From fragmentation to coordination: strengthening One Health research to support H5N1 preparedness in Cambodia
Sao Puth, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Chanroth Chhoung, Chhavarath Dary, Dyna Khuon, Kennarey Seang, Vonthanak Saphonn · 2026
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Puth and colleagues argued in 2026 that Cambodia needs coordinated One Health research to prepare for H5N1 bird flu. One Health means treating human, animal, and environmental health as one system. H5N1 keeps spreading in Cambodia, with most human cases tied to sick or dead poultry contact.
They propose a multi-sector H5N1 research working group for the country. Such a group would bring together outbreak, clinical, gene, and behaviour data into shared tracking. Ongoing spread, they argue, reflects unresolved gaps between veterinary, medical, and environment agencies. Cambodia's case fatality share has been high, and mild infections likely go undetected under current event-based tracking. The authors frame coordination as the missing step between data collection and real readiness for animal-borne disease threats.
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| CREATOR | Sao Puth, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Chanroth Chhoung, Chhavarath Dary, Dyna Khuon, Kennarey Seang, Vonthanak Saphonn |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |