The proposed pandemic agreement at the World Health Organization (WHO) represents an important opportunity for the global community to prevent future outbreaks-including multilateral monitoring in human, animal and environmental health data. Since the member countries gather at closed meetings over the next few weeks, three Wildlife Health Policy and Research experts provide field -based evidence that such monitoring is important to prevent pandemic diseases.
The next epidemic is not a matter of disease, but when, unless strong action is taken. Due to increasing citizenship, forestry and global travel, the world is at risk of spreading zonotic diseases that jump from animals to humans.
Since the world is wandering around the world to prevent, preparation and reaction to pandemic diseases, the proposed pandemic agreement that represents the global community an important opportunity to prevent future pandemic diseases.
The theme of this effort is Article 4 of this draft pandem agreement, calling on countries to develop multilateral monitoring projects integrated into human, animal and environmental health data. Although some countries express concerns about feasibility, such monitoring is not only necessary but is fully achieved with the true global commitment.
Multilateral monitoring takes a precision approach Which recognizes the mutual dependence of humans, animals and environmental health. Given that the majority of emerging infectious diseases begin in animals, especially in wildlife, this type of monitoring is essential to prevent future pandemic diseases.
In practice, it includes human health workers, veterinarians, environmental scientists, empowered citizens, and others who work together on Splore Front lines that detect the initial warning signs of potential pathogens and spread.
Lessons from the Republic of Congo
Republican Congo (ROC) Gives a compulsion Examples of effective multilateral surveillance. After the spread of the devastating Ebola virus, which took thousands of lives and threatened a large number of populations, the efforts to cooperate with the Ministry of Health by Wildlife experts and the Congress Ministry of Health created a low cost of a low cost of a low -cost forest life deaths.
The system acts as an early warning method for the potential outbreak of the Ebola virus, which historically connects to the consumption of infected wildlife and animal bodies, especially in the Congo basin.
The program shows how efficient monitoring of resources can work in difficult settings. Local personnel were trained in a safe sampling protocol, and was equipped with geographically distributed base sampling kits.
Critically, the system established diagnostic capabilities internal to test the Ebola virus, which reduces time to months to hours. The program not only monitored the deaths of wildlife, but also provided educational access to more than 6,600 people in the rural North ROC. The purpose of this access is to encourage behavioral changes to reduce human activity that lead to the pathogenic splendor.
This move represents essential elements of multilateral surveillance: cross sector cooperation, community engagement, strategic resources allocation, and high -speed diagnostic capabilities.
Although the ROC has not experienced the Ebola epidemic since 2005, the surveillance system has detected anthropracles in the bodies and continues to act as a preliminary warning method in a high -risk region, which protects both human communities and the country’s major population globally.
Wildlife Monitoring of Southeast Asia
Similarly, WCS Move Wild Health Net It has been shown in Southeast Asia how the National Wildlife Health Surveillance programs can be built on partnerships. With local governments, current resources, and targeted technical support.
Such wildlife health monitoring programs first were to detect African swine fever, a destructive domestic pig disease in the life of free forests in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, and biochemical violations played a vital role in its spread.
The network identified an important international epidemic of highly -used avenue influenza (HPAI) in multi -use wet areas, which was informed to rapidly limit public and livestock health partners to restrict domestic animals and humans.
The governments of Lao PDR and Cambodia have now formally legislated network reporting structures and standard operating protocols. Pushing this regional development, the WCS has extended the Wild Health Net to additional territories and is helping to guide global practice. For,,,,,,,,,, for,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,, for,.Wildlife Health Intelligence Network One,
Some of the major animal populations are concerned that multi -sectarian surveillance, especially identifying settings and activities in which humans and animals interact, will not be viable and viable due to resources limits and coordination challenges.
Developing countries also worry that companies, companies and other countries can benefit from their data. Meanwhile, developed countries are keen to include multilateral surveillance so as to detect and reduce it as soon as possible.
Coordination, data sharing and autonomy
Coordination challenges between health, animal and environmental sectors, but the establishment of a clear communication protocol, the formation of a joint task force, and standardizing data sharing procedures can be paved. A precision governance platform helps to formulate the mechanisms, which ensures smooth cross -sector cooperation.
Regarding data sharing concerns, the proposed WHO can set up a contract framework that protects data sovereignty while enables the exchange of important information. Tired data sharing-whereas unusual data is widely combined, while sensitive data remains under state control-can balance independence with global health safety.
Technology significantly reduces the cross -sector monitoring burden. Digital platforms, mobile data collection, and analytics facilitate real -time monitoring without excessive costs and offer additional savings through adoption and scaling joint tools.
The ROC move shows that despite limited resources, the establishment of strategic diagnostic skills can dramatically reduce the reaction times. Low -cost technologies, such as instant messaging groups, can also ensure effective communication and monitoring in low -resource settings.
A matter of cost advantage
The economic benefits of investing in multilateral surveillance are much higher than the cost. The cost of Kovide 19 pandemic diseases costs trillions of dollars (and millions of deaths) to the global economy, while prevention measures are rapidly cheaper.
Initial detection and future zonot risks can not only prevent countless lives but can also prevent destructive economic consequences. Ebola can run from millions to tens of billions of dollars to the 2014 West Africa outbreak. The ROC surveillance system represents minor investment compared to the potential costs of another Ebola epidemic.
The draft pandem is capable of achieving and sustaining multi -sector monitoring by its Article 4, through its Article 4, promoting resources, promoting resources, promoting capabilities and ensuring standard protocol. It can empower the governance framework that formulates multilateral surveillance while protecting national sovereignty.
The stake is high to exclude multi -sectarian surveillance connected to the agreement. The challenges considered are not unacceptable. These are the challenges that the Well is well equipped to solve the global community. Destructive outbreaks are within the world’s access to the world, but only if we dare to work together. The time to take action is now.
Sarah Olson Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is the director of the Health Program for Health Research. She provides leadership and research support to field veterinarians and conservation staff around the world. His research with the WCS focuses on the challenges of Frontline Wildlife Protection and Health, which includes wildlife trade and emerging infectious diseases, great monkeys and Ebola viruses in bats, wild birds in the wild birds, and North America’s nasal nasal nasal birds. He is currently focused on understanding the dangers of forest life’s health and zonotic diseases and helping them to increase their sustainable and effective wildlife health monitoring systems.
Manoli Siswana is the WCS Deputy Country Director for Laos Program. She guides the policy dialogue with the government in the fields of environmental policy on safe areas, forestry and valley management, oversee the smuggling and a health programs around the world, and oversees office works.
Dr. Michelle Missing The WCS is the Director of Policy and an institutional partnership for Africa. He is an experienced professional in the field of biological diversity protection, safe areas and sustainable development. He received the National Geographic/Buffett Award to lead the African Conservation in 2004, which was one of Rwanda’s largest mountain forests, for his role in the establishment of Ningvi Forest National Park.
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