Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat
In the face of the escalating frequency of diseases emergences originating from wildlife, the development of reliable strategies for controlling zoonotic diseases transmission at the interface between wildlife and human is becoming a global priority. Rural communities whose subsistence is based on h...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2025-06-01
|
| Series: | One Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425001107 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850117778235719680 |
|---|---|
| author | Natacha Efoua Tomo Aude Pouliquen Gilles Aurélien Boupana Mapeyi Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi Nadine N’dilimabaka Barthélémy Ngoubangoye Daniel Cornelis Sébastien Lebel Marisa Peyre Marie-Marie Olive Hadrien Vanthomme Gael Darren Maganga Alexis Delabouglise |
| author_facet | Natacha Efoua Tomo Aude Pouliquen Gilles Aurélien Boupana Mapeyi Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi Nadine N’dilimabaka Barthélémy Ngoubangoye Daniel Cornelis Sébastien Lebel Marisa Peyre Marie-Marie Olive Hadrien Vanthomme Gael Darren Maganga Alexis Delabouglise |
| author_sort | Natacha Efoua Tomo |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | In the face of the escalating frequency of diseases emergences originating from wildlife, the development of reliable strategies for controlling zoonotic diseases transmission at the interface between wildlife and human is becoming a global priority. Rural communities whose subsistence is based on hunting for wild meat extraction are natural targets of such interventions, because of their regular contacts with wildlife. To date there have been few attempts at building preventive sanitary strategies taking into account the socioeconomic and institutional constraints in which wild meat systems operate. The study presented here, conducted in eastern Gabon, aimed at conceiving risk-reduction strategies of zoonotic diseases transmitted from wildlife in a two-phase approach, namely (1) an assessment phase, based on a survey on risk knowledge and practices conducted with members of communities living on wild meat, and (2) a co-design phase based on focus group discussions to identify acceptable prevention strategies aimed at limiting the contacts creating the major risks of exposure to zoonoses infections. The use of participatory methods aiming at eliciting issues and solutions from the participants, enabled the conception of strategies that were adapted to the context and well accepted by stakeholders at different stages, namely the track, capture, transport of wild animals, the butchering of carcasses, cooking and consumption process. However, some limitations to the effective application of the strategies can be anticipated notably because of (1) the current low and biased perception of zoonotic risks by wild meat actors, and (2) the economic incentives for maintaining risky behaviors like the capture and trade of live animals and the consumption or sale of animals found dead or displaying signs of disease infection. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-8c494514632d4557bfc4ac7eae9a9ee2 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2352-7714 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-06-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | One Health |
| spelling | doaj-art-8c494514632d4557bfc4ac7eae9a9ee22025-08-20T02:36:02ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142025-06-012010107410.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101074Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meatNatacha Efoua Tomo0Aude Pouliquen1Gilles Aurélien Boupana Mapeyi2Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi3Nadine N’dilimabaka4Barthélémy Ngoubangoye5Daniel Cornelis6Sébastien Lebel7Marisa Peyre8Marie-Marie Olive9Hadrien Vanthomme10Gael Darren Maganga11Alexis Delabouglise12Unité Émergence des Maladies Virales, Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon; CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France; Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Forestière (IRAF), Libreville, GabonCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, FranceUnité Émergence des Maladies Virales, Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon; Institut de Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), Libreville, GabonUnité Émergence des Maladies Virales, Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon; Département de Biologie, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), BP 901 Franceville, GabonCentre de Primatologie (CDP), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, GabonCIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France; Forêts et Sociétés, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France; Forêts et Sociétés, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, FranceCIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, 34398 Montpellier, France; Forêts et Sociétés, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, FranceUnité Émergence des Maladies Virales, Département de Virologie, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon; Institut d'Agronomie et de Biotechnologies (INSAB), Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM), BP 901 Franceville, GabonCIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France; ASTRE, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France; Corresponding author at: CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, 34398 Montpellier, France.In the face of the escalating frequency of diseases emergences originating from wildlife, the development of reliable strategies for controlling zoonotic diseases transmission at the interface between wildlife and human is becoming a global priority. Rural communities whose subsistence is based on hunting for wild meat extraction are natural targets of such interventions, because of their regular contacts with wildlife. To date there have been few attempts at building preventive sanitary strategies taking into account the socioeconomic and institutional constraints in which wild meat systems operate. The study presented here, conducted in eastern Gabon, aimed at conceiving risk-reduction strategies of zoonotic diseases transmitted from wildlife in a two-phase approach, namely (1) an assessment phase, based on a survey on risk knowledge and practices conducted with members of communities living on wild meat, and (2) a co-design phase based on focus group discussions to identify acceptable prevention strategies aimed at limiting the contacts creating the major risks of exposure to zoonoses infections. The use of participatory methods aiming at eliciting issues and solutions from the participants, enabled the conception of strategies that were adapted to the context and well accepted by stakeholders at different stages, namely the track, capture, transport of wild animals, the butchering of carcasses, cooking and consumption process. However, some limitations to the effective application of the strategies can be anticipated notably because of (1) the current low and biased perception of zoonotic risks by wild meat actors, and (2) the economic incentives for maintaining risky behaviors like the capture and trade of live animals and the consumption or sale of animals found dead or displaying signs of disease infection.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425001107One healthZoonosesBiosecurityWildlifeWild meatHunting |
| spellingShingle | Natacha Efoua Tomo Aude Pouliquen Gilles Aurélien Boupana Mapeyi Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi Nadine N’dilimabaka Barthélémy Ngoubangoye Daniel Cornelis Sébastien Lebel Marisa Peyre Marie-Marie Olive Hadrien Vanthomme Gael Darren Maganga Alexis Delabouglise Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat One Health One health Zoonoses Biosecurity Wildlife Wild meat Hunting |
| title | Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| title_full | Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| title_fullStr | Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| title_short | Co-designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| title_sort | co designing zoonotic diseases prevention practices when people depend on wild meat |
| topic | One health Zoonoses Biosecurity Wildlife Wild meat Hunting |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425001107 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT natachaefouatomo codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT audepouliquen codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT gillesaurelienboupanamapeyi codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT patricemakouloutounzassi codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT nadinendilimabaka codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT barthelemyngoubangoye codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT danielcornelis codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT sebastienlebel codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT marisapeyre codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT mariemarieolive codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT hadrienvanthomme codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT gaeldarrenmaganga codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat AT alexisdelabouglise codesigningzoonoticdiseasespreventionpracticeswhenpeopledependonwildmeat |