Climate resilient public health in South East Asia : challenges of One Health data analytics for Antimicrobial Resistance in a changing climate

The impacts of climate change on human health are not same in all regions of the world. Least Developed Countries (LDCs) such as Bangladesh where core health determinants are threatened by changing climatic conditions are recognized as most vulnerable to negative health impacts of climate change. Increased efforts to improve the resilience of health systems and community adaptation are needed to ensure progress on SDG3 and ensure safeguard the health and wellbeing of all people in South East Asia. The burden of 60% of emerging infectious diseases that are reported globally come from animals, both wild and domestic, are mostly from this region. Over 30 new human pathogens have been detected in the last 3 decades, 75% of which have originated in animals.

Increased efforts to improve the resilience of health systems and community adaptation are needed to ensure progress on SDG3 and ensure safeguard the health and wellbeing of all people of South East Asia. A holistic, integrated approach to answering complex questions surrounding human, animal and environmental health is needed with adequate data support for new methods of addressing and understanding complex health problems to overcome the severe health challenges which transcend both national borders and disciplinary boundaries.

This systematic analysis tries to find out mapping scope of existing initiatives and capacities for One Health research and building the next generation One Health workforce in South East Asia to combat antimicrobial resistance in a changing climate of post-pandemic era. This effort includes standardized approach for assessing risks of spillover of pathogens between different animal populations and humans, and emergence of zoonotic diseases, including those arising in food systems from available and accessible data.