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Emerging infectious disease risk: shared drivers with environmental change
Summary
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are increasing due to environmental changes. Addressing these drivers is crucial for global health security and sustainable development.
Area of Science:
- Environmental science
- Epidemiology
- Public health
Background:
- Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose significant global health and economic threats.
- The incidence of EID outbreaks has been rising since 1940.
- Human-induced environmental modifications are increasingly recognized as key drivers of EID emergence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the critical link between environmental change and EID risk.
- To emphasize the need for integrated approaches in surveillance and outbreak investigations.
- To advocate for coordinated strategies addressing both environmental change and disease emergence for global health security.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and synthesis of existing research on EID drivers.
- Analysis of trends in infectious disease emergence.
- Conceptual framework development linking environmental change to EID risk.
Main Results:
- Human environmental modification is a primary underlying driver of EID risk.
- Environmental change necessitates inclusion in EID surveillance and origin investigations.
- Addressing shared causes of EID emergence and environmental change offers synergistic benefits.
Conclusions:
- Understanding and mitigating environmental drivers is essential for preventing and controlling EIDs.
- Integrated approaches are vital for enhancing global health security and sustainable development.
- Coordinated actions can lead to healthier, more sustainable solutions for a growing global population.
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