Animal and human health
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
Ebola, Lassa fever, dengue and now Covid-19, more and more epidemics have their origin in an animal or an insect ... It is estimated that two-thirds of emerging diseases are zoonoses, that is to say -to say diseases which are transmitted from animal to man, and vice versa. These figures question our relationship with the environment and biodiversity.
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What are the links between human and animal health? Should we expect other epidemics? How to protect our biodiversity to preserve our health?
With:
- Pr Éric Delaporte , infectiologist, professor of Infectious Diseases at the University and at the University Hospital of Montpellier , Director of the “ HIV / AIDS and associated diseases ” unit at IRD and INSERM .
- Romain Duda , eco-anthropologist, post-doctoral researcher at the Institut Pasteur within the research unit " Anthropology and Ecology of the Emergence of Diseases"
- Dr Barthélémy Ngoubangoye , veterinarian - primatologist, head of service at the Center for Primatology at the Interdisciplinary Center for Medical Research in Franceville, Gabon. President of the NGO " Save Gabon's Primates "
- Dr Stéphane de la Rocque , veterinarian, technical advisor to the WHO in the health emergency program, team leader of the human-animal interactions service.
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