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Review
. 2018 Jun 1;365(11):fny085.
doi: 10.1093/femsle/fny085.

Climate change and One Health

Jakob Zinsstag  1   2 , Lisa Crump  1   2 , Esther Schelling  1   2 , Jan Hattendorf  1   2 , Yahya Osman Maidane  1   2   3 , Kadra Osman Ali  1   2   3 , Abdifatah Muhummed  1   2   3 , Abdurezak Adem Umer  1   2   3 , Ferzua Aliyi  1   2   3 , Faisal Nooh  1   2   3 , Mohammed Ibrahim Abdikadir  1   2   3 , Seid Mohammed Ali  1   2   3 , Stella Hartinger  1   2   4 , Daniel Mäusezahl  1   2 , Monica Berger Gonzalez de White  1   2   5 , Celia Cordon-Rosales  5 , Danilo Alvarez Castillo  5 , John McCracken  5 , Fayiz Abakar  6 , Colin Cercamondi  7 , Sandro Emmenegger  8 , Edith Maier  8 , Simon Karanja  9 , Isabelle Bolon  10 , Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda  10 , Bassirou Bonfoh  11 , Rea Tschopp  1   2   12 , Nicole Probst-Hensch  1   2 , Guéladio Cissé  1   2
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Review

Climate change and One Health

Jakob Zinsstag et al. FEMS Microbiol Lett. .

Abstract

The journal The Lancet recently published a countdown on health and climate change. Attention was focused solely on humans. However, animals, including wildlife, livestock and pets, may also be impacted by climate change. Complementary to the high relevance of awareness rising for protecting humans against climate change, here we present a One Health approach, which aims at the simultaneous protection of humans, animals and the environment from climate change impacts (climate change adaptation). We postulate that integrated approaches save human and animal lives and reduce costs when compared to public and animal health sectors working separately. A One Health approach to climate change adaptation may significantly contribute to food security with emphasis on animal source foods, extensive livestock systems, particularly ruminant livestock, environmental sanitation, and steps towards regional and global integrated syndromic surveillance and response systems. The cost of outbreaks of emerging vector-borne zoonotic pathogens may be much lower if they are detected early in the vector or in livestock rather than later in humans. Therefore, integrated community-based surveillance of zoonoses is a promising avenue to reduce health effects of climate change.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Cumulative cost in XAF (1 Euro = 655 XAF) of human post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against dog rabies (dashed line) and dog mass vaccination and PEP (black line) in N’Djaména, Chad (adapted from Mindekem et al.2017).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Schematic relationship of time to detection of an emerging pathogen and its cumulative cost of control. (Adapted and expanded from World-Bank .)
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