One Health Economics to confront disease threats

Catherine Machalaba; Kristine M Smith; Lina Awada; Kevin Berry; Franck Berthe; Timothy A Bouley; Mieghan Bruce; Jose Cortiñas Abrahantes; Anas El Turabi; Yasha Feferholtz; Louise Flynn; Giullaume Fournié; Amanda Andre; Delia Grace; Olga Jonas; Tabitha Kimani; François Le Gall; Juan Jose Miranda; Marisa Peyre; Julio Pinto; Noam Ross; Simon R Rüegg; Robert H Salerno; Richard Seifman; Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio; William B Karesh

doi:10.1093/trstmh/trx039

One Health Economics to confront disease threats

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun 1;111(6):235-237. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trx039.

Authors

Catherine Machalaba¹, Kristine M Smith¹, Lina Awada², Kevin Berry³, Franck Berthe⁴, Timothy A Bouley⁴, Mieghan Bruce⁵, Jose Cortiñas Abrahantes⁶, Anas El Turabi⁷, Yasha Feferholtz¹, Louise Flynn⁸, Giullaume Fournié⁹, Amanda Andre¹, Delia Grace¹⁰, Olga Jonas¹¹, Tabitha Kimani¹², François Le Gall⁴, Juan Jose Miranda⁴, Marisa Peyre¹³, Julio Pinto¹⁴, Noam Ross¹, Simon R Rüegg¹⁵, Robert H Salerno⁸, Richard Seifman¹⁶, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio¹, William B Karesh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ EcoHealth Alliance, New York 10001, USA.
² World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris 75017, France.
³ Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska-Anchorage, Anchorage 99508, USA.
⁴ World Bank, Washington, D.C. 20433, USA.
⁵ University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
⁶ European Food Safety Authority, Parma 43126, Italy.
⁷ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge 02138, USA.
⁸ DAI, Bethesda 20814, USA.
⁹ Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK.
¹⁰ International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
¹¹ Global Health Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge 02138, USA.
¹² Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases-Eastern Africa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹³ CIRAD, Montpelier Cedex 5, France.
¹⁴ Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Rome 00153, Italy.
¹⁵ Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich CH-8057, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Washington, D.C. 20433, USA.

Abstract

Global economic impacts of epidemics suggest high return on investment in prevention and One Health capacity. However, such investments remain limited, contributing to persistent endemic diseases and vulnerability to emerging ones. An interdisciplinary workshop explored methods for country-level analysis of added value of One Health approaches to disease control. Key recommendations include: 1. systems thinking to identify risks and mitigation options for decision-making under uncertainty; 2. multisectoral economic impact assessment to identify wider relevance and possible resource-sharing, and 3. consistent integration of environmental considerations. Economic analysis offers a congruent measure of value complementing diverse impact metrics among sectors and contexts.

Keywords: Economic; Environment; Epidemic; Multisectoral; One Health; Prevention.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Communicable Disease Control* / economics
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Congresses as Topic
Cost-Benefit Analysis*
Decision Making
Endemic Diseases*
Environment
Epidemics / prevention & control
Global Health*
Humans
One Health / economics*
Systems Analysis
Zoonoses