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Surge in animal-human diseases calls for more holistic approach to health, UN reports

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2013-12-17

16 December 2013 – About 70 per cent of new diseases infecting humans in recent decades have come from animals, the United Nations food agency today reported, warning that it is getting easier for diseases jump species and spread as the population, agriculture and food-supply chains grow.

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