One health economics to confront disease threats

Machalaba, Catherine C.
Smith, Kristine M.
Awada, Lina
Berry, Kevin
Berthe, Franck
Bouley, Timothy A.
Bruce, Mieghan
Cortiñas Abrahantes, Jose
El Turabi, Anas
Feferholtz, Yasha
Flynn, Louise
Fournié, Guillaume
Andre, Amanda
Grace, Delia
Jonas, Olga
Kimani, Tabitha
Le Gall, François
Miranda, Juan Jose
Peyre, Marie-Isabelle
Pinto, Julio
Ross, Noam
Rüegg, Simon R.
Salerno, Robert H.
Seifman, Richard
Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos
Karesh, William B.

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Publication date

January 2017

DOI

10.1093/trstmh/trx039

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Oxford University Press (OUP)

Abstract

Global economic impacts of epidemics suggest high return on investment in prevention and One Health capacity. However, such investments remain limited, contributing to persistent endemic diseases and vulnerability to emerging ones. An interdisciplinary workshop explored methods for country-level analysis of added value of One Health approaches to disease control. Key recommendations include: 1. systems thinking to identify risks and mitigation options for decision-making under uncertainty; 2. multisectoral economic impact assessment to identify wider relevance and possible resource-sharing, and 3. consistent integration of environmental considerations. Economic analysis offers a congruent measure of value complementing diverse impact metric...