Challenges of the global pandemics of emerging infectious diseases and integrated intersectoral prevention strategy
Emerging infectious diseases(EIDs)are either newly emerging or previously existing infectious diseases that are experiencing a rapid increase in incidence or geographic spread.The risk of EIDs outbreaks and pandemics is escalating due to factors such as climate change,pathogen evolution.Outbreaks of EIDs,like coronavi-rus disease 2019(COVID-19),have significantly impacted on global health,the economy,and social stability.Such global pandemics not only directly affect human health but also negatively impact on economic development,poverty reduction,and education.To tackle the challenges of EIDs,organizations at national and international levels have adopted a series of comprehensive prevention and control strategies,including reducing the risk of pathogen spill-over,establishing comprehensive detection and early warning systems,and promoting cross-sectoral collaboration and sharing information with other departments,and implementing the One Health concept for cross-sectoral prevention and control.This article summarizes the challenges posed by EIDs pandemics,the prevention and control strategies at the national and international levels,the current progress,and specific cases to provide a reference for future re-sponses to EIDs pandemics.
Emerging infectious diseasesPandemicIntersectoral integrated control strategyOne Health