One Health: Healthy environment - healthy animals - healthy people

In this episode of InFact, host Julia Demann talks to Prof. Dr.
Fabian Leendertz about how zoonoses, or diseases that jump from
animals to humans, develop, and why protecting the environment is
central to this process. Leendertz explains how habitat loss,
climate change, and globalization create new transmission routes
for pathogens, and he discusses why humans, animals, and nature
must be considered together. At the Helmholtz Institute for One
Health (HIOH), Leendertz and his team research how to identify
infection risks early on, using data from African jungle regions
and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Their work focuses on the One
Health approach, which links health research, ecology, and
prevention to better prepare for future pandemics.