Animal and human health

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Ebola, Lassa fever, dengue and now Covid-19, more and more epidemics have their origin in an animal or an insect. Istock / 2630 Ben

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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  • Animal health
  • Health and Medicine
  • Coronavirus

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