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Holistic Approaches to Zoonoses: Integrating Public Health, Policy, and One Health in a Dynamic Global Context

Authors: Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed,Olalekan John Okesanya,Zhinya Kawa Othman,Adamu Muhammad Ibrahim,Olaniyi Abideen Adigun,Bonaventure Michael Ukoaka,Muhiadin Ismail Abdi,Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno
Journal: Zoonotic Diseases
Publisher: MDPI AG
Publish date: 2025-3-6
ISSN: 2813-0227 DOI: 10.3390/zoonoticdis5010005
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Table 1 and Table 2 are so basic they’re almost decorative. They list factors and approaches but don’t synthesize or critique them. Figure 1 and Figure 2 are mentioned but not shown in the text, how can we assess their validity or relevance? Also, the factors in Table 1 feel arbitrarily chosen; why isn’t “wildlife trade” or “deforestation” listed separately instead of buried under “agricultural practices”?

You highlight Rwanda’s National One Health Program and the Philippines’ rabies elimination as successes, but there’s no critical discussion of their limitations, sustainability, or replicability. What went wrong in other places that tried similar approaches? Without discussing failures, this feels like advocacy, not analysis.

You mention AMR as a major driver, but the link to zoonoses feels underdeveloped. The paper says “not all resistant pathogens are zoonotic,” then jumps to foodborne examples. Where’s the critical discussion on how much of the AMR burden is truly zoonotic vs. human-driven? The EU antibiotic ban example is given, but then you note it didn’t reduce Salmonella/Campylobacter resistance, so was it really a success?

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