A growing global population, an increasing dependence on the environment, the expanding presence of microbes, and advances in technology moving people, animals, products and diseases farther and faster than ever before have created a convergence of humans, animals and disease that threatens health on a global scale.
The following are the big issues in the convergence of humans, animals, and the environment.
Technology: New tools, new users, better health
While technology has improved local and global health via vaccine distribution, information access and outbreak management, it can also create health dilemmas.
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Investing in Infrastructure: Health as a priority
More than 75% of all human diseases come from animals. Long-term investments in health and safety while staying globally competitive are vital to disease control and economic growth.
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Engagement: Science partnering with society
Well-intentioned scientific advice can fall short when decision-makers fail to recognize the cultural norms and beliefs behind practices that endanger human and animal health.
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Environment: Humans, animals and disease
A growing human population, resource use and depletion, and increased animal production are impacting our planet and creating new opportunities for disease outbreaks.
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Convergence: The great biological mixing bowl
Factors that bring together humans, animals and microbes are expanding more rapidly than ever before, enabling a convergence that threatens human and animal health.
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Health: Local action, global impacts
What was once local is now global, as disease outbreaks and events affecting humans, animals and products on a local level can rapidly move across our planet.
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