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Dengue hemorraghic fever (DHF) is affecting more than 50 million people globally and still remains a persistent public health challenge in Saudi Arabia [1]. Althougth there has been available financial resource, limitations and deficiencies in integrated DHF control management strategy implementation and surveillance capacity have hindered the effective implementation of recommended WHO and Global One Health (OH) strategic guidelines and measures in DHF control and elimination in remotes urban and rural settings in Saudi Arabia[1, 2].

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Cysticercosis is a frequent health problem in developing countries. The disease is due to infection by Taenia solium larvae and is predominant in areas where pigs and humans cohabite. Inappropriate breeding conditions and poor hygiene especially inadequate disposal or management of faeces are factors responsible of disease's transmission. In human, there are various clinical manifestations but the neurological involvement is particular severe as it frequently causes epilepsy which has an important socio economic impact among communities.

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Early detection of diseases in animal populations is key to protecting the health of companion animals and livestock. Safeguarding the health of animals aims at protecting human populations from diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans (zoonotic diseases), guaranteeing the safety of food products, and avoiding economical losses and food supply shortages due to loss of livestock.

CEDESAP-REDesastres was developed as a result of the holistic approach needed to cope increases of sanitary disaster risks by emerging and reemerging diseases animal and plant diseases with high negative impact on human health, as well as other challenges as consequences of the human activity and climate change upon the pathogen-environment interactions.

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Zoonotic diseases constitute about 70% of the emerging or reemerging diseases in the world; they affect many animals, cause many economic loses, and have a negative effect on public health. As a tropical country, Cuba is not exempt from the occurrence of this type of illness. There are many risk factors present such as climate change, natural disasters, bird migrations, vector species, the entry of Cuban travelers into endemic areas, the increase of commercial and touristic exchange, and the increase of agricultural activities including animals raised in urban areas.

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Timely outbreak response requires effective early warning and surveillance systems. This investigation points out the important role that livestock keepers can play in veterinary surveillance. The investigation revealed that pastoralists had good traditional knowledge concerning livestock diseases in general and anthrax in particular. They provided detailed and accurate clinical descriptions of the disease, had greater appreciation of the risk factors associated with the disease, and showed a stronger recall of the outbreak history.

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Large mosquito outbreaks mysteriously began to recur annually in Western Kentucky beginning in 2011. With up to 30 bites/minute in urban areas, these outbreaks warranted Governor-declared public health emergencies requiring expensive ($2 million each) aerial insecticide applications over 300,000 – 700,000 acres of populated area. The economic impact was also significant because the area, with large reservoirs managed by the TVA, is one of Kentucky’s most important tourist destinations.

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On 3rd of June, 2010 a sick dog was presented to an Animal Welfare Agency. Biliary treatment unsuccessful and the dog was euthanased and tested positive for Rabies on FAT. In this mixed rural urban area of South Africa Rabies is an occasional disease usually related to a sylvatic/mongoose biotype. Within 2 weeks another 2 cases were confirmed in dogs in a 3 km radius of the index case. A single fatal human case was diagnosed in a young girl in October 2010. Eventually 53 cases were reported in the following domestic dogs (46), Bovine (3), Mongoose (2), genet (1) and domestic cat (1).

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Description

The One Health approach suggests that humans, animals, and the environment are closely tied together. Human interaction with wildlife and the environment contributes to increased risk for human, plant, and animal infectious disease outbreaks. Since human, animal, and ecosystem health are linked, interdisciplinary and holistic approaches are needed to prevent future infectious disease outbreaks. Despite the movement towards One Health, the software currently available to manage, analyze, and communicate the vast amount of One Health data is grossly inadequate. One Health data are continually growing in size and complexity, and new technologies must be developed to address the magnitude of the problem. Furthermore, the desire of single entities to control and leverage information for greater personal and organizational wealth and power directly opposes the goals of biosurveillance, One Health, and science. Open access and open source software are needed to address these complex One Health problems, and to improve data accessibility, interoperability, and information communication.

Objective

Mantle will be an open-source, cloud-compatible platform for storing, studying, and sharing data on infectious diseases across plants, animals, and humans. It will meet the needs of three groups of users: scientists, policymakers, and the general public. For scientists, Mantle will make datasets portable and connected. Scientists will be able to upload datasets to the Mantle website or collect data from the field using a mobile app. Users in Mantle will be able to easily make datasets entirely private, publicly accessible, or shared with specific users or groups. 

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Description

NBIC integrates, analyzes, and shares national biosurveillance information provided from capabilities distributed across public and private sectors. The integration of information enables early warning and shared situational awareness of nationally significant biological events to inform critical decisions directing response and recovery efforts.

The 2014-2015 HPAI H5 outbreak in the U.S. was the largest HPAI outbreak in the country’s history and resulted in the culling of millions of domestic birds and significant economic losses through loss wages, direct production losses, cost of recovery, consumer price increases, and trade restrictions.

NBIC worked closely with liaisons from USDA/APHIS and DOI/ NWHC over the course of the outbreak to integrate information from both agencies and open source reporting into reports and data sets providing early and sustained shared situational awareness to over 1400 federal, state, and local authorities.

Objective

The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) coordinated information sharing with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA/APHIS) and the Department of Interior (DOI/ NWHC) to integrate information and provide shared situational awareness of the 2014-2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the U.S. across all levels of government.

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