  
Fletcher E ◽  
Salsburg R
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
One Health ◽  
Green Economy

scholarly journals Occurrence of haemoparasites in cattle in Monduli district, northern Tanzania

2014 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isihaka J. Haji ◽  
Imna Malele ◽  
Boniface Namangala
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Animal ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Babesia Bovis ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
Indigenous Cattle ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
Monduli District ◽  
Sub Saharan

Haemoparasite infections are among the most economically important cattle diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. The present study investigated the occurrence of haemoparasites in 295 indigenous cattle from five villages (Mswakini, Lake Manyara, Naitolia, Makuyuni and Nanja) of the Monduli district, a wildlife-domestic animal-human interface area in northern Tanzania. The data showed that the overall occurrence of haemoparasites in the sampled cattle was 12.5% (95% CI: 8.7% – 16.3%), involving single and mixed infections with Theileria parva, Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma brucei. The highest haemoparasite occurrence was recorded in Lake Manyara (18.3%; 95% CI: 8.5% – 28.1%), and the lowest was recorded in Nanja (6.5%; 95% CI: 0.4% – 12.6%). This preliminary study, furthermore, provided evidence of the possible arthropod vectors (ticks and tsetse flies) that may be involved in the transmission of haemoparasites to cattle in the Monduli district. It is envisaged that this survey will stimulate more studies to determine the prevalence of haemoparasites in livestock by using more sensitive molecular techniques.

scholarly journals One Environmental Health: an emerging perspective in toxicology

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Pérez ◽  
John Pierce Wise Sr.
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Toxic Chemicals ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Health Initiative ◽  
Environmental Health Research ◽  
Carcinogenic Metals ◽  
The One

The One Environmental Health research approach, a subspecialty of the One Health initiative, focuses on toxic chemicals. Distinct disciplines work together to give a holistic perspective of a health concern through discrete disciplines, including, but not limited to, public health and the medical and veterinary sciences. In this article, we illustrate the concept of One Environmental Health with two case studies. One case study focuses on alligators and contributions to the field of endocrine disruption. The other case study focuses on whales and contributions to understanding carcinogenic metals. Both studies illustrate how the health of sentinel organisms has the potential to inform about the health of humans and the ecosystem.

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