State of the globe: Human Nipah virus infection needs "One Health"

While the NiV infection may have exposed our limitations in dealing with emerging viral infections, the governments across the world have been making sustained efforts to strengthen the “surveillance and response system” for catching the disease outbreaks early and deal effectively with such infections. [...]even though NiV has caused only a few known outbreaks in Asia, its capability of infecting a wide range of animals and causing severe disease and death in people, makes it a public health concern. [...]as the implications of infections such as HNiV are global and multisectoral, the response has to be global across geographies, across disciplines, and without compartmentalization. [6] Specific to Nipah, as the virus outbreaks have involved pigs and/or fruit bats, establishing an animal health/wildlife surveillance system using this multisectoral, multistakeholder approach will be the key. [...]the success in mounting an efficient surveillance system for infections such as the HNiV will depend on our capabilities to use “One Health approach,” for the detection of Nipah cases and in improving our capabilities in providing early warning to veterinary and human public health authorities, thereby preventing mortality and reducing morbidity.