China's great wall, Israel's Bar Lev Line, and passive infectious disease surveillance.
Emerging infectious diseases are some of modern society's greatest threats. Like some great construction efforts designed to protect mankind, current public health measures against these emerging pathogens have not always been successful. This paper highlights the importance of embracing new interdisciplinary approaches towards emerging pathogen threats. One such approach, termed One Health, is quickly being embraced by professional organizations and public health institutions across the world as a way forward. This paper briefly discusses the above problems and preliminary steps taken by Chinese academic institutions to embrace the One Health approach.
One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training and College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100188, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
Maha A
MA
Elbadry
One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training and College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100188, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
Mary M
MM
Merrill
School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control Research, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong P.R. China.
Meng-Meng
MM
Ma
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P.R. China.
Mai-Juan
MJ
Ma
School of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control Research, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong P.R. China.
Jia-Hai
JH
Lu
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, P.R. China.
Wu-Chun
WC
Cao
One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training and College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100188, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
Gregory C
GC
Gray
Communicable diseases; Emerging; Epidemiology; One health; Public health; Zoonoses