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Molyneux, David 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-7947, Hallaj, Zuhair, Keusch, Gerald T, McManus, Donald P, Ngowi, Helena, Cleaveland, Sarah, Ramos-Jimenez, Pilar, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Kar, Kamal, Sanchez, Ana, Garba, Amadou, Carabin, Helene, Bassili, Amal, Chaignat, Claire L, Meslin, Francois-Xavier, Abushama, Hind M, Willingham, Arve L and Kioy, Deborah
(2011)
'Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: where do we stand?'. Parasites & Vectors, Vol 4, e106.
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Abstract
Despite growing awareness of the importance of controlling neglected tropical diseases as a contribution to poverty alleviation and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is a need to up-scale programmes to achieve wider public health benefits. This implementation deficit is attributable to several factors but one often overlooked is the specific difficulty in tackling diseases that involve both people and animals - the zoonoses. A Disease Reference Group on Zoonoses and Marginalised Infectious Diseases (DRG6) was convened by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a programme executed by the World Health Organization and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO. The key considerations included: (a) the general lack of reliable quantitative data on their public health burden; (b) the need to evaluate livestock production losses and their additional impacts on health and poverty; (c) the relevance of cross-sectoral issues essential to designing and implementing public health interventions for zoonotic diseases; and (d) identifying priority areas for research and interventions to harness resources most effectively. Beyond disease specific research issues, a set of common macro-priorities and interventions were identified which, if implemented through a more integrated approach by countries, would have a significant impact on human health of the most marginalised populations characteristically dependent on livestock.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/106 |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 950 Zoonoses (General) |
| Faculty: Department: | Groups (2002 - 2012) > Disease Control Strategy Group |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-106 |
| Depositing User: | Users 322 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2011 16:07 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2018 13:04 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/2426 |
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