SCIENTISTS in the environmental health field are calling for an integrated approach to prevent future outbreaks of disease as well as to mitigate the climate crisis.
Recent studies show that the increased transmission of zoonotic diseases – diseases that spread from animals to humans – is largely caused by man-made disturbances to natural ecosystems, including human encroachment of the natural habitats of wild animals.
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