Abstract
Zoonotic diseases represent critical threats to global health security. Effective mitigation of the impact of endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases of public health importance requires multisectoral collaboration and interdisciplinary partnerships. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Tool to help countries identify zoonotic diseases of greatest national concern using input from representatives of human health, agriculture, environment, and wildlife sectors. We review 7 One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Tool workshops conducted during 2014–2016, highlighting workshop outcomes, lessons learned, and shared themes from countries implementing this process. We also describe the tool’s ability to help countries focus One Health capacity-building efforts to appropriately prevent, detect, and respond to zoonotic disease threats.
Highlights
Detection of zoonotic pathogens through enhanced laboratory capacity and surveillance at the animal– human interface is a crucial step toward controlling and preventing zoonoses [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20] and a core capacity for implementation of the World Health Organization International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR 2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA; https://www.ghsagenda.org/) [21]
During 2014–2016, at countries’ request, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) workshops in Thailand, Kenya [27], Ethiopia [28], Azerbaijan, Cameroon, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
During 2014–2016, CDC successfully carried out 7 OHZDP workshops in Thailand, Kenya [27], Ethiopia [28], Azerbaijan, Cameroon, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Summary
Detection of zoonotic pathogens through enhanced laboratory capacity and surveillance at the animal– human interface is a crucial step toward controlling and preventing zoonoses [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20] and a core capacity for implementation of the World Health Organization International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR 2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA; https://www.ghsagenda.org/) [21]. Disease prioritization enables effective capacity building and resource allocation to increase surveillance, guide research, and improve preparedness and response protocols, further advancing global health security and the international health regulations [23,24,25]. To address this prioritization need, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) tool [22,26] as a multisectoral approach to rank a country’s zoonotic diseases using an objective, semiquantitative method. We summarize overarching themes identified from these workshops and highlight successes and lessons learned to best support additional countries in prioritizing zoonotic diseases by using this tool
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