#zoonotic diseases News
The H5N1 virus is spreading rapidly among seabirds and sea mammals, causing deaths from pole to pole.
An analysis of public health data in Cambodia has found increased rates of malnutrition among children born in areas where deforestation had recently occurred.
Policy & Finance
Which Southeast Asian nations are best prepared for pandemics?
A health security index by the Asian Development Bank found that early investment in health infrastructure limited the impacts of Covid-19. Thailand topped the ranking. Vietnam did not score well, but prevented the highest number of cases.
Carbon & Climate
Cases in Bhutan illustrate the increasing rise of scrub typhus
A zoonotic disease associated with heavy rain, humidity and changing weather patterns, as well as the proliferation of rodents in close proximity to humans is expanding its reach.
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s ‘extreme’ wildlife market, in pictures
Carbon & Climate
Cut fossil fuel use to save millions of lives, health experts say
#zoonotic diseases Opinion
Deadly diseases carried by mosquitoes are spreading due to weather brought about by climate change. A bacteria-based solution could be key to fighting back.
Policy & Finance
Obsolete law is costing Indonesian wildlife
As long as the law does not recognise it as transnational organised crime, the illegal trade of wildlife will continue to flourish in Indonesia.
Policy & Finance
Preparing now for the next health emergencies
To limit the impact of the coming crises on lives and livelihoods, governments must take urgent action to boost the resilience of their health systems.
Policy & Finance
Climate change is making us sick
Climate-driven migration and shrinking animal habitats increase the risk that viruses and bacteria will jump from animal hosts to humans–just as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, likely did.
Policy & Finance
What the COP15 biodiversity conference must do
#zoonotic diseases Research
Eco-Business, supported by Boehringer Ingelheim
Moving towards a rabies-free Southeast Asia
