Preventing the Next Pandemic through a Planetary Health Approach: A Focus on Key Drivers of Zoonosis

Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen (), Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo (), Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye, Mutiat Oluwakemi Mustapha, Sheriff Taye Mustapha, Adam Aberi Abdullahi, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Samuel Olushola Abimbola, Aminat Olaitan Adebayo, Joy Ginika Ikebuaso, Damilola Samuel Adesuyi, Blessed Okereke, Abass Olawale Omotosho, Abdulhakeem Funsho Ahmed and Mona Said El-Sherbini ()
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Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Mutiat Oluwakemi Mustapha: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Sheriff Taye Mustapha: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Adam Aberi Abdullahi: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Samuel Olushola Abimbola: Cyprus International Institute of Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol 3036, Cyprus
Aminat Olaitan Adebayo: Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200005, Nigeria
Joy Ginika Ikebuaso: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, P.M.B. 02, Uli 431124, Nigeria
Damilola Samuel Adesuyi: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, P.M.B. 001, Akungba-Akoko 342111, Nigeria
Blessed Okereke: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin 240003, Nigeria
Abass Olawale Omotosho: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete-Ilorin, P.M.B. 1530, Ilorin 23431, Nigeria
Abdulhakeem Funsho Ahmed: Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Institute of Basic and Applied Science, Kwara State Polytechnic, P.M.B. 1375, Ilorin 241103, Nigeria
Mona Said El-Sherbini: Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt

Challenges, 2022, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: The ever-increasing global health impact of SARS-CoV-2—the etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—coupled with its socio-economic burden, has not only revealed the vulnerability of humanity to zoonotic pathogens of pandemic potential but also serves as a wake-up call for global health communities to rethink sustainable approaches towards preventing future pandemics. However, since the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) convened experts have declared that future pandemics are likely to be zoonotic in origin, it is imperative that we understand the key drivers of zoonosis such as biodiversity loss, climate change, wildlife consumption, and population mobility, as well as the scientific evidence underpinning them. In this article, we underscore the correlations of these drivers with the emergence and re-emergence of zoonosis. Consequently, we highlighted the need for multidisciplinary collaboration under the planetary health approach between researchers across the fields of environmental and human health to fill the knowledge and research gaps on key drivers of zoonosis. This is to prevent or limit future pandemics by protecting the natural systems of the Earth and its resources and safeguarding human and animal health.

Keywords: planetary health; zoonosis; climate change; biodiversity loss; population mobility; pandemics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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