Hon’ble Health Secretary Dr Palitha Mahipala addressing the participants Photo Credit: WHO/Sri Lanka
The One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization (OHZDP) workshop was conducted in Sri Lanka from 21-23 August 2024 using the US CDC OHZDP tool. The workshop was organized by the Government of Sri Lanka which was technically supported by the WHO in coordination with the WOAH Regional Representation Office for Asia, and the Pacific and the US CDC Office of India. The primary objective of the Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop was to prioritize zoonotic diseases, rank the diseases of greatest concern, and develop the joint action plans to address the priority zoonotic diseases through collaborative efforts across human, animal, wildlife, food safety and environmental health sectors. It also aimed to provide hands-on experiential learning in using this OHZDP tool so that officials can conduct similar prioritization in the future at national and subnational levels. A total of 68 participants from One Health sectors, including academia, research institutions, international organizations, and the local facilitators, attended the workshop. The participants used five criteria (epidemic and pandemic potential, severity of a disease, availability of prevention and control measures, socio-economic impact, and environmental impact on disease transmissibility) for multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to prioritize the zoonotic diseases of greatest concern to Sri Lanka. A ranked list of 51 zoonotic diseases was generated, and joint sectoral action plans were developed to address the top 10 priority diseases: leptospirosis, rabies, acute respiratory diseases, zoonotic bovine tuberculosis, Japanese encephalitis, melioidosis, brucellosis, leishmaniasis, hantavirus, and foodborne diseases. High-level policy support and technical commitment to implement these action plans were evident.
Group Work on Developing Action Plan to Address Prioritized Zoonotic Diseases in Sri Lanka Photo Credit: WHO/Sri Lanka
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