Quebec's Multi-Party Observatory on Zoonoses and Adaptation to Climate Change

Climate change has been linked with the establishment and geographical expansion of zoonotic diseases, an example of which is the well-documented increase in human cases of Lyme disease in Quebec, Canada. As temperatures continue to increase in Quebec, it is anticipated that several zoonotic disease...

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Published in:Canada communicable disease report 2019-05, Vol.45 (5), p.143-148
Main Authors: Germain, G, Simon, A, Arsenault, J, Baron, G, Bouchard, C, Chaumont, D, El Allaki, F, Kimpton, A, Lévesque, B, Massé, A, Mercier, M, Ogden, N H, Picard, I, Ravel, A, Rocheleau, J P, Soto, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Animal health
Arachnids
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Collaboration
Diseases
Environmental risk
Environmental science
Greenhouse effect
Infectious diseases
Lyme disease
Observatories
Overview
Public buildings
Public health
Public policy
Risk management
Trends
Vector-borne diseases
Veterinary medicine
Zoonoses
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Summary:Climate change has been linked with the establishment and geographical expansion of zoonotic diseases, an example of which is the well-documented increase in human cases of Lyme disease in Quebec, Canada. As temperatures continue to increase in Quebec, it is anticipated that several zoonotic diseases will be affected. In response to the growing zoonotic issues facing public health authorities, Quebec's Multi-Party Observatory on Zoonoses and Adaptation to Climate Change ( (the Observatory) was founded in 2015 as part of the Quebec government's Climate Change Action Plan ( ). The Observatory was designed to bring together agencies involved in formulating public policy and experts from the disciplines of human health, animal health and environmental sciences, in a manner similar to the innovative "One World, One Health" approach. The Observatory provides a platform for knowledge sharing and consensus building among representatives of public policy decision makers and scientists. Its main objectives are to anticipate and prioritize potential issues associated with zoonotic diseases in Quebec, in order to support applicable risk management and climate change adaptation. This article describes what the Observatory is, what it does and outlines its plans for the future.
ISSN:1188-4169
1481-8531
1481-8531
DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v45i05a05