Multi-sectoral prioritization of zoonotic diseases: One health perspective from Ahmedabad, India

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220152
• Publication Date: 2019-07-30T17:28:21Z
• Authors: Sandul Yasobant; Deepak Saxena; Walter Bruchhausen; Farjana Zakir Memon; Timo Falkenberg
• Keywords: One Health; Zoonotic disease; Prioritization; Pandemic; Animal health

Background Prioritizing zoonotic diseases is one of the emerging tasks for developing multi-sectoral collaboration within One Health. Globally, many efforts have been made to prioritize at national levels, especially in low resource settings. Prioritization zoonoses has conducted different countries levels (i.e. national, regional and local) purposes. India also initiated prioritization level. However, a country like with wide climatic variations, animal-human vector densities, it important look these conditions local settings too. The present study aims determine which should be prioritized between stakeholders Indian city Ahmedabad. Methods followed participatory research method, entailing stakeholder workshop prioritizing It was carried out through facilitated consultative process involving 19 experts from human animal health systems during one-day September 2018. To diseases, Health Zoonotic Disease (OHZDP) tool U.S. Centers Control Prevention adopted. Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) decision-tree analysis were used rank diseases. Results Out 38 listed 14 selected prioritization. These scored weighed against five criteria: severity disease humans, potential epidemic and/or pandemic, availability prevention control strategies, burden existing inter-sectoral collaboration. top that Ahmedabad are Rabies, Brucellosis, Avian Influenza (H5N1), A (H1N1) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. Sensitivity did not indicate significant changes based on criteria weights. Conclusion level essential development effective strategies. This type highly recommended can replicated other cities, as well middle-income countries.