ONE URBAN HEALTH 2023-2026

(Olivier Telle, IRASEC researcher)

The ONE URBAN HEALTH 2023-2026 project (MITI funding) addresses the impact of global urbanization on the spread of pathogens, often overlooked in analyses. It is recognized that viruses circulate abundantly between cities, and that urbanization accelerates and broadens connections, transforming local environments too, especially the peri-urban bangs.

At the crossroads of environmental, urban, land and health studies, the One Urban Health project integrates the rapidly evolving urban fringe into the analysis of infectious risks and their governance in Thailand and India. It studies developing peri-urban areas, which are often neglected in terms of zoonotic risks, despite being integrated into extensive urban contexts. This approach aims to fill current gaps in the One Health approach. In Thailand and India, the rapid expansion of urban areas is leading to poorly controlled and often unfinished land conversions, creating wastelands. These environments are poorly documented from a One Health perspective and are not covered by health monitoring systems.