Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya

The health of humans, animals, and the environment are all under unprecedented, interdependent risks. The Quadripartite Organizations (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) define OH as an integrated, unifying strategy that seeks to optimally and sustainably balance the health of people, animals, and ecosystems....

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Main Authors: Bukachi, Salome R.A., Onono, Joshua O., Onyango-Ouma, Washington, Onyango, Tonny, Jeptoo, Mosbei, Yussuf, Buke, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Fèvre, Eric M., Richards, Shauna
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Published: CAB International 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151699
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author Bukachi, Salome R.A.
Onono, Joshua O.
Onyango-Ouma, Washington
Onyango, Tonny
Jeptoo, Mosbei
Yussuf, Buke
Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Richards, Shauna
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Fèvre, Eric M.
Jeptoo, Mosbei
Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.
Onono, Joshua O.
Onyango, Tonny
Onyango-Ouma, Washington
Richards, Shauna
Yussuf, Buke
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Onono, Joshua O.
Onyango-Ouma, Washington
Onyango, Tonny
Jeptoo, Mosbei
Yussuf, Buke
Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Richards, Shauna
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description The health of humans, animals, and the environment are all under unprecedented, interdependent risks. The Quadripartite Organizations (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) define OH as an integrated, unifying strategy that seeks to optimally and sustainably balance the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) is a project with the objective of facilitating the rapid uptake, adaptation, and adoption of solutions using the OH concept embedded across government and research entities, educational and training institutes, and public-private partnerships in Eastern and Southern Africa. The COHESA project team in Kenya conducted a baseline assessment to understand challenges, gaps, and capacities in OH in the country. The findings illustrated that an OH strategic plan for the period 2021 to 2025 was launched in Kenya and had three strategic objectives: (a) to strengthen implementation of the OH approach at national and county levels, (b) to strengthen prevention, surveillance, response, and control of priority zoonotic diseases in both humans and animals, (c) to conduct applied research using OH approach. The findings also illustrated that the country has been involved in several activities involving a multisectoral OH approach, including but not limited to research and innovation, national policies and strategies development, capacity building of human and animal health workforce, and implementation. Despite making these steps, challenges persist in translating policies into effective actions, and limited collaboration among actors while public awareness and involvement of the environmental sector remain suboptimal.
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spelling CGSpace1516992025-12-08T10:29:22Z Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya Bukachi, Salome R.A. Onono, Joshua O. Onyango-Ouma, Washington Onyango, Tonny Jeptoo, Mosbei Yussuf, Buke Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D. Fèvre, Eric M. Richards, Shauna one health approach capacity building The health of humans, animals, and the environment are all under unprecedented, interdependent risks. The Quadripartite Organizations (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) define OH as an integrated, unifying strategy that seeks to optimally and sustainably balance the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) is a project with the objective of facilitating the rapid uptake, adaptation, and adoption of solutions using the OH concept embedded across government and research entities, educational and training institutes, and public-private partnerships in Eastern and Southern Africa. The COHESA project team in Kenya conducted a baseline assessment to understand challenges, gaps, and capacities in OH in the country. The findings illustrated that an OH strategic plan for the period 2021 to 2025 was launched in Kenya and had three strategic objectives: (a) to strengthen implementation of the OH approach at national and county levels, (b) to strengthen prevention, surveillance, response, and control of priority zoonotic diseases in both humans and animals, (c) to conduct applied research using OH approach. The findings also illustrated that the country has been involved in several activities involving a multisectoral OH approach, including but not limited to research and innovation, national policies and strategies development, capacity building of human and animal health workforce, and implementation. Despite making these steps, challenges persist in translating policies into effective actions, and limited collaboration among actors while public awareness and involvement of the environmental sector remain suboptimal. 2024-08-14 2024-08-15T15:51:31Z 2024-08-15T15:51:31Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151699 en Open Access application/pdf CAB International Bukachi, S.A., Onono, J., Onyango-Ouma, W., Onyango, T., Jeptoo, M., Yussuf, B., Knight-Jones, T., Fèvre, E. and Richards, S. 2024. Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya. One Health Cases 2024(2024): ohcs20240019.
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capacity building
Bukachi, Salome R.A.
Onono, Joshua O.
Onyango-Ouma, Washington
Onyango, Tonny
Jeptoo, Mosbei
Yussuf, Buke
Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Richards, Shauna
Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title_full Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title_fullStr Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title_short Opportunities, gaps, and challenges in the implementation of the One Health approach in Kenya
title_sort opportunities gaps and challenges in the implementation of the one health approach in kenya
topic one health approach
capacity building
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151699
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