The importance of veterinary policy in preventing the emergence and re-emergence of zoonotic disease: Examining the case of human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Okello, Anna L ^a   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HumanAfrican trypanosomiasis; Neglected zoonotic diseases; Public health; Uganda; Veterinary policy; Veterinary services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937404401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00218     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. OkelloAL,BardoshK,SmithJ,WelburnSC. Onehealth:past successesand future challenges in three African contexts. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 8(5):e2884. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002884
2. Picozzi K, Fèvre EM, Odiit M, Carrington M, Eisler MC, Maudlin I, et al. Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between two fatal diseases. Br Med J (2005) 331:1238-41. doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1238
3. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Neglected tropical diseases: no longer someone else's problem. Lancet InfectDis (2014)14(10):899. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(14) 70928-4
4. Schofield C, Kabayo JP. Trypanosomiasis vector control in Africa and Latin America. Parasit Vectors (2008) 1:24. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-24
5. Cattand P, Simarro P, Jannin J, Ly C, Shaw A, Mattioli R. Linking Sustainable Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis Control With Rural Development Strategies. PAAT Technical and Scientific Series, No. 10. ISBN 978-92-5-106670-6. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (2010). Available from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1790e/i1790e00.pdf
6. Molyneux D, Ndung'u J, Maudlin I. Controlling sleeping sickness -when will they ever learn? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 4(5):e609. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd. 0000609
7. Simarro PP, Jannin J, Cattand P. Eliminating human African trypanosomiasis: where do we stand and what comes next? PLoS Med (2008) 5(2):e55. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050055
8. Kristjanson PM, Swallow BM, Rowlands GJ, Kruska RL, de Leeuw PN. Measuring the costs of African animal trypanosomiasis, the potential benefits of control and returns to research. Agric Syst (1999) 59:79-98. doi:10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00086-9
9. Waiswa C, Kabasa JD. Historical mapping of events in the SOS districts. Department for International Development Research Into Use Programme (2006-2012) Project Documents. Kampala (2009).
10. Hide G,TaitA,MaudlinI,Welburn SC. The origins, dynamics and generation of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense epidemics in East Africa. Parasitol Today (1996) 12:50-5. doi:10.1016/0169-4758(96)80654-5
11. Fèvre EM, Coleman PG, Odiit M, Magona JW, Welburn SC, Woolhouse ME. The origins of a new Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness outbreak in eastern Uganda. Lancet (2001) 358:625-8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05778-6
12. Welburn SC, Fèvre EM, Coleman PG, Maudlin I. Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiases. In: Maudlin I, Holmes P, Miles M, editors. The Trypanosomiases. Wallingford: CABI Publishing (2004). p. 219-32.
13. Welburn SC,Coleman PG,MaudlinI,Fèvre EM,OdiitM,Eisler MC. Crisis,what crisis? Control of Rhodesian sleeping sickness. Trends Parasitol (2006) 22:123-8. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2006.01.011
14. Selby R, Bardosh K, Picozzi K, Waiswa C, Welburn SC. Cattle movements and trypanosomes: restocking efforts and the spread of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness in post-conflict Uganda. Parasit Vectors (2013) 6:281. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-281
15. Government of Uganda Animal Diseases Act. (2014). Available from: http://www.ulii.org/ug/legislation/consolidated-act/38
16. Wendo C. Uganda revises cattle treatment to protect humans from sleeping sickness. Lancet (2002) 359:239. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07489-5
17. Okello AL, Welburn SC, Smith J. Crossing institutional boundaries: mapping the policy process for improved control of endemic and neglected zoonoses in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Policy Plan (2014). doi:10.1093/heapol/czu059
18. Morton J. The innovation trajectory of sleeping sickness control in Uganda: research knowledge in its context. Research into Use Discussion Paper 08 (2010). Available from: http://www.researchintouse.com/resources/ riu10discuss08ssickcntrl-ug.pdf
19. Bardosh K, Waiswa C, Welburn SC. Conflict of interest: use of pyrethroids and amidines against tsetse and ticks in zoonotic sleeping sickness endemic areas of Uganda. Parasit Vectors (2013) 6:204. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-204
20. Maudlin I, Eisler MC, Welburn SC. Neglected and endemic zoonoses. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2009) 364:2777-87. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0067