Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance
The effects of COVID-19 have gone undocumented in nomadic pastoralist communities across Africa, which are largely invisible to health surveillance systems despite the fact that they are of key significance in the setting of emerging infectious disease. We expose these landscapes as a “blind spot” i...
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020
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| author | Hassell, James M. Zimmerman, D. Fèvre, Eric M. Zinsstag, Jakob Bukachi, S. Barry, M. Muturi, M. Bett, Bernard K. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Ali, S. Maples, S. Rushton, Jonathan Tschopp, R. Madaine, Y.O. Abtidon, R.A. Wild, H. |
| author_browse | Abtidon, R.A. Ali, S. Barry, M. Bett, Bernard K. Bukachi, S. Fèvre, Eric M. Hassell, James M. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Madaine, Y.O. Maples, S. Muturi, M. Rushton, Jonathan Tschopp, R. Wild, H. Zimmerman, D. Zinsstag, Jakob |
| author_facet | Hassell, James M. Zimmerman, D. Fèvre, Eric M. Zinsstag, Jakob Bukachi, S. Barry, M. Muturi, M. Bett, Bernard K. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Ali, S. Maples, S. Rushton, Jonathan Tschopp, R. Madaine, Y.O. Abtidon, R.A. Wild, H. |
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| description | The effects of COVID-19 have gone undocumented in nomadic pastoralist communities across Africa, which are largely invisible to health surveillance systems despite the fact that they are of key significance in the setting of emerging infectious disease. We expose these landscapes as a “blind spot” in global health surveillance, elaborate on the ways in which current health surveillance infrastructure is ill-equipped to capture pastoralist populations and the animals with which they coexist, and highlight the consequential risks of inadequate surveillance among pastoralists and their livestock to global health. As a platform for further dialogue, we present concrete solutions to address this gap. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1094092025-01-27T15:00:52Z Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance Hassell, James M. Zimmerman, D. Fèvre, Eric M. Zinsstag, Jakob Bukachi, S. Barry, M. Muturi, M. Bett, Bernard K. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Ali, S. Maples, S. Rushton, Jonathan Tschopp, R. Madaine, Y.O. Abtidon, R.A. Wild, H. pastoralists epidemiology disease control animal health health covid-19 pandemics The effects of COVID-19 have gone undocumented in nomadic pastoralist communities across Africa, which are largely invisible to health surveillance systems despite the fact that they are of key significance in the setting of emerging infectious disease. We expose these landscapes as a “blind spot” in global health surveillance, elaborate on the ways in which current health surveillance infrastructure is ill-equipped to capture pastoralist populations and the animals with which they coexist, and highlight the consequential risks of inadequate surveillance among pastoralists and their livestock to global health. As a platform for further dialogue, we present concrete solutions to address this gap. 2020-11-04 2020-09-14T07:47:56Z 2020-09-14T07:47:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109409 en Open Access American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Hassell, J.M., Zimmerman, D., Fèvre, E.M., Zinsstag, J., Bukachi, S., Barry, M., Muturi, M., Bett, B., Jensen, N., Ali, S., Maples, S., Rushton, J., Tschopp, R., Madaine, Y.O., Abtidon, R.A. and Wild, H. 2020. Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 103(5): 1777–1779. |
| spellingShingle | pastoralists epidemiology disease control animal health health covid-19 pandemics Hassell, James M. Zimmerman, D. Fèvre, Eric M. Zinsstag, Jakob Bukachi, S. Barry, M. Muturi, M. Bett, Bernard K. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Ali, S. Maples, S. Rushton, Jonathan Tschopp, R. Madaine, Y.O. Abtidon, R.A. Wild, H. Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title | Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title_full | Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title_fullStr | Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title_short | Africa’s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| title_sort | africa s nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance |
| topic | pastoralists epidemiology disease control animal health health covid-19 pandemics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109409 |
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