Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth

Most emerging diseases of humans originate in animals, and zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten human, animal, and environment health. We report on a scoping study to assess actors, linkages, priorities, and needs related to management of these diseases from the perspective of key s...

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Main Authors: Grace, Delia, Gilbert, Jeffrey, Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Unger, Fred, Fèvre, Eric M., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Schelling, E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3177
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author Grace, Delia
Gilbert, Jeffrey
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
Unger, Fred
Fèvre, Eric M.
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Schelling, E.
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Gilbert, Jeffrey
Grace, Delia
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
Schelling, E.
Unger, Fred
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Gilbert, Jeffrey
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
Unger, Fred
Fèvre, Eric M.
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Schelling, E.
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description Most emerging diseases of humans originate in animals, and zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten human, animal, and environment health. We report on a scoping study to assess actors, linkages, priorities, and needs related to management of these diseases from the perspective of key stakeholders in three countries in Southeast Asia. A comprehensive interview guide was developed and in-depth interviews completed with 21 key stakeholders in Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Cambodia. We found numerous relevant actors with a predominance of public sector and medical disciplines. More capacity weaknesses than strengths were reported, with risk analysis and research skills most lacking. Social network analysis of information flows showed policy-makers were regarded as mainly information recipients, research institutes as more information providers, and universities as both. Veterinary and livestock disciplines emerged as an important “boundary-spanning” organization with linkages to both human health and rural development. Avian influenza was regarded as the most important zoonotic EID, perhaps reflecting the priority-setting influence of actors outside the region. Stakeholders reported a high awareness of the ecological and socioeconomic drivers of disease emergence and a demand for disease prioritization, epidemiological skills, and economic and qualitative studies. Evaluated from an ecohealth perspective, human health is weakly integrated with socioeconomics, linkages to policy are stronger than to communities, participation occurs mainly at lower levels, and equity considerations are not fully considered. However, stakeholders have awareness of ecological and social determinants of health, and a basis exists on which transdisciplinarity, equity, and participation can be strengthened.
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spelling CGSpace31772024-01-17T12:58:34Z Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth Grace, Delia Gilbert, Jeffrey Lapar, Ma. Lucila Unger, Fred Fèvre, Eric M. Hung Nguyen-Viet Schelling, E. infectious diseases animal diseases zoonoses ecology Most emerging diseases of humans originate in animals, and zoonotic emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten human, animal, and environment health. We report on a scoping study to assess actors, linkages, priorities, and needs related to management of these diseases from the perspective of key stakeholders in three countries in Southeast Asia. A comprehensive interview guide was developed and in-depth interviews completed with 21 key stakeholders in Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Cambodia. We found numerous relevant actors with a predominance of public sector and medical disciplines. More capacity weaknesses than strengths were reported, with risk analysis and research skills most lacking. Social network analysis of information flows showed policy-makers were regarded as mainly information recipients, research institutes as more information providers, and universities as both. Veterinary and livestock disciplines emerged as an important “boundary-spanning” organization with linkages to both human health and rural development. Avian influenza was regarded as the most important zoonotic EID, perhaps reflecting the priority-setting influence of actors outside the region. Stakeholders reported a high awareness of the ecological and socioeconomic drivers of disease emergence and a demand for disease prioritization, epidemiological skills, and economic and qualitative studies. Evaluated from an ecohealth perspective, human health is weakly integrated with socioeconomics, linkages to policy are stronger than to communities, participation occurs mainly at lower levels, and equity considerations are not fully considered. However, stakeholders have awareness of ecological and social determinants of health, and a basis exists on which transdisciplinarity, equity, and participation can be strengthened. 2011-03 2011-02-11T06:53:58Z 2011-02-11T06:53:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3177 en Limited Access Springer Grace, D., Gilbert, J., Lapar, M.L., Unger, F., Fèvre, S., Hung Nguyen-Viet and Schelling, E. 2011. Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth. EcoHealth 8(1): 55-62.
spellingShingle infectious diseases
animal diseases
zoonoses
ecology
Grace, Delia
Gilbert, Jeffrey
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
Unger, Fred
Fèvre, Eric M.
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Schelling, E.
Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title_full Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title_fullStr Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title_full_unstemmed Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title_short Zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in Southeast Asia: Insights from ecohealth
title_sort zoonotic emerging infectious disease in selected countries in southeast asia insights from ecohealth
topic infectious diseases
animal diseases
zoonoses
ecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3177
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