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Wildlife trade, for example in pangolins, is one area of concern for causing zoonotic disease outbreaks. Credit: Frendi Apen Irawan/Wikimedia As the world looks to a future after COVID-19, experts are urging governments to concentrate on preventing viruses from spilling over into humans. But this takes cross-departmental co-ordination, bringing together the needs of people, animals and our planet. Catherine Early reports on the policy challenges and the ‘one health’ approach The word “unprecedented” has been used widely in the past year, as waves of the health and economic crisis caus...

A one-health approach to prevent COVID-21, COVID-22 and other future pandemics DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 17-11-2020 While a bat species has been identified as the most likely evolutionary host to the ongoing pandemic, it is fundamental to take stock and recognise that it is not about individual species or pathogens, and it would be short-sighted and naïve to think only of bat species, or known viruses, write Cristián Samper and Niels Annen. [Sony Herdiana / Shutterstock]

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? This past April, as Covid-19 deaths in the United States were climbing toward their terrifying first peak, a journalist with the conservative outlet Newsmax raised her hand during a White House press conference. Struggling to conceal a smirk, the reporter, Emerald Robinson, asked Donald Trump a question...