communicable diseases

Making food safer and sustainable

Greater investments in science, technology and innovative practices can transform food systems, and ensure steady supplies, nutrition, and access

As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread, but prevention strategies can break the link.

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Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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An interdisciplinary ‘One Health’ approach and strong decision-making are our best defence against the next zoonotic-disease outbreak.

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COVID-19 alerts and warnings can be better developed by bringing together lessons learned from natural hazards like volcanoes.

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Knowing when the hospital system could be overwhelmed is key to managing a pandemic. Finding the right predictor can save lives.

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Most infectious disease warning systems have been set up to fail as they focus on science, not people.

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AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics.

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Social modelling to prepare for pandemics needs more emphasis on the social.

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Monitoring of wastewater and being alert to unusual cases could help shut pandemics down before they start.

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