Use of Multicriteria Risk Ranking of Zoonotic Diseases in a Developing Country: Case Study of Mongolia

Autor: Z. Baljinnyam, A. M. J. McFadden, Petra Muellner, Nick Wilson, W. Daan Vink
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Databases
Factual
Epidemiology
Disease
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental protection
Risk Factors
Zoonoses
education.field_of_study
Infectious Diseases
Livestock
medicine.medical_specialty
Rabies
030231 tropical medicine
030106 microbiology
Population
Developing country
Cattle Diseases
Sheep Diseases
World Health Organization
Risk Assessment
Brucellosis
Resource Allocation
Anthrax
03 medical and health sciences
Echinococcosis
Environmental health
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Humans
education
Developing Countries
Government
Sheep
General Veterinary
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
Health Priorities
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Mongolia
medicine.disease
Communicable Disease Control
Organizational Case Studies
Cattle
business
Zdroj: Zoonoses and public health. 63(2)
ISSN: 1863-2378
Popis: Many developing countries face significant health burdens associated with a high incidence of endemic zoonoses and difficulties in integrated control measures for both the human and animal populations. The objective of this study was to develop and apply a multicriteria ranking model for zoonoses in Mongolia, a country highly affected by zoonotic disease, to inform optimal resource allocation at the national level. Diseases were evaluated based on their impact on human health, livestock sector health and the wider society through affects on the economic value of livestock, as well as the feasibility of control in both the human and livestock population. Data on disease in Mongolia were collected from various government departments including the Mongolian State Central Laboratory, the Mongolian Department of Veterinary and Animal Breeding, the Mongolian Ministry of Health, Mongolian National Center for Communicable Diseases, the National Center for Zoonotic Disease and expert opinion from a workshop with a number of Mongolian Government officials and researchers. A combined score for both impact of the disease and feasibility of its control was calculated. Five zoonotic diseases were determined to be of high priority from this assessment (i.e. ovine brucellosis, echinococcosis (hydatids), rabies, anthrax and bovine brucellosis). The results supported some of the findings for high-priority diseases (namely brucellosis, rabies and anthrax) from a previous priority setting exercise carried out in Mongolia in 2011, but also identified and ranked additional animal diseases of public health importance. While the process of model development was largely Mongolian specific, the experience of developing and parameterizing this multicriteria ranking model could be replicated by other countries where zoonoses have substantive impacts on both animal and human health.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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