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Data Driven Disease Surveillance / Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health · Journal article
Frontiers in Public Health · September 4, 2026
A consensus or society position rather than new primary data.
This narrative review identifies three converging drivers of pandemic risk—zoonotic emergence, antimicrobial resistance, and climate-sensitive disease expansion—and links post-COVID surges in these threats to structural failures in surveillance, laboratory networks, genomic capacity, and One Health integration. The authors argue that without redistributive investment in surveillance infrastructure, regional genomic platforms, and enforceable accountability mechanisms, pandemic preparedness will remain fragile.
Narrative review. Global populations; surveillance systems and public health infrastructure across human, animal, and environmental domains..
COVID-19 exposed profound weaknesses in global infectious disease surveillance Pandemic-prone threats have intensified rather than receded in the post-COVID era Post-COVID surges documented in zoonotic outbreaks, drug-resistant infections, and vector and water-borne diseases
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Healthcare systems and public health agencies should recognize that current surveillance infrastructure remains fragmented and inequitable; pandemic preparedness requires integrated investment in One Health systems, genomic capacity, and community-based surveillance rather than isolated technical fixes.
A narrative review synthesizing evidence on pandemic risk drivers and surveillance gaps, offering expert consensus on systemic weaknesses and policy recommendations rather than reporting primary empirical results.
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Healthcare systems and public health agencies should recognize that current surveillance infrastructure remains fragmented and inequitable; pandemic preparedness requires integrated investment in One Health systems, genomic capacity, and community-based surveillance rather than isolated technical fixes.
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed profound weaknesses in global infectious disease surveillance yet, in its aftermath, pandemic-prone threats have intensified rather than receded. This narrative review synthesizes contemporary evidence on three converging drivers of pandemic risk zoonotic emergence, antimicrobial resistance, and climate-sensitive disease expansion and examines how structural failures in surveillance and global health governance amplify their impact. Drawing on recent epidemiological analyses, policy reports, and One Health evaluations, the review maps post-COVID surges in zoonotic outbreaks, drug-resistant infections, and vector and water-borne diseases, and links these trends to fragmented laboratory networks, inequitable genomic capacity, and weak integration across human, animal, and environmental systems. It further interrogates the geopolitical and socioeconomic determinants of vulnerability, including conflict-related surveillance collapse, vaccine inequity, and the political economy of pandemic financing. Emerging digital tools from AI-enabled forecasting to wastewater and social media surveillance are assessed not only for their technical promise but also for risks related to data bias, extractives, and governance gaps. The review argues that without redistributive investment in One Health integration, regional genomic platforms, community-based surveillance, and enforceable IHR-based accountability, the world will continue to detect converging threats late and respond inequitably, leaving pandemic preparedness structurally fragile in the post-COVID era.
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