Animal - human disease cases on rise, says expert

Encroachment on natural habitats for wildlife has increased interaction between humans and animals posing great health risks.

Speaking at the launch of a campaign in Kampala recently, Dr Dennis Carroll, a special adviser to the USAID Administrator on Pandemic Influenza, said there is an emergence of Zoonosis diseases.
Zoonosis can be transmitted animals to humans.

If not contained, it presents enormous public health, economic, and development risks.

Main aim
But the five-year campaign is aimed at identifying and mitigating practices that contribute to the risks of new diseases.

According to Dr Carroll, the new global health pattern identifies the future well-being of humans, animals and the environment as inextricably linked.

Some of the people under risk, according to Dr Carroll, include hunters, butcher men, loggers, miners and road builders.