Pandemic! A One Health view of emerging infectious diseases

A global interactive webinar was organised in a cooperation between the Collaborative Working Group on Animal Health and Welfare Research (CWG-AHW) and the Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses and its related International Research Consortium (STAR-IDAZ IRC). The webinar received the support of AnimalhealthEurope, DISCONTOOLS, ERA-NET ICRAD, One Health EJP and APRE, and aimed to investigate on the role of veterinary sciences in coping with, and preventing, future animal and zoonotic pandemics.

The webinar presented lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic. It discussed how research on animal infectious diseases can contribute to prevent and control future human and animal pandemics and how Strategic Research Agendas in animal health can be improved to respond to emerging animal diseases. This report summarises the main meeting outcomes, considering both inputs provided by the experts during the invited talks and the round table discussion, as well as from the audience