Successes and challenges of the One Health approach in Kenya over the last decade

• Main Authors: Peninah M. Munyua (Author), M. Kariuki Njenga (Author), Eric M. Osoro (Author), Clayton O. Onyango (Author), Austine O. Bitek (Author), Athman Mwatondo (Author), Mathew K. Muturi (Author), Norah Musee (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Elkanah Otiang (Author), Fredrick Ade (Author), Sara A. Lowther (Author), Robert F. Breiman (Author), John Neatherlin (Author), Joel Montgomery (Author), Marc-Alain Widdowson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract More than 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin and a transdisciplinary, multi-sectoral One Health approach is a key strategy for their effective prevention and control. In 2004, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention office in Kenya (CDC Kenya) established the G...