Project 8: Application of a One Health approach for reducing the burden of vector-borne diseases in vulnerable communities in the context of climate change (South Africa and Rwanda)
Lead institutions: University of Kwazulu-Natal; University of Global Health Equity
The aim of this study is to develop metrics, a One Health implementation guide and a collaborative platform for the evaluation of One Health-based schistosomiasis prevention and control projects.
Through past vector-borne disease prevention and control programmes across study sites, some difficulties have been uncovered concerning One Health operationalization and research gaps that impede and complicate the application of One Health theoretical principles to evidence uptake in real-world contexts. This experience, as well as other research done elsewhere, indicate that, despite considerable breakthroughs and achievements in One Health research, there remain concerns regarding the lack of metrics-based, step-by-step operationalization guidelines for quantitative evaluation of One Health implementation as multicomponent interventions.
It is against this backdrop that this study is to develop an evaluation protocol based on validated operationalization metrics in schistosomiasis prevention and control in the face of climate change. It will also build capacity for One Health implementation strategies that can be assessed and implemented at national and sub-national levels and advance policy-informing and knowledge-sharing platforms.
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