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Animal infections and the next human pandemic
Animal infections and the next human pandemic









animal infections and the next human pandemic animal infections and the next human pandemic

COVID-19, which has already caused more than half a million deaths around the world, most likely originated in bats. To prevent future outbreaks, we must become much more deliberate about protecting our natural environment.”Ī “zoonotic disease” or “zoonosis” is a disease that has passed into the human population from an animal source. “Pandemics are devastating to our lives and our economies, and as we have seen over the past months, it is the poorest and the most vulnerable who suffer the most. “The science is clear that if we keep exploiting wildlife and destroying our ecosystems, then we can expect to see a steady stream of these diseases jumping from animals to humans in the years ahead,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. The report finds that Africa in particular, which has experienced and responded to a number of zoonotic epidemics including most recently, to Ebola outbreaks, could be a source of important solutions to quell future outbreaks.

animal infections and the next human pandemic

It identifies seven trends driving the increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases, including increased demand for animal protein a rise in intense and unsustainable farming the increased use and exploitation of wildlife and the climate crisis. The report, Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission, is a joint effort by the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP) and the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI). Nairobi, 6 July 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a new report warns that further outbreaks will emerge unless governments take active measures to prevent other zoonotic diseases from crossing into the human population, and sets out ten recommendations to prevent future pandemics.

  • The rising trend in zoonotic diseases is driven by the degradation of our natural environment – through land degradation, wildlife exploitation, resource extraction, climate change, and other stresses.
  • A new assessment offers ten recommendations, and identifies One Health as the optimal way to prevent and respond to future pandemics.
  • COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population.










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