Holistic One Health Surveillance Framework: Synergizing Environmental, Animal, and Human Determinants for Enhanced Infectious Disease Management

ACS Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 8;10(3):808-826. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00625. Epub 2024 Feb 28.

Abstract

Recent pandemics, including the COVID-19 outbreak, have brought up growing concerns about transmission of zoonotic diseases from animals to humans. This highlights the requirement for a novel approach to discern and address the escalating health threats. The One Health paradigm has been developed as a responsive strategy to confront forthcoming outbreaks through early warning, highlighting the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and their environment. The system employs several innovative methods such as the use of advanced technology, global collaboration, and data-driven decision-making to come up with an extraordinary solution for improving worldwide disease responses. This Review deliberates environmental, animal, and human factors that influence disease risk, analyzes the challenges and advantages inherent in using the One Health surveillance system, and demonstrates how these can be empowered by Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. The Holistic One Health Surveillance Framework presented herein holds the potential to revolutionize our capacity to monitor, understand, and mitigate the impact of infectious diseases on global populations.

Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Artificial Intelligence; Climate Change; Environmental Pollutants; Infectious Disease; One Health; Pandemics; Public Health; Zoonotic Disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Communicable Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Disease Management
  • Humans
  • One Health*
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / prevention & control