‘One Health’: Could tracking diseases in animals prevent the next pandemic?
In Namibia, vets are monitoring “zoonotic” diseases that jump from animals to humans in a bid to prevent the next pandemic. Just this week, the World Health Assembly has adopted a new Pandemic Treaty. But as Trump’s ‘America First’ approach sees the US withdraw from international treaties and cut global health funding, how can scientists track and intercept diseases that do not recognise borders?
