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Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins

The role of mycotoxins—e.g., aflatoxins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone, fumonisins, tremorgenic toxins, and ergot alkaloids—has been recognized in the etiology of a number of diseases. In many African countries, the public health impact of chronic (indoor) and/or repeated (dietary) mycoto...

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Autores principales: Ladeira, Carina, Frazzoli, Chiara, Orisakwe, Orish Ebere
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00266
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Frazzoli, Chiara
Orisakwe, Orish Ebere
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description The role of mycotoxins—e.g., aflatoxins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone, fumonisins, tremorgenic toxins, and ergot alkaloids—has been recognized in the etiology of a number of diseases. In many African countries, the public health impact of chronic (indoor) and/or repeated (dietary) mycotoxin exposure is largely ignored hitherto, with impact on human health, food security, and export of African agricultural food products. Notwithstanding, African scientific research reached milestones that, when linked to findings gained by the international scientific community, make the design and implementation of science-driven governance schemes feasible. Starting from Nigeria as leading African Country, this article (i) overviews available data on mycotoxins exposure in Africa; (ii) discusses new food safety issues, such as the environment–feed–food chain and toxic exposures of food producing animals in risk assessment and management; (iii) identifies milestones for mycotoxins risk management already reached in West Africa; and (iv) points out preliminary operationalization aspects for shielding communities from direct (on health) and indirect (on trade, economies, and livelihoods) effects of mycotoxins. An African science-driven engaging of scientific knowledge by development actors is expected therefore. In particular, One health/One prevention is suggested, as it proved to be a strategic and sustainable development framework.
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spelling pubmed-56507072017-10-30 Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins Ladeira, Carina Frazzoli, Chiara Orisakwe, Orish Ebere Front Public Health Public Health The role of mycotoxins—e.g., aflatoxins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone, fumonisins, tremorgenic toxins, and ergot alkaloids—has been recognized in the etiology of a number of diseases. In many African countries, the public health impact of chronic (indoor) and/or repeated (dietary) mycotoxin exposure is largely ignored hitherto, with impact on human health, food security, and export of African agricultural food products. Notwithstanding, African scientific research reached milestones that, when linked to findings gained by the international scientific community, make the design and implementation of science-driven governance schemes feasible. Starting from Nigeria as leading African Country, this article (i) overviews available data on mycotoxins exposure in Africa; (ii) discusses new food safety issues, such as the environment–feed–food chain and toxic exposures of food producing animals in risk assessment and management; (iii) identifies milestones for mycotoxins risk management already reached in West Africa; and (iv) points out preliminary operationalization aspects for shielding communities from direct (on health) and indirect (on trade, economies, and livelihoods) effects of mycotoxins. An African science-driven engaging of scientific knowledge by development actors is expected therefore. In particular, One health/One prevention is suggested, as it proved to be a strategic and sustainable development framework. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5650707/ /pubmed/29085817 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00266 Text en Copyright © 2017 Ladeira, Frazzoli and Orisakwe. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins
title_full Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins
title_fullStr Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins
title_full_unstemmed Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins
title_short Engaging One Health for Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa: Perspective for Mycotoxins
title_sort engaging one health for non-communicable diseases in africa: perspective for mycotoxins
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00266
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