Are we prepared for emerging and re-emerging diseases? experience and lessons from epidemics that occurred in Tanzania during the last five decades

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dc.contributor.authorKarimuribo, E.D
dc.contributor.authorMboera, L. E.G
dc.contributor.authorMbugi, Erasto
dc.contributor.authorSimba, Azma
dc.contributor.authorKivaria, F. M
dc.contributor.authorMmbuji, Peter
dc.contributor.authorRweyemamu, M. M
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-14T10:52:30Z
dc.date.available2022-06-14T10:52:30Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstracthis paper reviews preparedness for containing and controlling emerging and re-emerging diseases drawing lessons from disease events that occurred in animal and human populations in the last five decades (1961-2011). A comprehensive analysis based on retrieval and analysis of grey and published literature as well as reported cases was carried out to document type and trend of occurrence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in different parts of Tanzania. Overall, the majority of diseases reported in the country were viral in nature followed by bacterial diseases. The trend for the occurrence shows a number of new emerging diseases as well as re-occurrence of old diseases in both animal (domestic and wild) and human populations. In humans, the major disease epidemics reported in the last five decades include cholera, influenza A H1N1, plague and rubella. In animals, the major epidemic diseases reported were Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia, Peste des petits ruminants and Giraffe Ear and Skin Diseases. Some epidemics have been reported in both human and animal populations including Rift Valley fever and anthrax. The emergence of the ‘fit-for purpose’ approaches and technologies such as the discipline of One Health, use of participatory epidemiology and disease surveillance and mobile technologies offers opportunity for optimal use of limited resources to improve early detection, diagnosis and response to disease events and consequently reduced impact of such diseases in animal and human populations. ____________________________en_US
dc.identifier.issn0856-6496
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4258
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEmerging and re-emerging infectious diseasesen_US
dc.subjectOutbreaken_US
dc.subjectTrendsen_US
dc.subjectPreparednessen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleAre we prepared for emerging and re-emerging diseases? experience and lessons from epidemics that occurred in Tanzania during the last five decadesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v13i5.8en_US

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