Future perspectives of emerging infectious diseases control: A One Health approach

Hannah McClymont; Hilary Bambrick; Xiaohan Si; Sotiris Vardoulakis; Wenbiao Hu

doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100371

Future perspectives of emerging infectious diseases control: A One Health approach

One Health. 2022 Jun:14:100371. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100371. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

Authors

Hannah McClymont¹, Hilary Bambrick¹, Xiaohan Si¹, Sotiris Vardoulakis², Wenbiao Hu¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Australia.

Abstract

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, global efforts to respond to and control COVID-19 have varied widely with some countries, including Australia, successfully containing local transmission, and minimising negative impacts to health and economies. Over this time, global awareness of climate variability due to climate change and the risk factors for emerging infectious diseases transmission has increased alongside an understanding of the inextricable relationship between the health of the environment, humans, and animals. Overall, the global response to the current pandemic suggests there is an urgent need for a One Health approach in controlling and preventing future pandemics, through developing integrated, dynamic, spatiotemporal early warning systems based on a One Health approach for emerging infectious diseases.

Keywords: Animals; COVID-19; Climate variability; Early warning systems; Emerging infectious diseases; One health.