Title
Project Brief: One Health Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface in Viet Nam with a Focus on Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife
Author(s)
Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam
Published
2022
Abstract
COVID-19 has significantly impacted global public health with the cost of the pandemic, including lives lost, 20 times higher than the estimated cost of prevention. Four areas of action to reduce the risk of future pandemics have been identified including: 1) Better surveillance of pathogen spillover; 2) Development of global databases of virus genomics and serology; 3) Better management of wildlife trade; 4) Substantial reduction of deforestation. The role of wildlife species as hosts in the emergence of
SARS-CoV-2, and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in different nodes of the wildlife supply chain has yet to be definitively determined. However, there is overwhelming evidence of the role of wildlife in its emergence. The data available highlights the need for public health scientists, wildlife conservationists, and national policymakers to continue work to identify the environments and interfaces in which viral spillover and transmission events occur in order to prevent future pandemics. International and in-country surveillances are expected to provide evidence-based suggestions to support the Government of Vietnam to engage human, animal health, and environmental sectors and design behavior change initiatives targeting key actors along wildlife supply chains including wildlife farmers, traders, restaurant owners, and consumers.
Full Citation
Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam (2022). Project Brief: One Health Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface in Viet Nam with a focus on Free-Ranging and Captive Wildlife. Ha Noi, Viet Nam: Wildlife Conservation Society, Viet Nam.
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