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CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOTIC DISEASES:

CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOTIC DISEASES: A ROUTE TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION AMONG LIVESTOCK-KEEPING COMMUNITIES WHO Headquarters, Geneva 20 and 21 September 2005. Main action points. Promote the One Health approach Develop plans for advocacy and information Improve diagnosis and surveillance

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CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOTIC DISEASES:

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  1. CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOTIC DISEASES: A ROUTE TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION AMONG LIVESTOCK-KEEPING COMMUNITIES WHO Headquarters, Geneva 20 and 21 September 2005

  2. Main action points • Promote the One Health approach • Develop plans for advocacy and information • Improve diagnosis and surveillance • Foster research • Strengthen prevention and control

  3. 2 recommendations:Paradigm shift • HORIZONTAL APPROACH: target more than one disease. Dogs: rabies, CE, leishmaniasis • ONE HEALTHAPPROACHcoordinated public and animal health action

  4. INTEGRATED CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOTIC DISEASES IN AFRICAApplying One Health ORGANIZED BY WHO Co-sponsorship: FAO, OIE, EU HOSTED BY ILRI, NAIROBI, KENYA 13 - 15 November 2007

  5. 2007 meeting Nairobi Kenya OUTCOMES • Present a specific implementation plan to decision and policy makers: (They had to critique, endorse and help implement this action plan). • Implement this action plan in various endemic countries in Africa.  

  6. Donors being present:Funding initiatives developed • EU: ICONZ, ADVANZ, DISCONTOOL, ONE HEALTH NEXTGEN • GATES FOUNDATION: • Grand challenges, One Health • Rabies in 3 countries • NIH • DFID • Various NGOs…

  7. Third International Conference on the Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Community-based interventions Success stories WHO Geneva, 23-24 November 2010

  8. WHO initiative: Advocating for and promoting integrated control of NZDs 2007 2010 2005 Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases - World Health Organization - Geneva

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