Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: past, present and the way forward.

ABSTRACT: Ecohealth is a comprehensive approach to understanding health at its human, animal and environmental interface in a socio-ecological systems context. This approach was introduced widely in Southeast Asia (SEA) by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the late 2000s. Aimed at addressing the problem of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), numerous such projects and activities have been generated throughout the region. Ecohealth is increasingly converging with the One Health approach, as both movements emphasise a holistic understanding to health. We conducted a scoping review by considering all of the Ecohealth programmes, initiatives and projects that have been implemented in SEA since the introduction of the approach, and also gathered information from peer-revie

SUBMITTER: Nguyen-Viet H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4429815 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature