Field Lessons from a Zoonotic Disease Study in the Nairobi Health Surveillance System

About 60% of Nairobi residents live in slums with higher poverty, population density prevalence diseases and lower health access than the city average. Some residents own livestock or in are in contact with its products. Most slums dwellers work outside slums. Thus, health surveillance in slum area is vital because of potential disease outbreaks and spread. Yet, little is known on practice/challenges of health surveillance in resource-limited slums.

Objective

Disseminate field lessons from a zoonotic disease study nested on the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS). The study investigates the emergence and introduction of zoonoses in urban areas