Guidelines for Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens in the Southeast Asia Region shines a spotlight on Southeast Asia and China, regions where close interactions between animals and humans, especially in live animal markets, create fertile ground for the spread of dangerous diseases.
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In the aftermath of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, global health crises caused by the transmission of deadly pathogens from animals to humans have become an issue of extreme urgency.
By exploring the environmental, social and economic factors that make the region particularly vulnerable—ranging from deforestation and climate change to increasing global mobility—this book offers actionable solutions, scientific methodologies and innovative policy recommendations to curb the threat and safeguard public health for generations to come.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) Organizing Committee Members, Project Affiliates, Project Staff and Workshop Participants
Reviewers
Preface
Module 1: Introduction
Meghan Davis & Abhi Veerakumarasivam
Module 2: How the Past Informs the Future: Opportunities in Southeast Asia to Prevent and Respond to Zoonotic Spillover
Raina Plowright & Kelvin Lim
Module 3: Efforts to Prevent Transboundary Disease Outbreaks in the Southeast Asia Region
K. Yoganand & Dominic Travis
Module 4: How to Identify and Characterize Priority Pathogens to Guide Efforts to Address Zoonotic
Disease Spillover
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Linda Saif & Malik Peiris
Module 5: How to Design and Conduct Risk-Based Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases at the Human-Animal Interface
Meghan Davis, Samira Mubareka, Nur Firdaus Isa & Tan Cheng Siang
Module 6: Strategies to Engage Diverse Stakeholders Across the Live Animal Value Chain to Address Risk
Nur Firdaus Isa & Dirk Pfeiffer
Module 7: How to Enhance Zoonotic Disease Management by Addressing Knowledge Gaps and
Implementation Barriers
Yin Myo Aye, Wondwossen Gebreyes & Latiffah Hassan
Module 8: How to Use this Guidance: Applying Participatory Methodologies to Countering Zoonotic Spillover
Elson Ian Nyl Galang, Jeff Peterson & Eri Togami
References
Index
Meghan Davis, DVM, MPH, PhD is Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States.
Abhi Veerakumarasivam, PhD is Provost and Professor of Genetics at Sunway University, Malaysia.
Basic Information
- 978-629-7646-16-9 (Hardback)
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