Limited knowledge of health risks along the illegal wild meat value chain in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA)

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSmithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen Environmental Researchen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWildlife Research and Training Institute, Kenyaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Mediterranean Studiesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseasesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_US
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSherril Phyllis Masudi: 0009-0003-6319-1211en_US
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Cook: 0000-0001-6081-8363en_US
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316596en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1932-6203en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalPLOS ONEen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTSen_US
cg.subject.ilriBUSHMEATen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume20en_US
dc.contributor.authorMasudi, Sherril P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHassell, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCook, Elizabeth A.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHooft, P. vanen_US
dc.contributor.authorLangevelde, F. vanen_US
dc.contributor.authorBuij, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOtiende, M.Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, J.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSantangeli, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHappi, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkpan, S.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-27T12:24:02Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-03-27T12:24:02Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173890en_US
dc.titleLimited knowledge of health risks along the illegal wild meat value chain in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA)en_US
dcterms.abstractConsumption of and trade in wild meat could result in infectious pathogen spillover into human populations. Such spillovers could propagate into sustained outbreaks in major cities where human aggregations potentially catalyze their spread. A better understanding of how urban wild meat value chains operate could assist in mitigating spillover events. We used key informant interviews and literature review to understand the structure and operations, actors, their practices, and health risk perceptions along a wild meat value chain supplying a rapidly urbanizing city in Africa, the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA). The value chain operates via three main nodes: harvester, trader, and consumer nodes. We found wild meat to be harvested from peri-urban areas of the NMA, consumed or sold locally, or supplied to distant urban markets. Actors reported increased participation along the value chain during the dry season, and over the Christmas period. The value chain operated informally, creating a ‘rules in use’ framework focusing on sanction avoidance, while ignoring food safety concerns. Consequently, respondents reported slaughtering wild animals on the bare ground, handling wild meat with unwashed hands and uncleaned utensils. No value chain actors reported wearing personal protective equipment when handling wild meat. At the distant markets’ trader node where wild meat was sold as livestock meat, meat vendors engaged in similar unsafe practices. Actors had limited awareness of the specific health risks from wild meat. We speculate that the observed limited health risk awareness, and sanction avoidance attempts promotes unsafe practices during exploitation of wild animals for food, income and for medicinal purposes. Multisectoral efforts at the conservation and public health nexus, as well as community education on the potential health risks from wild meat are key in reducing potential spillovers.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2025-03-26en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMasudi, S.P., Hassell, J., Cook, E.A.J., Hooft, P. van, Langevelde, F. van, Buij, R., Otiende, M.Y., Ochieng, J.W., Santangeli, A., Happi, A., Akpan, S.N. and Thomas, L.F. 2025. Limited knowledge of health risks along the illegal wild meat value chain in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA). PLOS ONE 20(3): e0316596.en_US
dcterms.extente0316596en_US
dcterms.issued2025-03-26en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC0-1.0en_US
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productsen_US
dcterms.subjectbushmeaten_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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