Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Role of veterinary public health in the environmental pollution in Nigeria.
- Journal:
- International journal of zoonoses
- Year:
- 1983
- Authors:
- Nawathe, D R & Lamorde, A G
Plain-English summary
This study discusses how veterinary public health can help manage environmental pollution in Nigeria. It suggests that more research is needed to clearly identify what counts as a public health risk versus an environmental pollution issue. In wealthier countries, strict laws about cleanliness, sanitation, and vaccinations have helped control diseases linked to pollution. Unfortunately, in developing countries like Nigeria, limited funding and weak enforcement of these laws make it much harder to tackle these problems effectively.
Abstract
Veterinary public health has a part to play in the environmental pollution control programme. However there is a need to conduct research surveys to draw a line of demarkation where a public health hazard could be considered as well a problem of environmental pollution. In the developed countries some of these diseases have been successfully dealth with by the rigourous enforcement of law pertaining to hygiene, sanitation, quarantine, compulsory vaccination etc. In the developing countries by contrast this has so far not been possible due to the scarcity of funds for control programme and of inadequacy of law enforcement and monitoring agencies.
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