Zoonoses (Diseases transmitted from animals to humans)
International Standards & Practice Guidelines (IS&Gs)
1. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
—Preventing the next pandemic – Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission
—The next wave – How to beat future pandemics
2. FAO/OIE/WHO Tripartite Collaboration
—One Health
—Report on emerging zoonotic diseases 2004
5. Zoonoses programs (Managing public health risks at the human-Animal-environment interface)
6. Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral topics
—Ebola virus disease programs
8. Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)–WHO Collaborating Partner Global Health
—Zoonotic Diseases
—Avian Flu
—Swine Flu
—Global COVID-19
—How the Flu Virus Can Change: “Drift” and “Shift”
—Past Pandemics
—1918 Pandemic (H1N1 Virus)
—Antibiotic Resistance
——Antibiotic Resistant Threats
Missions Specific Best Practices Documents
(Demonstrate Compliance with International Standards & Guidelines)
I. FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION (FBO) OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS:
A. by Faith-the online magazine of the Presbyterian Church in America website
—The Case for Eating Compassionately
B. Christian Journal for Global Health (CJGH)
—Special Issue: COVID-19 as a Challenge on Many Fronts
—Leadership in Pandemics
—COVID-19 and Containment: A Dual Burden for India
—A Biblical Model for a Christian Hospital in India in the Time of COVID-19
—The Real Hero and The Real Challenge in the COVID-19 Era
—Triage and resource allocation during crisis medical surge conditions (pandemics and mass casualty situations)
—Responding to Epidemics and Pandemics
—Feasibility of Virtual Congregational Peer Recovery Groups During COVID-19
—Frugal Innovations that Helped Mission Hospitals Manage During the Pandemic and Further Suggestions
—The Time to Begin Plans for COVID-19 Eradication is Now
—Asha’s Response to COVID-19: Providing Care to Slum Communities in India
—Cura Personalis, Cura communitas: Loving our neighbor in Covid-19 times
—Utilizing Technology during the COVID-19 Pandemic
—The Role of Faith-Based Organizations and Faith Leaders in the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia
—The Church, Food Culture, and Ecotheology: An Ongoing Church Effort to Reduce Bushmeat Eating in Minahasa, Indonesia
—The Faith-Based Advantage: A Case Study on the Adventist Development & Relief Agency’s Response to Humanitarian Impacts of COVID-19 as a Faith-Based Organization
—Vaccination Against COVID-19 as a Christian Duty? A Risk-Analytic Approach
—Health status associated with SARS-CoV-2 risk perceptions in Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe
—Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Among School-Aged Children in Selected Primary Schools in Southwest Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study
C. Christianity Today
— Creature Discomforts 2003
D. Christian Vegetarian Association
—Joyful, Compassionate Eating-Honoring God’s Creation. Open Access in 10 languages
——Adapted from the above document: Prevention of Pandemics & Slow Motion Disasters (Numerous additional UN, WHO and CDC references).
E. Dialog-A journal of Theology website
— A Christian Rationale for Vegetarianism
F. Every Living Thing website
—Resources
—Eating Mercifully
G. Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature (ICPAN) an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States website
—The Bible’s Teachings on Protecting Animals and Nature
—A Religious Case for Compassion for Animals
—C. S. Lewis as an Advocate for Animals
H. Religion News Service website & Baptist Standard website
—Christian Vegetarians Inspired by Garden of Eden Diet
I. SIM Ebola See especially:
—Ebola Survivor Richard Sacra: What We Must Do Next–No references to IS&Gs but appears to demonstrate compliance
J. Trinity International University Bioethics website
—Pro-Life Vegetarians: Can’t We All Just Get Along? 2013 s
K. William Carey International Development Journal (Click full screen icon & scroll down to page number)
—Field Report: Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death—Surviving the Dreaded Ebola Disease p10–No references to IS&Gs but appears to demonstrate compliance
L. Vegetarian Friends
—Links to other valuable web sites + Peaceable Table
II. SECULAR OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS
A. Encyclopædia Britannica website
—The Christian Basis for Animal Welfare and Vegetarianism
B. Farm Forward website
—Faith in Food: New Ethical Food Initiatives 2015
C. National Review
—Fear Factories 2005
—China’s Wet Markets, America’s Factory Farming 2020
D. NutritionFacts.org website
—Pandemics: History & Prevention 2007 video
—How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 2020 video
—The COVID-19 Pandemic May Just Be a Dress Rehearsal 2020 video
E. The American Spectator website
—Animals Rights: A Question of Humanity
F. The Guardian
—30% of early deaths tied to eating meat 2018
—The divine right to abuse other species 2002
G. The New England Journal of Medicine Global Health See especially:
—The Origins of Pandemic Influenza -Lessons from the 1918 Virus 2005
—Global Health: Pandemic Preparedness and Response — Lessons from the H1N1 Influenza of 2009 2014
—History of Medicine: Ebola in a Stew of Fear 2014
—Creating a Global Health Risk Framework 2015
—The Neglected Dimension of Global Security — A Framework for Countering Infectious-Disease Crises 2016
—After Ebola in West Africa — Unpredictable Risks, Preventable Epidemics 2016
I. The New York Times
—Our Cruel Treatment of Animals Led to the Coronavirus 2020