Rethinking indicators for pandemic prevention
20/05/2026
How do you measure success when nothing happens? This deceptively simple question sits at the heart of pandemic prevention and framed a rich discussion among global experts during our PREZODE webinar on “How to define and measure indicators that capture…
Rodents and hantaviruses: monitoring to prevent
13/05/2026
The Andes hantavirus crisis is a reminder of the challenges posed by animal-borne infections with epidemic potential, and of the need to strengthen the prevention, surveillance and detection of zoonotic pathogens. A conversation with Élodie Monchatre-Leroy, head of the RatSWIM…
Southeast Asia at the heart of the implementation of the One Health approach
23/10/2025
First publication of PREACTS – ASAMCO LaoThai, a recent paper illustrates how the region—known as a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases—implemented early policies that embodied the One Health. In this paper, co-authored by the Vice-President of PREZODE, Dr.Soawapak Hinjoy, Dr.…
Climate change, super driver of zoonotic diseases emergence?
12/09/2025
The two most pressing global health threats, epidemics and climate change, share common roots. These issues are reshaping interactions among humans, animals, and the environment, increasing contact between wildlife, livestock, and humans. To reduce risks It is essential to involve…
Interview with Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund
28/01/2025
The Fund helps operationalize the “One Health” approach, from a theoretical concept to practical action at the country or regional level.” The first projects financed by the Pandemic Fund are successfully uniting agencies and ministries across sectors as well as…
Nature-based solutions are essential for climate and health action
09/09/2024
The health sector has the opportunity to embrace nature-based solutions—actions that protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use, and manage natural or modified ecosystems to deliver societal benefits, which are often not explicitly highlighted as priorities in intergovernmental decisions on climate and…
Building a win-win partnership with communities to tackle One Health issues
07/05/2024
Communities play a pivotal role in initiatives aimed at mitigating health risks, preventing pandemics, and adapting to climate change within the One Health framework. One key principle embraced by PREZODE is community engagement in pandemic prevention and response. Community surveillance is central…
Finding Winged Travelers and Ourselves in Troubled Waters
14/10/2023
Avian influenza spreads via migratory bird flyways, impacting wildlife globally. Water, viruses, and species are intertwined. World Migratory Bird Day in 2023 recalls the urge for prevention. Analysis. By Dr. Sarah Olson, Director of Health Research at WCS (Wildlife Conservation…
World Rabies Day 2023
28/09/2023
All for 1, one for all More than 59,000 people die from rabies every year, 99% of which are a result of exposure to an infected domestic dog. Rabies remains endemic in more than 150 countries. Over 95% of the 59,000…
World Health Day 2023
07/04/2023
2 minutes with Dr Neil Vora Dr Neil Vora, from Conservation International, member of the Initiative’s Community, explains the high importance, for Human health, to consider zoonosis prevention. >World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April,…