scholarly journals One Health in Nepal- An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-74
Author(s):  
Abishkar Khatiwada ◽  
Alina Karna ◽  
Neeti Bhat ◽  
Satish Deo
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Combat Problems

In order to meet today’s complex health and environmental challenges, multi-disciplinary research has never been more exigent. Nepal is in the early stages of adopting One Health (OH), but it is continuously expanding. Various initiatives have been taken by the Government of Nepal (GoN) to combat problems such as antimicrobial resistance, highly pathogenic avian influenza and rabies using an integrated health approach, but several challenges remain in their implementation. A few of the major obstacles to implementing OH in Nepal include weak organizational structure to support the initiative, no legal framework required to implement OH, insufficient technical expertise, lack of intersectoral data sharing mechanisms, a limited budget, and poor legislative understanding. To address these gaps and prioritize the health problems where OH will lead to the best outcome, we encourage GoN to address the gaps. To control the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the rational appli­cation of the One Health strategy should be our utmost priority. The One Health paradigm can help healthcare professionals and researchers improve the public’s health in response to the coming wave of COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future pandemics.

One Health in South Asia and its challenges in implementation from stakeholder perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 181 (23) ◽  
pp. 626-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rojan Dahal ◽  
Atul Upadhyay ◽  
Benjamin Ewald
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Considerable Work ◽  
Google Search

One Health is a concept which fosters collaborative relationships between human health, animal health and environmental health partners. Diseases are emerging and re-emerging in South Asia due to poor sanitation, close proximity of people to livestock, deforestation, porous borders, climate change, changes in human behaviour and unhygienic food preparation and consumption practices. This review was completed in two stages. First, we conducted a review of peer-reviewed literature and grey literature available in Google search engine related to One Health in four countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal). Second, we used a structured questionnaire completed by the key stakeholders working on One Health for the collection of information related to the challenges in implementing One Health. Most of the One Health activities in South Asia are determined by donor preferences. Bangladesh and India did considerable work in advancing One Health with limited support from the government agencies. Weak surveillance mechanisms, uncertain cost-effectiveness of One Health compared with the existing approach, human resources and laboratory capacity are some of the factors hindering implementation of the One Health concept. Implementation of One Health is growing in the South Asia region with limited or no government acceptance. To institutionalise it, there is a need for leadership, government support and funding.

scholarly journals Mortality and Pathology Associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreaks in Commercial Poultry Production Systems in Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olatunde Babatunde Akanbi ◽  
Victor Olusegun Taiwo
Keyword(s):  
Avian Influenza ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Hpai H5n1 ◽  
Commercial Poultry ◽  
The One ◽  
Influenza H5n1

Commercial layer-type, pullet, cockerel, and broiler chicken flocks infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Nigeria between 2006 and 2008 were investigated for morbidity, mortality, and pathology. Of the one hundred and fifty-three (153) farms confirmed with HPAI infection, one hundred and twenty-seven (127) were layer-type farms, nine (9) were pullet and broiler farms each, and eight (8) were cockerel rearing farms. This study revealed the morbidity and mortality of a total of 939,620 commercial layer chickens, 16,421 pullets, 3,109 cockerels, and 6,433 broilers. Mortality rates were 11.11% in commercial layers, 26.84% in pullets, 45.51% in cockerels, and 73.92% in broilers in a total of eighteen (18) states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A total of 316 carcasses were examined of which 248 were commercial layer, 25 were pullet, 14 were cockerel, and 29 were broiler. Main clinical and pathologic findings were observed in the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, integumentary, musculoskeletal, hemopoietic, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems and, occasionally, lesions were generally nonspecific and multisystemic. Lesions occurred more frequently, severely, and in most of the carcasses examined, irrespective of chicken type.

scholarly journals Biosecurity challenges in the control of avian influenza in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-157
Author(s):  
S.I. Ijoma ◽  
E.R. Agusi ◽  
V.I. Ifende ◽  
O.H. Osemeke ◽  
V.T. Columba
Keyword(s):  
Avian Influenza ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Poultry Farmers ◽  
The One ◽  
Live Bird

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has a devastating impact on the economy especially the poultry industry and it jeopardizes food security and public health. The disease which was first reported in Nigeria in 2006, re-occurred in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Inspite of the efforts the federal government has put into eradicating Avian Influenza in the country, the re-occurrence of the disease points to challenges of control efforts by stakeholders. Biosecurity challenges confronting poultry farmers and live bird market operators were implicated in new outbreaks and spread of HPAI. A cross-sectional study was carried out by administering open ended questionnaires to poultry farmers and live bird marketers in 12 States that shared boundaries with States affected by HPAI in 2019. Using the thematic style of qualitative analysis and MS Excel 2016, data and information with common denominators and pattern were collated and grouped. The One Health approach was adopted for this study. This was achieved by evaluating the knowledge of the stakeholders on the spread of Avian Influenza (AI), the biosecurity challenges they faced, their recommended solutions and new preventive or control measures they were willing to implement in order to achieve biosecurity against AI outbreak. The live bird marketers' responses showed their major challenge to be poor commitment to implementing already known biosecurity rules (22%), followed by unavailability of funds (13%) and sanitation problems. The poultry farmers struggled with lack of funds for maintenance (32%), and lack of compliance to biosecurity by farm attendants (24%). Both groups jointly recommended alleviating strategies such as the improvement of stakeholder education, supportive financing and the strengthening of animal health legislations. These new insights would benefit the formulation and implementing effective probiosecurity strategies for the control of avian influenza. Keywords: Avian influenza, biosecurity, one health, poultry farms, Nigeria

scholarly journals EVALUASI KEBERLANJUTAN PENERAPAN LANGKAH-LANGKAH BIOSEKURITI PADA PETERNAKAN AYAM BROILER DI DESA SELANBAWAK, KECAMATAN MARGA, KABUPATEN TABANAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
SARINI N. P. ◽  
N. N. SURYANI ◽  
NI PUTU MARIANI ◽  
A. A. OKA ◽  
M. DEWANTARI
Keyword(s):  
Avian Influenza ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Poultry Industry ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Pathogenic Avian Influenza ◽  
Poultry Farms ◽  
The Government

The entry of Avian Influenza (AI) to Indonesia in 2003 gave a tremendously negative impact on poultrybusinesses. Biosecurity is one of the government efforts to protect the spread of infectious diseases to the farms.It gets a good response from all the stakeholders in the poultry industry. Although there are no Avian Influenzaoutbreaks anymore, control to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is still becoming a main priority incontrolling diseases in the poultry farms. This research was conducted to evaluate the sustainability of biosecurityimplementation in the broiler farms and mentored requirement to prevent AI outbreaks from occurring again.A survey was used to gain information on broiler famers at Selanbawak Village. The samples in this study wereall the farmers who were involved in the ACIAR project AH/2006/169. They had been trained and supervised toimplement biosecurity measures in their farms. The data obtained were descriptive-qualitatively analyzed usingpercentage approach based on the biosecurity implementation criteria. It was found that the biosecurity measuresimplemented by those farmers had not been maintained. Most of the farms were untidy; and rubbishes and busheswere scattered around the farms. The footbath was not properly used as sanitary equipment, and even some wereburied with cement.

Antimicrobial resistance dynamics and the one-health strategy: a review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumar Siddharth Singh ◽  
Santosh Anand ◽  
Sunny Dholpuria ◽  
Jitendra Kumar Sharma ◽  
Wulf Blankenfeldt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
One Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The One

scholarly journals Trichinellosis in Serbia and possibilities to improve control measures

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Milena Zivojinovic ◽  
Ivan Dobrosavljevic ◽  
Zoran Kulisic ◽  
Sonja Radojicic ◽  
Tamara Boskovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
The One ◽  
Zoonotic Parasites ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Eu

Background. Trichinellosis is zoonotic disease caused by parasites of the genus Trichinella, which have a cosmopolitan distribution. In the Balkan region, including Serbia, trichinellosis is endemic. Although trichinellosis shows a decreasing incidence in Serbia, this disease remains a serious problem for human health and animal husbandry. Scope and Approach. To prevent and control Trichinella spp. infections in domestic and sylvatic animals, risk analysis for these zoonotic parasites should be conducted. In Serbia, a limited number of Trichinella have been identified to the species level so far. An institutional, multi-sectoral surveillance system, supported by an adequate legal framework for the detection, surveillance, prevention, control and reporting of this infection in animals and humans, harmonised with the EU legislation, is a priority. Key Findings and Conclusions. One of the main goals of the Serbian veterinary and public health services should be progressive improvement of animal rearing practices, food safety, and hunters? and consumers? education through the ?One-health? approach.

scholarly journals A review of the One Health concept and its application as a tool for policy-makers

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Rodrigo de Macedo Couto ◽  
Danie Friguglietti Brandespim
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
One Health ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

The One Health concept represents the inseparability of human, animal, and environmental health through a unified view of health care. This article addressed the topic of public health policies from the One Health perspective, demonstrating its inclusion in various health agendas such as emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, basic sanitation, mental health, chronic non-communicable diseases, interpersonal violence, and food safety. The results showed that the application of the One Health concept to the development and implementation of policies is associated with a growing need to involve transdisciplinary teams for solving complex problems to improve communication and to ensure the relevance and acceptability of public policies, thus guaranteeing governance. According to the principle of efficiency, the government must be aware of the evolution of technical knowledge and should use the One Health approach to improve the efficacy of already existing systems. We, therefore, conducted this review to contextualize current knowledge in this topic which is becoming an essential tool for public health policy-makers and practitioners around the world promoting a reflection on the importance of multiprofessional articulation in the implementation of intersectoral public health policies.

scholarly journals The Responsibility of Veterinarians to Address Companion Animal Obesity

Animals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Kipperman ◽  
Alexander German
Keyword(s):  
One Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Veterinary Profession ◽  
The One ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Obesity is a modern-day epidemic in both people and companion animals. A summary of the current research on the causes, risk factors, consequences, and implications of overweight and obesity, and the compliance of small-animal practitioners in recognizing and addressing pet obesity, is provided. Ethical and animal welfare concerns are raised regarding these findings. We argue that a patient advocacy posture compels the veterinary profession to confront this issue more reliably. Evidence is presented to support obesity as a One-Health problem, and discrete and practical recommendations for preventing and addressing companion animal obesity are proposed. The One-Health perspective encourages coordinated action by veterinary healthcare professionals in order to address overweight and obesity in companion animals as a public health concern.

scholarly journals Public Policies and One Health in Brazil: The Challenge of the Disarticulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isis de Freitas Espeschit ◽  
Clara Marques Santana ◽  
Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Health Initiative ◽  
The Government ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
The One

Working the One health strategy in developing countries is a challenge, due to structural weaknesses or deprivation of financial, human, and material resources. Brazil has policies and programs that would allow continuous and systematic monitoring of human, animal, and environmental health, recommending strategies for control and prevention. For animals, there are components of the Epidemiological Surveillance of zoonosis and Animal Health Programs. To guarantee food safety, there are Health Surveillance services and support of the Agropecuary Defense in the inspection of these products, productive environments, and their inputs. Environmental Surveillance Services monitor water and air quality, which may influence health. For human health, these and other services related to Health Surveillance, such as Worker Health and Epidemiological Surveillance, which has a training program responsible for forming professionals groups to respond effectively to emergencies in public health are available. Therefore, Brazil has instruments that may allow integrated planning and intervention based on the One Health initiative. However, the consolidation of this faces several challenges, such as insufficient resources, professional alienation, and lack of the recognition of the importance of animal and environmental health for the maintenance of human and planetary well-being. This culminates in disarticulation, lack of communication, and integration between organizations. Thus, efforts to share attributions and responsibilities must be consolidated, overcoming the verticality of the actions, promoting efficiency and effectiveness. Finally, this perspective aims to describe the government instruments that constitute potential national efforts and the challenges for the consolidation of the One Health initiative in Brazil.

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