A Global, Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Sectorial Initiative to Combat Leptospirosis: Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN)

Kara N. Durski, Michel Jancloes, Tej Chowdhary and Eric Bertherat
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Kara N. Durski: World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Michel Jancloes: Health and Climate Foundation, 1425 K St. NW Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Tej Chowdhary: UNANGO, Route de Ferney 150, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
Eric Bertherat: World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2014, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Leptospirosis has emerged as a major public health problem in both animals and humans. The true burden of this epidemic and endemic disease is likely to be grossly under-estimated due to the non-specific clinical presentations of the disease and the difficulty of laboratory confirmation. The complexity that surrounds the transmission dynamics, particularly in epidemic situations, requires a coordinated, multi-disciplinary effort. Therefore, the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network (GLEAN) was developed to improve global and local strategies of how to predict, prevent, detect, and intervene in leptospirosis outbreaks in order to prevent and control leptospirosis in high-risk populations.

Keywords: leptospirosis; One Health; outbreak (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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