Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationLincoln Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.creator.identifierThomas Fitz Randolph: 0000-0003-1849-9877en_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.creator.identifierFrancis Wanyoike: 0000-0002-1907-1410en_US
cg.creator.identifierKarl Rich: 0000-0002-5581-9553en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0166en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0962-8436en_US
cg.issue1725en_US
cg.journalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Ben_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENTen_US
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.volume372en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWanyoike, Francis N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRandolph, Thomas F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRich, Karl M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T07:27:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-06-07T07:27:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81470en_US
dc.titlePoor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactionsen_US
dcterms.abstractHumans have never been healthier, wealthier or more numerous. Yet, present success may be at the cost of future prosperity and in some places, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, poverty persists. Livestock keepers, especially pastoralists, are over-represented among the poor. Poverty has been mainly attributed to a lack of access, whether to goods, education or enabling institutions. More recent insights suggest ecosystems may influence poverty and the self-reinforcing mechanisms that constitute poverty traps in more subtle ways. The plausibility of zoonoses as poverty traps is strengthened by landmark studies on disease burden in recent years. While in theory, endemic zoonoses are best controlled in the animal host, in practice, communities are often left to manage disease themselves, with the focus on treatment rather than prevention. We illustrate this with results from a survey on health costs in a pastoral ecosystem. Epidemic zoonoses are more likely to elicit official responses, but these can have unintended consequences that deepen poverty traps. In this context, a systems understanding of disease control can lead to more effective and pro-poor disease management. We illustrate this with an example of how a system dynamics model can help optimize responses to Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya by giving decision makers real-time access to the costs of the delay in vaccinating. In conclusion, a broader, more ecological understanding of poverty and of the appropriate responses to the diseases of poverty can contribute to improved livelihoods for livestock keepers in Africa. This article is part of the themed issue ‘One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being’.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-06-05en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrace, D., Lindahl, J., Wanyoike, F., Bett, B., Randolph, T. and Rich, K. 2017. Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B 372(1725): 20160166.en_US
dcterms.issued2017-07-19en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherRoyal Societyen_US
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dcterms.subjectenvironmenten_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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