Forest dependence for livelihoods modulates zoonotic disease risk, especially so for forest-based communities. Ecological & social mechanisms linking diseass to landscapes and affected communities are poorly known - and hence IZR+. Presentation by Bethan Purse - check if public & make it available. Following up on the [MonkeyFeverRisk project](https://monkeyfeverrisk.ceh.ac.uk/) using the OneHealth approach. Expansion from KFD to include Leptospirosis & Scrub Typhus under the assumption that the risk factors are shared. [![[Screenshot 2024-04-22 at 10.24.47 AM.png]]](https://monkeyfeverrisk.ceh.ac.uk/) Use a Co-production approach to ensure that solutions are practical/feasible and are somehow owned by decision-makers. Leptospirosis involving *Leptospira* (Spirochaetes), KFD with flavivurus & Scrub Typhus by bacteria *Orientia tsutsugamushi* Tick work shows that the tick exposure is highest in forests but estend to forest edgtes, houses, gardens & paddy as well. Other tick speces than H. spinigera are also infected. Larvae are also infected. Hassall et. al. in PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(5): e0011300 Posters prepared and disseminated across affected states. Video on risks from ticks developed. Teaching and learning case study on the One Health Systsems approach works using KFD![[Screenshot 2024-04-22 at 10.30.27 AM.png]][ ](https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/onehealthcases.2023.0011) Oral histories of land-use change. Interviews done in Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada & Chamarajanagar. The Shivamogga clusters of villages chosen includes [[Hasalaru]] and the Chamarajanagar cluster includes [[Solega]] & [[Jenukuruba]]. Some of the FGDs include people lamenting on the land-use change from their childhood, especially the elderly. "ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತರ ಕೆಮ್ಮು" (Cough of the seventies) was an interesting phrase - mention of the use of frogs (to treat?) Concept of sacred groves as places with relatively limited land-use change due to the the association of sanctity. Discussion on the inter-state transportation of animals especially on what checks exist on preventing spread of diseases through transportation of infected animals, which brings the need for licenses to do so across inter-state borders (albeit inter-district transportaiton will anyway occur unchecked). The underlying logic for prevention of cattle transport may actually be for the purposes of prevention of cattle slaughter than for zoonotic diseases control/management under the [Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle (Transportation of Cattle) Rules 2021](https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/karnataka/2021/Act%201%20of%202021%20Karnataka.pdf) (brought in during the BJP government regime with lots of pressure to repeal it when Congress government came to power but [they eventually said they would not repeal](https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/congress-not-walking-the-talk-on-repealing-karnataka-anti-cow-slaughter-law/article66986262.ece))![[Screenshot 2024-04-22 at 11.47.36 AM.png]] This means that other animals possibly are still transported whereas the regulation applies only for cattle. Field anecdotes how caste influences healthcare delivery. SC ASHAs not being able to easily access ST households due to implicit norms related to her not being welcome into these households (Chamarajanagar cluster). Similar instances of UC ASHAs not entering SC households (Shivamogga cluster). Conceptualisation of the landscape and relationships are also caste/class dependent. See for example Lingayat families living in/near forests who relate to the forests very differently from the tribals/SCs who probably depend on livelihood on forest-based wage work or foerest-based products harvesting. Examples of communities living in/near forests in Gundlupet forest areas in Chamarajnagar. Limited literature on ASHAs performance and work in Karnataka. Neither micro-macro theorising on her work, nor cross-sectional quant analysis of their presence, impact etc.