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Brucellosis in Pakistan: a neglected zoonotic disease

Author(s) -

Meesha Iqbal,

Zafar Fatmi,

Mumtaz Ali Khan

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the pakistan medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242

H-Index - 43

ISSN - 0030-9982

DOI - 10.5455/jpma.24139

Subject(s) - brucellosis , medicine , zoonotic disease , disease , government (linguistics) , environmental health , endemic disease , vaccination , one health , disease control , disease surveillance , public health , socioeconomics , economic growth , veterinary medicine , immunology , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , economics

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease; endemic but neglected in the South Asian countries including Pakistan. It causes economic loss to the livestock sector and leads to systemic infection in humans. Brucellosis was neglected in Pakistan since long. According to the Staged Tool for the Elimination of Brucellosis (STEB), Pakistan carries a grim landscape of the disease with no structured control activities. This article describes the five-year national brucellosis control strategic plan (2018-2023) formulated by the government of Pakistan using the one-health approach for the prevention and control of disease across the country. The plan incorporates components of surveillance, research, diagnostic capacity, awareness and vaccination using a multi-disciplinary approach.

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