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In the post-Covid-19 era, scientists remain on high alert for infections emerging from every corner of the world...
Microbiologist Dr Varsha Shridhar, who specialises in infectious diseases and Director and Co-founder of Molecular Solutions Care Health spoke about the causes and implications of zoonotic diseases, and how climate and public health preparedness can combat them...
Zoonotic diseases, on the other hand, must meet two criteria: they originate in animals, and once they infect humans, they can be transmitted from person to person...
"Surveillance plays a crucial role in identifying outbreaks early, but integrating data from different sources, human, animal, and environmental, is key," she said.. Precision Health, a platform that Dr Shridhar is involved with, enhances public health preparedness by collecting and analysing data from various sectors to predict and prevent future outbreaks...
Local communities should be empowered to provide data, which can then inform targeted interventions at the grassroots level," she said.. Zoonotic diseases pose a growing threat to global health and both individual actions and systemic changes are needed...
