Conference Abstract | Volume 8, Abstract ELIC2025245 (Poster 015) | Published: 29 Jul 2025
Lionel Solété Sogbossi1,&, Virgil Kuassi Lokossou1, Andrew Awori1, Aishat Usman1, Victor Fatimehin1, Ahmed Nasir2, Félix Agbla1, Issiaka Sombie1, Melchior Athanase Aïssi1
1West African Health Organization (WAHO), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja, Nigeria
&Corresponding author: Lionel Solété Sogbossi, West African Health Organization (WAHO), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Email:lsogbossi@wahooas.org
Received: 01 Jun 2025, Accepted: 09 Jul 2025, Published: 29 Jul 2025
Domain: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Zoonosis, Disease Surveillance
Keywords: Zoonoses, SIS-OT, One Health, Integrated surveillance, Nigeria, ECOWAS
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Cite this article: Lionel Solété Sogbossi et al Building resilience: Operationalizing surveillance and information sharing operational tool (SIS-OT) for integrated zoonotic disease surveillance in Nigeria. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2025;8(ConfProc5):00159. https://doi.org/10.37432/JIEPH-CONFPRO5-00159
Zoonotic diseases are an increasing threat in Nigeria, intensified by rapid urbanization, population density, and complex interactions at the human-animal-environment interface. To address these challenges, Nigeria adopted the Surveillance and Information Sharing Operational Tool (SIS-OT), developed under the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide (TZG) by FAO, WHO, and WOAH. The objective was to assess and strengthen multisectoral surveillance capacities through the One Health (OH) approach.
A national participatory workshop was held from September 28 to October 1, 2024, with over 60 stakeholders from human, animal, and environmental health sectors, alongside technical partners. Using the Excel-based SIS-OT tool, 32 key surveillance activities were evaluated across five domains: pre-planning, assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation. Discussions focused on four priority zoonoses: Lassa fever, Mpox, Bovine tuberculosis, and Rabies. Capacity levels were scored, and targeted actions were selected to develop a five-year roadmap.
Over half (56.25%) of the activities were at the lowest capacity level, with only 6.25% fully completed. Significant gaps were identified in legal frameworks, workforce planning, infrastructure mapping, and data interoperability. Despite these weaknesses, the presence of a national OH secretariat, increasing political commitment, and strong multisectoral engagement emerged as critical enablers. The final roadmap emphasized strategic actions such as stakeholder engagement, capacity building in data systems, legal harmonization, simulation exercises, and formalizing data sharing mechanisms, while also promoting decentralization of OH coordination.
SIS-OT catalysed essential cross-sectoral dialogue and revealed key structural deficiencies in Nigeria’s OH surveillance system. While challenges persist, the developed roadmap offers a clear path to strengthen surveillance and laboratory capacities. Nigeria’s experience provides a scalable model for ECOWAS countries aiming to improve zoonotic disease preparedness and response.
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