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Study proposes roadmap to strengthen wildlife disease monitoring worldwide
A study proposes a roadmap to help countries monitor wildlife health and spot disease outbreaks.
Earlier research found no evidence of a functional wildlife health surveillance system in nearly 60% of 107 countries surveyed.
Without monitoring, diseases can spread with serious effects on ecosystems, farming and people.
The study points to examples including a sheep and goat disease linked to an estimated 80% decline in Mongolia’s endangered saiga antelope, and H5N1 bird flu, which has killed wild birds and marine mammals.
The roadmap calls for dedicated political support and funding, evidence-based methods, shared data tools, trained frontline workers and cooperation across countries.
It also favors locally led programs and stronger roles for Indigenous and community expertise, rather than relying only on top-down rules.
The researchers say the next challenge is to expand these efforts and build lasting collaboration, since emergency funding often disappears when a crisis ends.
A study proposes a roadmap to help countries strengthen wildlife health and disease monitoring.
The roadmap aims to build lasting, locally led surveillance programs through collaboration and dedicated support.
Previous research found that nearly 60% of 107 surveyed countries showed no evidence of a functional wildlife health surveillance system.
The researchers warn that unmonitored disease outbreaks can cause severe ecological and economic damage.
The roadmap includes six pathways, from securing funding and strengthening local skills to sharing data and expertise.
- Who
- The study’s authors and the Wildlife Health Intelligence Network (WHIN).
- What
- They proposed a collaborative roadmap for strengthening wildlife disease surveillance.
- When
- The study’s publication date is not stated.
- Where
- The roadmap is intended for countries worldwide.
- Why
- Many countries lack functional wildlife health surveillance, leaving ecosystems, agriculture and people vulnerable to outbreaks.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Earlier research did a good job diagnosing the problem in terms of what’s missing, and what wildlife health surveillance needs to deliver
This paper goes further: it uses a Theory of Change to map out how we actually close that gap, given limited resources and fragmented networks, to reach real collaborative surveillance
A survey found that nearly 60% of 107 countries showed no evidence of a functional wildlife health surveillance system.
Researchers proposed a roadmap with six pathways to strengthen wildlife disease surveillance.
- Countries surveyed
- 107
- Countries without evidence of a functional surveillance system
- Nearly 60%
- Roadmap pathways
- 6
- Data platform
- HAWK
- Regional model cited
- WildHealthNet in Southeast Asia
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