Focus on Trinidad and Tobago
13/03/2025
On January 16, 2025, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago officially signed the PREZODE letter of Intent. The Islands, becoming the Initiative’s 29th country member, also join the Caribbean region of…
The Caribbean, biodiversity hotspot
25/02/2025
Biodiversity hotspots are terrestrial regions with at least 1,500 unique vascular plant species that have lost 70% or more of their original natural habitat (Mittermeier et al. 2004). They can turn into a zoonosis emergence hotspot. The Caribbean Islands Biodiversity…
How Chile works for wildlife animal health
02/12/2024
BEST PRACTICES In 2024, the Wildlife Working Group was constituted as part of the advisory boards included in the Permanent Veterinary Committee of the Southern Cone (CVP). This group is dedicated to advancing wildlife health management in the region. Key…
Welcome to the Dominican Republic!
23/07/2024
On the 11th of July 2024, the Dominican Republic signed PREZODE’s Declaration of Intent, becoming the 27th country member of the Initiative. With the Dominican Republic joining, the Caribbeans and Central America account for a great representation in the Initiative.…
Welcome to Panama!
24/04/2024
On April 24th, Ivette Berrio, Vice Minister of Health of Panama, signed a letter of intent for Panama to join the PREZODE International Initiative, becoming its 26th member country. The office of the Pan American Health Organization and the World…
Twenty-five countries and counting
24/10/2023
PREZODE community continues to grow October 2023, PREZODE welcomes Cameroon and Zambia, 2 new country members of the initiative! Africa is the most represented continent within PREZODE, Zambia and Cameroon being the 10th and 11th African nations to join PREZODE, along with…
Eldorado – The Mexican program at Yucatan
23/06/2023
Gerardo Susan, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Disease and Health Ecology of the Mexican National University UNAM, presents the OH work with PREZODE members in the Yucatan Peninsula. El Dorado (Ecosystem, bioLogical Diversity, habitat mOdifications, and Risk of emerging…
Thailand presentation
07/05/2023
Mrs. Soawapak Speech addresses her country’s adherence to PREZODE
IAEA and PREZODE Pave the Way for Cooperation
24/09/2021
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the PREZODE (Preventing Zoonotic Disease Emergence) initiative, launched by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, earlier this year, agreed today to build further collaborations to prevent the risk of zoonotic diseases emerging. On…
Mexico: First country to join PREZODE initiative
20/06/2021
Friday 18 June: Mexico and Paris have signed an agreement of cooperation to prevent pandemic emergencies by joining the PREZODE initiative launched by Emmanuel Macron, in January 2021 during the One Planet Summit. Mexico is then the first country to…