Bridging Food Systems and One Health: A key to preventing future pandemics?
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Integrating Food Systems and One Health approaches is crucial for effective zoonoses management. Current research shows limited use of Food Systems strategies, highlighting a need for greater collaboration to address zoonotic risks holistically.
Area Of Science
- Public Health
- Veterinary Medicine
- Food Science
Background
- One Health and Food Systems offer holistic perspectives on food and health issues.
- Zoonoses management requires integrated approaches to address current and future threats.
- Existing literature explores these approaches individually for zoonoses control.
Purpose Of The Study
- To review evidence on the combined use of Food Systems and One Health approaches for zoonoses management.
- To identify how these integrated strategies can improve the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases.
- To highlight gaps in current research and practice regarding the integration of these two frameworks.
Main Methods
- Systematic literature review of 98 scientific articles.
- Screening and selection of 29 eligible articles focusing on operationalizing One Health and Food Systems for zoonoses.
- Analysis of studies implementing each approach and their combination.
Main Results
- Most studies utilize the One Health approach for zoonoses prevention through participatory decision-making and data modeling.
- One Health initiatives often include monitoring and evaluation best practices.
- Only three studies adopted a Food System approach for zoonoses management, indicating a significant gap.
- Limited integration between One Health and Food System approaches was observed.
Conclusions
- There is a critical lack of integration between One Health and Food System approaches in managing zoonoses.
- Experts advocate for integrating socio-economic factors alongside human, animal, plant, and environmental health.
- Enhanced integration can improve zoonotic risk management within future food system planning.
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