The holistic way of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the one health approach

Mushi, Vivian

doi:10.1186/s41182-020-00257-0

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“…1 ). This more holistic approach would integrate other conceptual frameworks such as “one health”, “health in all policies” and assume a SDG framework in the solutions adopted [ 113 , [131] , [132] , [133] , [134] ].…”

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

et al. 2021

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected communities, populations, and countries throughout the world. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic developed, the extent to which the disease interacted with already existing endemic, non-communicable and infectious diseases became evident, hence deeply influencing health outcomes. Additionally, a synergistic effect has been demonstrated also with socio-economic, cultural, and contextual determinants of health which seem to contribute to poorer health and accumulating social disadvantages. In this essay, using as a starting point the syndemic theory that translates the cumulative and intertwined factors between different epidemics, we argue that the SARS-CoV-2 is a one health issue of a syndemic nature and that the failure to acknowledge this contributes to weakened policy-making processes and public health responses and ineffective health policies and programs.

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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

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“…The One Health approach includes joint planning and collaborative efforts of various sectors and disciplines that work together from local to global levels to maintain optimal health and welfare of people, animals, and plants in shared environments (105)(106)(107)(108). Therefore, a thorough knowledge of the relationships between pathogen, native hosts, intermediate hosts, and environment together with the tendency of mutations, characteristics of animals-to-humans, and humans-to-humans transmission is crucial to understand the mechanism of COVID-19 and combat its spread (107,(109)(110)(111)(112)(113).…”

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An Overview of SARS-CoV-2 and Animal Infection

2020

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A novel coronavirus has been reported as the causative pathogen of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan city, China in December 2019. Due to the rapid spread of the virus worldwide, it has been announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Hospitalized patients in Wuhan were associated with the Huanan seafood wholesale market where live animals, such as poultry, bats, snakes, frogs, rabbits, marmots, and hedgehogs are sold in that market which suggests a possible zoonotic infection. It was suggested that bat is the natural host of SARS-CoV-2, but the intermediate host is still unclear. It is essential to identify the potential intermediate host to interrupt the transmission chain of the virus. Pangolin is a highly suspected candidate as an intermediate host for SARS-CoV-2. Recently, SARS-CoV-2 infection has been reported in cats, dogs, tigers, and lions. More recently SARS-CoV-2 infection affected minks severely and zoonotic transfer with a variant SARS-CoV-2 strain evidenced in Denmark, Netherlands, USA, and Spain suggesting animal-to-human and animal-to-animal transmission within mink farms. Furthermore, experimental studies documented the susceptibility of different animal species to SARS-CoV-2, such as mice, golden hamsters, cats, ferrets, non-human primates, and treeshrews. It is also essential to know the possibility of infection for other animal species. This short review aims to provide an overview on the relation between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and animals.

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“…To protect humanity from these zoonotic diseases, we need to put more emphasis on the One Health approach. 6 We require new precautions on many fronts: ending deforestation, respecting and protecting conservation areas and endangered species, intensifying the monitoring and surveillance for zoonotic events, and ensuring safe practices in the animal trade, 7 meat production, and markets.…”

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Lancet COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly

Sachs¹,

Karim²,

Aknin³

et al. 2020

The Lancet

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The Lancet COVID-19 Commission was launched on July 9, 2020, to assist governments, civil society, and UN institutions in responding effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission aims to offer practical solutions to the four main global challenges posed by the pandemic: suppressing the pandemic by means of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions; overcoming humanitarian emergencies, including poverty, hunger, and mental distress, caused by the pandemic; restructuring public and private finances in the wake of the pandemic; and rebuilding the world economy in an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable way that is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Many creative solutions are already being implemented, and a key aim of the Commission is to accelerate their adoption worldwide.

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The holistic way of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: the one health approach

Cited by 31 publications

References 7 publications

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective

An Overview of SARS-CoV-2 and Animal Infection

Lancet COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly

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