One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review
The global human population is rapidly increasing, escalating interactions of people, animals and the environment. This has led to more convoluted health challenges, for which African smallholder farmers bear the brunt. The One Health (OH) approach recognises the interconnectedness of these health c...
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| description | The global human population is rapidly increasing, escalating interactions of people, animals and the environment. This has led to more convoluted health challenges, for which African smallholder farmers bear the brunt. The One Health (OH) approach recognises the interconnectedness of these health challenges and thus follows a transdisciplinary approach involving diverse stakeholders to address them. Although there have recently been global concerted efforts and studies on OH, an information gap exists in Africa, particularly regarding smallholder farmers and their needs. Additionally, evaluation frameworks and outcome metrics for OH initiatives are still unclear. Thus, this study was conducted to critically map the available evidence of OH initiatives in the lens of African smallholder settings and identify gaps and opportunities for optimally targeted interventions. An extensive article searches yielded 1479 references, with only 21 studies from 11 countries qualifying for this review. Implementation of OH initiatives involved the collaboration of diverse stakeholders at local, national, regional and global levels. Most of the reported stakeholders of the OH initiatives were largely UN agencies, CGIAR centres, non-governmental organizations and universities. More than half of the studies focused on zoonotic and human-animal shared diseases. Conversely, few studies focused on human or animal food and nutrition security; land degradations; livelihoods and well-being; antimicrobial resistance, water sanitation and hygiene; food safety; soil health; crop health; biodiversity loss; climate change and gender equity. Effective capacity building, risk mitigation, social benefits, economic benefits, improved animal health and welfare, improved human health and well-being and improved ecosystem health and resilience were identified as OH outcomes. Based on the many evidence gaps, the OH initiatives must address health challenges mostly encountered by smallholder farmers with an increased focus on food security and safety, especially under the ongoing climate change. However, the successful implementation of OH initiatives was constrained by weak governance and coordination structures, poor communication and information sharing, lack of integrated surveillance system, limited community engagement, lack of political will, inadequate resources and logistical support, limited multi-disciplinarity and divergent priorities. Additionally, the lack of consensus on evaluation framework and outcomes highlights the need for an integrated standard framework for developing and implementing OH initiatives and harmonised outcome evaluation metrics to avoid under- or over-estimation of OH benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f35e584505a2453fbca2d2f54f3c4a8e2025-01-05T04:28:19ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142025-06-0120100959One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping reviewEvanson R. Omuse0Honest Machekano1Bonoukpoè M. Sokame2Daniel M. Mutyambai3Thomas Dubois4Sevgan Subramanian5Frank Chidawanyika6International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South AfricaDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South AfricaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, KenyaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, KenyaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, KenyaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, KenyaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; Corresponding author at: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.The global human population is rapidly increasing, escalating interactions of people, animals and the environment. This has led to more convoluted health challenges, for which African smallholder farmers bear the brunt. The One Health (OH) approach recognises the interconnectedness of these health challenges and thus follows a transdisciplinary approach involving diverse stakeholders to address them. Although there have recently been global concerted efforts and studies on OH, an information gap exists in Africa, particularly regarding smallholder farmers and their needs. Additionally, evaluation frameworks and outcome metrics for OH initiatives are still unclear. Thus, this study was conducted to critically map the available evidence of OH initiatives in the lens of African smallholder settings and identify gaps and opportunities for optimally targeted interventions. An extensive article searches yielded 1479 references, with only 21 studies from 11 countries qualifying for this review. Implementation of OH initiatives involved the collaboration of diverse stakeholders at local, national, regional and global levels. Most of the reported stakeholders of the OH initiatives were largely UN agencies, CGIAR centres, non-governmental organizations and universities. More than half of the studies focused on zoonotic and human-animal shared diseases. Conversely, few studies focused on human or animal food and nutrition security; land degradations; livelihoods and well-being; antimicrobial resistance, water sanitation and hygiene; food safety; soil health; crop health; biodiversity loss; climate change and gender equity. Effective capacity building, risk mitigation, social benefits, economic benefits, improved animal health and welfare, improved human health and well-being and improved ecosystem health and resilience were identified as OH outcomes. Based on the many evidence gaps, the OH initiatives must address health challenges mostly encountered by smallholder farmers with an increased focus on food security and safety, especially under the ongoing climate change. However, the successful implementation of OH initiatives was constrained by weak governance and coordination structures, poor communication and information sharing, lack of integrated surveillance system, limited community engagement, lack of political will, inadequate resources and logistical support, limited multi-disciplinarity and divergent priorities. Additionally, the lack of consensus on evaluation framework and outcomes highlights the need for an integrated standard framework for developing and implementing OH initiatives and harmonised outcome evaluation metrics to avoid under- or over-estimation of OH benefits.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424002854Capacity buildingFood securityEnvironmental tipping pointsParticipatory developmentPlanetary healthPublic health |
| spellingShingle | Evanson R. Omuse Honest Machekano Bonoukpoè M. Sokame Daniel M. Mutyambai Thomas Dubois Sevgan Subramanian Frank Chidawanyika One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review One Health Capacity building Food security Environmental tipping points Participatory development Planetary health Public health |
| title | One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review |
| title_full | One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review |
| title_fullStr | One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review |
| title_short | One Health interventions and challenges under rural African smallholder farmer settings: A scoping review |
| title_sort | one health interventions and challenges under rural african smallholder farmer settings a scoping review |
| topic | Capacity building Food security Environmental tipping points Participatory development Planetary health Public health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424002854 |
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