Abstract:
This study raises the issue of the ineffectiveness of local prevention of salmonellosis, an annual transmission disease, in a One Health context in the Kribi health district in southern Cameroon. The aim here is to profile the factors behind this ineffectiveness, with a view to contributing to a better understanding of the levers of salmonellosis endemicity. The study is based on the mixed method, with a particular focus on the geoqualimetric method of scientific research. As a result, local prevention strategies in the study area revolve around two tandems: conventional and endogenous. Conventional preventive strategies, lacking human, financial and material resources, are mainly focused on human beings, and therefore come under the heading of human health. A few rare preventive actions on the pathogen have been identified, and thus come under animal health. On the other hand, no conventional actions have been recorded in relation to ecosystem health. Conventional prevention strategies are therefore dysfunctional in their One Health articulation. Endogenous devices suffer from a lack of traceability of their processes, a lack of scientific mastery of dosages and a lack of measured efficacy. This is why they have not been integrated into conventional strategies. This marginalization reinforces the malfunctioning of the One Health approach, which should logically integrate endogenous prevention mechanisms. All in all, the ineffectiveness of local prevention against salmonellosis is a response to the combination of several intertwined factors. The study calls for the integration of endogenous strategies, capacity-building of stakeholders and triangulation of actions on both humans and pathogens (animals), as well as on the living environment of these agents (ecosystems), in order to achieve genuine One Health prevention with a high potential for effectiveness.
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