Using a One Health approach to prioritize zoonotic diseases in China, 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China is vulnerable to zoonotic disease transmission due to a large agricultural work force, sizable domestic livestock population, and a highly biodiverse ecology. To better address this threat, representatives from the human, animal, and environmental health sectors in China held a One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) workshop in May 2019 to develop a list of priority zoonotic diseases for multisectoral, One Health collaboration.

Methods

Representatives used the OHZDP Process, developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), to prioritize zoonotic diseases for China. Representatives defined the criteria used for prioritization and determined questions and weights for each individual criterion. A review of English and Chinese

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604330 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature