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Africa's nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance

Hassell, J. M. and Zimmerman, D. and Fèvre, E. M. and Zinsstag, J. and Bukachi, S. and Barry, M. and Muturi, M. and Bett, B. and Jensen, N. and Ali, S. and Maples, S. and Rushton, J. and Tschopp, R. and Madaine, Y. O. and Abtidon, R. A. and Wild, H.. (2020) Africa's nomadic pastoralists and their animals are an invisible frontier in pandemic surveillance. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 103 (5). pp. 1777-1779.

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Abstract

The effects of COVID-19 have gone undocumented in nomadic pastoralist communities across Africa, which are largely invisible to health surveillance systems despite the fact that they are of key significance in the setting of emerging infectious disease. We expose these landscapes as a "blind spot" in global health surveillance, elaborate on the ways in which current health surveillance infrastructure is ill-equipped to capture pastoralist populations and the animals with which they coexist, and highlight the consequential risks of inadequate surveillance among pastoralists and their livestock to global health. As a platform for further dialogue, we present concrete solutions to address this gap.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Human and Animal Health > One Health (Zinsstag)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Human and Animal Health > One Health East Africa (Tschopp)
UniBasel Contributors:Zinsstag, Jakob Z and Ali, Seid Mohammed and Tschopp, Rea and Osman, Yahya Maidane and Abtidon, Rahma
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1476-1645 (Electronic)0002-9637 (Linking)
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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