Prioritization of zoonotic diseases of public health significance in Nigeria using the one-health approach

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dc.contributor.authorIhekweazu, Chikwe
dc.contributor.authorMichae, Charles Akataobi
dc.contributor.authorNguku, Patrick M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-29T21:14:11Z
dc.date.available2023-04-29T21:14:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractNigeria, with a population of over 190 million people, is rated among the 10 countries with the highest burden of infectious and zoonotic diseases globally. In Nigeria, there exist a sub-optimal surveillance system to monitor and track priority zoonoses. We therefore conducted a prioritization of zoonotic diseases for the first time in Nigeria to guide prevention and control efforts. Towards this, a two-day in-country consultative meeting involving experts from the human, animal, and environmental health backgrounds prioritized zoonotic diseases using a modified semi-quantitative One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization tool in July 2017. Overall, 36 of 52 previously selected zoonoses were identified for prioritization. Five selection criteria were used to arrive at the relative importance of prioritized diseases based on their weighted score. Overall, this zoonotic disease prioritization process marks the first major step of bringing together experts from the human-animal-environment health spectrum in Nigeria. Importantly, the country ranked rabies, avian influenza, Ebola Virus Disease, swine influenza and anthrax as the first five priority zoonoses in Nigeria. Finally, this One Health approach to prioritizing important zoonoses is a step that will help to guide future tracking and monitoring of diseases of grave public health importance in Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipACE: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnologyen_US
dc.identifier.citationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100257en_US
dc.identifier.issn2352-7714
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOne Healthen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOne Health;Vol 13
dc.subjectZoonotic diseasesen_US
dc.subjectPrioritizationen_US
dc.subjectPublic Healthen_US
dc.subjectOne Healthen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectNdadilnasiya Endie Wazirien_US
dc.subjectAbdulrazaq Garba Habiben_US
dc.subjectAhmadu Bello Universityen_US
dc.subjectACENTDFBen_US
dc.titlePrioritization of zoonotic diseases of public health significance in Nigeria using the one-health approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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