Nipah virus epidemic in southern India and emphasizing “One Health” approach to ensure global health security

Zika virus and global health security.

Establishment of CDC Global Rapid Response Team to Ensure Global Health Security

The 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa highlighted challenges faced by the global response to a large public health emergency. Consequently, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established the Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) to strengthen emergency response capacity to global health threats, thereby ensuring global health security. Dedicated GRRT staff can be ...

One Health approach to cost-effective rabies control in India.

Over 20,000 rabies deaths occur annually in India, representing one-third of global human rabies. The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has pioneered a "One Health" committee to address the challenge of rabies in dogs and humans. Currently, rabies control in Tamil Nadu involves postexposure vaccination of humans after dog bites, whereas potential supplemental approaches include canine vaccination and ...

Human security approach for global health.

The concept of security has shifted over the past 15 years, and has moved beyond a focus solely on the security of nations to include a focus on the security of individuals and communities. 1 However, it was not until the 1990s that the concept of human security began to take clearer shape after it was reappraised within the UN. In particular, the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Develop...

The United Nations and One Health: the International Health Regulations (2005) and global health security.

The One Health approach encompasses multiple themes and can be understood from many different perspectives. This paper expresses the viewpoint of those in charge of responding to public health events of international concern and, in particular, to outbreaks of zoonotic disease. Several international organisations are involved in responding to such outbreaks, including the United Nations (UN) an...