The world is currently facing the problem of zoonotic diseases. Animals have been discovered to transmit some infectious diseases to humansthat putting their lives at risk. This issue has raised concern inmany countries and among manyresearchers.
Many organizations like the Health Map and the Global Viral Forecasting have shown massiveinterest on the issue. There is a need to address the issue of zoonotic diseases in order to avoid the emergence of deadly diseases that may put lives of people in the society at risk (Romich 36).
The efforts made by these organizations have had positive impact, but this is not enough. There is a need to come up with effective strategies to address the problem. This research paper seeks to explore on what should be done in order to eliminate zoonotic diseases in the society.
It is important for governments to appreciate that zoonotic diseases are real. Some of the vectors interact with humans almost on a daily basis. These vectors may be dogs, cats, monkeys, cows and other animals. Thesociety should realize that a disease like HIV/AIDs was transmitted by just an Ape.
For this reason, there is need to address the problem of zoonotic disease with seriousness. The government should identify the relevantbodies to conduct researchin the field of zoonotic diseases, and support them in coming up with valid data concerning the same.
The organizations that deal with such related diseases should also be backed up by the relevant authorities. The finding of both the researchers and various organizations or authorities should be taken serious and the correct mitigation measures should be applied.
There is a need to apply a collaborative approach in implementing the corrective measures.
According to Armon and Savill(67), the best strategy to apply in preventing zoonotic diseases is by ensuring that animals and people are not infected by any of the diseases. This scholar claims that this is so because if an animal is not infected, then it will infect neither humans nor other animals and vice-versa.
There is a need for veterinary departments in various countries to effectively play their role. There is need to ensure that all wild animals in the restricted areas or animal parks and the domestic are free from the diseases. This will effectively avoid the incidences of animal-human transmission.
Romich(89) says that public awareness concerning zoonotic diseases is very important. The public should be made aware of the existence of such diseases and how they can identify them in the domestic animals so that they can report such cases as soon as possible to the relevant authorities.
The public should also be immunized against zoonotic diseases to prevent them from the infections.
Preventing zoonotic diseases should be taken seriously by all the countries for success to be realized. The movement of infected people from one country to another should be restricted.
Since the tourism industry is the backbone of many nations, countries should set some guidelines that should allow people to tour different countries based on their health conditions. The reasons for doing this should be made clear to avoidcases where human rights are abused.
If necessary, such individuals should be immunized against the diseases before they are allowed to move from one country to another. This way, the efforts of preventing zoonotic diseases made by many researchers, organization, and governments will bear fruits.
Works Cited
Armon, Robert, and Marion Savill. Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases. London: IWA Pub, 2007. Print.
Romich, Janet A. Understanding Zoonotic Diseases. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson / Delmar Learning, 2008. Print.