Challenges for the effectiveness of infectious disease interventions during global change
Global change, including climate change, land-use change, and increased human mobility, is expected to have complex effects on the transmission, evolution, and emergence of infectious diseases 1 , 2 . Current research agendas aim to understand how these environmental and anthropogenic changes will affect pathogen transmission to anticipate effects on infection burden 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 . However, the impacts of global change on interventions for disease control is a key dimension that has been studied in comparatively less detail 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 . Many pathogens are kept under control by the continuous efforts of public health interventions in both human and animal populations; understanding how the effectiveness of these interventions may change in the future is essential for continued mitigation of transmission.
Authors
- Benjamin L. Rice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4844-0323)
- Emily Howerton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0639-3728)
- Chadi M. Saad-Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2217-3071)
- Holly A. Burrows
- Justin Sheen
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Princeton University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Health
- Published
- 2026-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44528-026-00044-z
- Primary Topic
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00