Animal Husbandry Minister J. Chinchurani has reiterated the need to strengthen public healthcare systems by realising the One Health approach in view of the recurrence of zoonotic diseases like Nipah.
With the threat of zoonoses increasing globally, maintenance of public health hinged on preservation of ecological, forest, wildlife, and animal health, she added.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Ms. Chinchurani said the State had successfully mitigated the fourth occurrence of Nipah through holistic interventional measures. The outbreak also taught several lessons, one being the futility in preventing zoonotic diseases with preventive measures and drugs that were limited to human beings.
