CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0015
D. Braam, A. Tasker, Ellie Parravani, K. Saville
{"title":"A fair share? Animal health actors and resources in One Health initiatives: A multisite case study in Ethiopia and Pakistan","authors":"D. Braam, A. Tasker, Ellie Parravani, K. Saville","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0015","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Increased outbreaks of zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential and the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance have stimulated the uptake and use of One Health approaches across the globe. Collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approaches are vital to the effective response to health challenges; however, within One Health initiatives, animal and environmental health voices often remain secondary to human health. This article presents the findings of a transdisciplinary research project investigating the roles and contributions of animal health in One Health initiatives. We combined a multisite case study approach with a literature review, and conducted 22 semi-structured key informant interviews with animal health and One Health experts, with a focus on Ethiopia and Pakistan. Key themes explored were the nature of the animal health sector, animal health workforce, veterinary medicines and vaccines, and coordination and collaboration. Results were triangulated with existing primary and secondary data, reviewed by key stakeholders in Ethiopia and Pakistan, and tested with members of the Action for Animal Health (A4AH) coalition. We found that while One Health has become more interdisciplinary and inclusive at a global level, there remain significant challenges in operationalizing the approach at national and subnational levels. Gaps in governance, political will, and capacity undermine the inclusion of animal health in One Health structures. Power and resources are distributed unequally across One Health coalitions, echoing observations that acknowledge the crucial role of communities in supporting the provision of essential services, while their knowledge and experiences often remain excluded from project and policy development. We conclude that stronger multilevel linkages and engagement between animal health and other sectors are vital to support the implementation of inclusive, well-resourced, and effective One Health approaches.","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128163553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0005
H. Ferdowsian
{"title":"A silent call for a socially and ecologically just One Health approach","authors":"H. Ferdowsian","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0005","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In 1962, the world began reading biologist Rachel Carson’s warnings of a silent spring, which challenged the claim that humans are separate from nature. Carson wrote of a hidden danger—a synthetic insecticide known as DDT—threatening human and nonhuman lives. She warned of how birdless skies and fishless waterways foreshadowed what could happen to humans—ultimately ushering in an environmental movement and a transformation in national and international policy.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This article is an invited commentary that illustrates the need for a socially and ecologically just One Health approach and how the author arrived at this evidence-based view throughout her own medical and public health career.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115854989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0009
D. Guest, James Butubu, F. V. van Ogtrop, J. Hall, G. Vinning, M. Walton
{"title":"Poverty, education and family health limit disease management and yields on smallholder cocoa farms in Bougainville","authors":"D. Guest, James Butubu, F. V. van Ogtrop, J. Hall, G. Vinning, M. Walton","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Decades of research and training activities have not reduced crop disease or pest losses, increased average yields, or alleviated poverty among smallholder cocoa farmers. Failure has been variously attributed to farmer ignorance or indifference, sociocultural barriers, inappropriate technologies, risk aversion, or uncertain financial incentives. However, attributing a single cause overlooks the complexity resulting from unique intersections of challenges facing smallholder cocoa farming families in different regions. We investigated smallholder farmer productivity from a transdisciplinary One-Health perspective and found that among cocoa farming families in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea; PNG) the most significant barriers to increased productivity and higher incomes were low levels of education, financial insecurity, and poor family health. These factors interact to reduce the availability of productive labour needed to implement knowledge and technologies from extension and training programs, and it is labour availability rather than agronomic knowledge that limits the effectiveness of farmer training. If the goal is to increase productivity and thus livelihoods of smallholder cocoa farmers, One Health approaches that engage with communities to include relevant education, health, and income diversification packages are likely to be more successful than conventional agronomically-based farmer training. Healthy crops depend on healthy, educated farming families.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Conventional disciplinary-based assistance programs assume that it is technical knowledge that limits food production, incomes, and living standards in rural, low-income communities. This approach overlooks how the intersection of knowledge with incentives and human capacity constrains technology adoption. Significant global investments in disciplinary-based programs have not improved smallholder cocoa yields, incomes, or family health. Our team collected data on demography, farming activities, incomes, health, and nutrition from families in 33 cocoa-growing villages in Bougainville. Results were presented back to the communities, Government and scientific community and their perspectives incorporated. Our transdisciplinary interpretation revealed that among the diverse factors examined, education levels, income diversification, and family health have the strongest impacts on poverty. This deeper understanding of the intersecting factors in poverty informs the prioritisation and development of more effective, One Health approaches to poverty alleviation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116023481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0004
J. Zinsstag, Abdifatah Muhummed, F. Nuvey, Z. Keita, K. Pelikan, A. Kaiser-Grolimund, L. Crump, K. Heitz-Tokpa
{"title":"Impressions from the 7th World One Health Congress in Singapore","authors":"J. Zinsstag, Abdifatah Muhummed, F. Nuvey, Z. Keita, K. Pelikan, A. Kaiser-Grolimund, L. Crump, K. Heitz-Tokpa","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133693862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0008
F. Berkes
{"title":"Making Connections: Leopold’s Land Health, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Social-Ecological Resilience, and One Health","authors":"F. Berkes","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Leopold’s land health concept provides a holistic view of the relationship between human health and ecosystem health. Significantly, a similar view is found in the traditional wisdom of Indigenous peoples, as exemplified by the concept of “healthy country, healthy people”. A contemporary formulation of land health is provided by social-ecological resilience, which refers to integrated complex adaptive systems that include social (human) and ecological (biophysical) subsystems in a two-way feedback relationship. Resilience is dynamic and provides the tools for dealing with change and disasters proactively. Building resilience and using social/institutional learning for adaptive governance are relevant to One Health, as are Indigenous concepts for the maintenance of healthy relationships between humans and the ecosystem.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The One Health approach centers on the interdependence between the health of humans, animals, and the ecosystem. However, relevant ecosystem concepts have not been developed sufficiently for a comprehensive One Health approach, as pointed out in the editorial by Zinsstag and Crump. The basic idea behind One Health not only goes back many decades in Western science but also to the environmental perception and wisdom of traditional societies. The consideration of these connections is relevant for the development of a solid theoretical basis for One Health.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134521282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0003
C. Pettan-Brewer, Neil Vezeau, D. Barbosa, A. W. Biondo
{"title":"One Health predatory symposiums and publishers in Brazil and Latin America: How to recognize and find solutions to avoid them?","authors":"C. Pettan-Brewer, Neil Vezeau, D. Barbosa, A. W. Biondo","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0003","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 ‘One Health’ (\u0000 ‘Saúde Unica’, ‘Una Salud’,\u0000 ‘\u0000 Uma So Saúde’)\u0000 has become a fashionable topic in Latin America. The funding for education and research grants has increased exponentially in recent years. However, this term is indiscriminately applied. Many claimed expertise while having little knowledge or history of the subject. Projects with ‘One Health’ in the title were awarded grants to applicants with no previous experience or basic knowledge of the concept. Virtual courses, certificate programs and publication opportunities have been advertised to attract a large number of participants at conferences as well as incentives for expected academic achievements and career promotion demands in any area.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The authors strongly believe that this ethical discussion is of high importance for the successful continuing of implementation, and development of One Health with integrity and legitimacy in Latin America and in the world.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115470410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0018
A. Warra, A. Aziz, T. T. Z. Abidin
{"title":"Medical geology and overview of studies from Africa and Asia","authors":"A. Warra, A. Aziz, T. T. Z. Abidin","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0018","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Despite some appreciable development of Medical Geology reported in various parts of the world, Africa and Asia are still developing. Indeed, there is substantial evidence to demonstrate that research in this area holds significant relevance for the African and Asian continents. Given the importance of geo-environmental materials, factors, and processes, including both geogenic and anthropogenic activities, as well as the consistently reported cases of diseases associated with such activities in Africa and Asia, it has become imperative to explore genuine relationships. This review delves into comprehensive studies on the impact of geological factors on human health. The geologic sources of contamination by toxic elements in the environment, which lead to human exposure through food and water, are examined closely. Recent case studies, research, and development (R&D) efforts undertaken by scholars, researchers, and government institutions are also thoroughly reviewed, with the aim of charting a course toward viable solutions. Furthermore, the discussion extends to raising awareness about the harmful effects of water contamination caused by toxic metals, such as arsenic and fluoride, and addressing mining hazards in Africa and Asia. The issue of exposure to toxic metals and metalloids, including lead and chromium (II), is also tackled. Recommendations are put forth emphasizing the necessity of synergy among medical scientists, geologists, geochemists, biochemists, and other stakeholders involved in environmental health studies. The importance of creating an environment conducive to brainstorming ideas that contribute to understanding the emergence of new pathologies, as well as the development of pertinent curricula for institutions in Africa and Asia, is also thoroughly discussed.","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"168 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123061136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0014
Y. Osman, J. Zinsstag, Rahma Abtidon, J. Hattendorf, L. Crump, Halane Wali, Ahmed Mo’alin, Abdifatah Muhumed, R. Tschopp
{"title":"Operationalizing a community-based One Health surveillance and response in Adadle district of Ethiopia","authors":"Y. Osman, J. Zinsstag, Rahma Abtidon, J. Hattendorf, L. Crump, Halane Wali, Ahmed Mo’alin, Abdifatah Muhumed, R. Tschopp","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0014","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Surveillance of human and animal health is often carried out separately worldwide, which leads to the under-reporting of zoonotic and emerging diseases. Early cross-information between wildlife, domestic animal and public health sectors may reduce both exposure and cost of outbreaks. We have assessed the feasibility of a One Health Surveillance and Response System (OHSRS) in the Adadle district of Ethiopia in the Somali Region (SRS), with regard to integration into the existing regional surveillance-response system in the Somali Region of Ethiopia (SRS). To meet the objectives of a surveillance-response system, we established a One Health Surveillance and Response Unit (OHSRU) at the district level. Community Animal Health Workers, Community Health Workers (CHWs), and both human and animal health district staff and regional experts were trained together on the OHSRS. An inception workshop was held with all relevant stakeholders. To ensure the active engagement of communities in the surveillance response system, a Community-Based Emergency Fund (CBEF) and CAHW cost recovery mechanisms were established. All public and animal health staff of different administration levels were linked together. Human and animal health information was collected and shared effectively among sectors. This approach helped bridging the physical separation between the public and animal health sectors in disease surveillance in the Adadle district. Joint interventions, such as disease outbreak investigations and community awareness were initiated by the OHSRU. We demonstrated that the OHSR was successfully operationalized in Adadle districts and contributed to improving the early detection and response of zoonotic diseases. However, technical barriers, cost-effectiveness, legality of data and ethical safeguarding, along with political commitment should be addressed to effectively operationalize the OHSR in the whole region. Designing the OHSR through the existing surveillance system, engaging communities and other relevant sectors using a participatory process is an important contribution to a sustainable OHSR.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 In this research work, the public and animal health sectors collaborated in data collection and initiated joint interventions. By integrating the surveillance operational costs for disease outbreak investigation and cost of public health associated with zoonotic diseases can be reduced as One Health surveillance and response lead to early detection and response to zoonotic diseases. As one health is collaborative efforts multispectral, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary, i.e. involvement of all relevant sectors including community members and different disciplines in the launching workshop of surveillance system helped to define and agree the role of each sectors or partner’s in the One Health approach. This played a curtail role in the success of the approach. Lessons learned from this work can be used for further improvement in One Health approach in d","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116671635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0012
A. Mohamed, Mahamed Abdi Wali
{"title":"A One Health look into the emergence of zoonotic viruses at the human-animal-environment interface","authors":"A. Mohamed, Mahamed Abdi Wali","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0012","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Emerging zoonotic viruses are a major public health concern, and they have caused the majority of human infectious disease outbreaks in recent decades. It is known that the emergence of zoonotic diseases is facilitated by human-caused environmental changes such as deforestation and changes in global climatic conditions. However, the complex interactions between these environmental elements and the contribution of each factor to the emergence and spread of zoonotic viral pathogens are not sufficiently addressed. Therefore, this article presents an overview of the available scientific knowledge on the major anthropogenic and climatic drivers of emerging zoonotic viruses, and also discusses the interconnections among human health, animal health, and ecosystem health in the context of emerging zoonotic viruses, and how the One Health approach can be implemented in reducing the health risks of emerging zoonotic viral pathogens.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The One Health approach has got more attention post-COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are multiple challenges in its real-world application. This paper presents a general One Health application framework that describes how a national One Health risk analysis (OHRA) system can be designed and implemented to predict, prevent, and control emerging zoonotic viral pathogens at the human-animal-environment interface.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122038509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CABI One HealthPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0011
Cameron R. Carow, Joann M. Lindenmayer
{"title":"Identifying need for spay and neuter services: A GIS-based analysis","authors":"Cameron R. Carow, Joann M. Lindenmayer","doi":"10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2023.0011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study provides a method for assessing the need for spay and neuter services in Massachusetts by creating a composite index that accounts for spatial accessibility and social vulnerability. An accessibility index (AI) of existing low-cost spay/neuter (S/N) facilities was created using the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method which was then combined with the social vulnerability index (SVI) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a need index (NI). Two methods for selecting the final target areas from the NI results were examined and used to make recommendations for S/N funding allocation. The construction of the NI (i.e. factors included or weights applied to factors) had a significant impact on the results. The NI displayed statistically significant spatial autocorrelation, and hot spot analysis revealed statistically significant clusters of comparatively high- and low-need regions in the state. The target areas identified were strongly influenced by high levels of social vulnerability in urban areas and low spatial accessibility of low-cost S/N facilities in more rural western Massachusetts. The results of this project demonstrate the utility of geographic information systems (GIS)-based analysis in veterinary and shelter medicine, as well as the potential for the use of non-veterinary specific data, such as the CDC SVI, when planning the equitable distribution of limited resources.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Providing spay and neuter (S/N) services to owned and free-roaming cats, dogs and other companion animal species is integral to the health and well-being of the animals themselves. Their human companions also reap the physical and mental health benefits of the human–animal bond, in addition to the environmental and public health impact of limiting free-roaming dog and cat populations. By recognizing the relationships between human and animal populations, existing gaps in need can be addressed through the use of human data to inform decisions on animal health when relevant animal health service data are lacking.\u0000 A composite index of factors accounting for the social vulnerability was combined with the spatial accessibility of existing S/N resources to create a final index of need for S/N resources. This transdisciplinary approach takes methodologies from public health, acknowledges the impact of the vulnerability of human populations on surrounding companion animal populations, and applies a practical method of identifying the need for specific veterinary medical services.\u0000","PeriodicalId":136109,"journal":{"name":"CABI One Health","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128167162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}