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Lancet
. 2024 Jun 8;403(10443):2455.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01184-X.
H5N1: international failures and uncomfortable truths
The Lancet
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Beyond the proximal drivers of outbreaks and potential interventions though, there is a need to confront an uncomfortable truth that the US H5N1 outbreak once again raises. Spillover of zoonoses into human populations stems ultimately from our ways of life and how they shape the human–animal interface. Our diets, our intensive farming practices, our livelihoods, our behaviours, and our cultures. Our exploitation of the natural world and our destruction of the environment. These issues are tractable through interdisciplinary education, intersectoral collaboration, adequate funding, and integrated policies. The concept of One Health, although often acknowledged, is rarely prioritised and operationalised. The result is a missed opportunity to not just respond to pandemic threats, but to prevent them altogether.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01184-X/fulltext
. 2024 Jun 8;403(10443):2455.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01184-X.
H5N1: international failures and uncomfortable truths
The Lancet
- PMID: 38851277
- DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01184-X
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snip
Beyond the proximal drivers of outbreaks and potential interventions though, there is a need to confront an uncomfortable truth that the US H5N1 outbreak once again raises. Spillover of zoonoses into human populations stems ultimately from our ways of life and how they shape the human–animal interface. Our diets, our intensive farming practices, our livelihoods, our behaviours, and our cultures. Our exploitation of the natural world and our destruction of the environment. These issues are tractable through interdisciplinary education, intersectoral collaboration, adequate funding, and integrated policies. The concept of One Health, although often acknowledged, is rarely prioritised and operationalised. The result is a missed opportunity to not just respond to pandemic threats, but to prevent them altogether.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01184-X/fulltext
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