Table 1.
Criteria for prioritisation (adapted from Mbabu and colleagues [52]).
| # | Description |
|---|---|
| 1. | Emerging or re-emerging disease |
| 2. | Epidemic potential |
| 3. | Severity of disease in humans |
| 4. | Public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) |
| 5. | Ease of animal-to-human transmission |
| 6. | Ease of human-to-human transmission |
| 7. | Socio-economic implication |
| 8. | Potential for use in bioterrorism |
| 9. | Inadequate knowledge of the disease in the country |
| 10. | Difficulty in management of disease in animals and/or humans |
| 11. | Lack of diagnostic and intervention capacities |
| 12. | Possibility of rapid health gains following public health activities |