BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has the second largest @entity1 population in Africa and the largest livestock population on the continent. About 80% of Ethiopians are dependent on agriculture and have direct contact with livestock or other domestic animals. As a result, the country is vulnerable to the spread of @entity2927 . As the first step of the country's engagement in the Global Health Security Agenda, a @entity2927 prioritization workshop was held to identify significant @entity2927 of mutual concern for animal and @entity1 health agencies. METHODS: A semi-quantitative tool developed by the US CDC was used for prioritization of @entity2927 . Workshop @entity1 representing @entity1 , animal, and environmental health ministries were selected as core decision-making @entity1 . Over 300 articles describing the @entity2927 considered at the workshop were reviewed for disease specific information on prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and DALYs for Ethiopia or the East Africa region. Committee members individually ranked the importance of each criterion to generate a final group weight for each criterion. RESULTS: Forty-three @entity2927 were evaluated. Criteria selected in order of importance were: 1)severity of disease in @entity1 , 2)proportion of @entity1 disease attributed to animal exposure, 3)burden of @entity4409 , 4)availability of interventions, and 5)existing @entity1019 . Based on the results from the decision tree analysis and subsequent discussion, @entity1 identified the following five priority @entity2927 : rabies, @entity6192 , @entity3377 , @entity2926 , and @entity8434 . DISCUSSION: Multi-sectoral collaborations strengthen disease surveillance system development in @entity1 and animals, enhance laboratory capacity, and support implementation of prevention and control strategies. To facilitate this, the creation of a One Health-focused Zoonotic Disease Unit is recommended. Enhancement of public health and veterinary laboratories, joint outbreak and surveillance activities, and intersectoral linkages created to tackle the prioritized @entity2927 will undoubtedly prepare the country to effectively address newly emerging @entity2927 .

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'humans', 'human'] @entity6192 :: ('1392', 'Species') :: ['anthrax'] @entity3377 :: ('MESH:D002006', 'Disease') :: ['brucellosis'] @entity2926 :: ('MESH:D007922', 'Disease') :: ['leptospirosis'] @entity4409 :: ('MESH:D000820', 'Disease') :: ['animal disease'] @entity2927 :: ('MESH:D015047', 'Disease') :: ['zoonotic disease', 'zoonotic diseases'] @entity8434 :: ('MESH:D004443', 'Disease') :: ['echinococcosis'] @entity1019 :: ('MESH:D012607', 'Disease') :: ['inter-sectoral collaboration']
@entity2927 :: (MESH:D015047,Disease) :: ['Prioritizing zoonotic diseases']
