World Bank approves $ 82 mln for zoonotic disease prevention in India, Top Health News | Latest Health & Healthcare Industry Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

An infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural conditions is called zoonotic. Animal disease outbreaks globally continue to pose risks to public health systems and have enormous economic costs. With India having the largest livestock population in the world, these risks are particularly high, it said. Foot and mouth disease alone costs the country more than $ 3.3 billion annually., An infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural conditions is called zoonotic. Animal disease outbreaks globally continue to pose risks to public health systems and have enormous economic costs. With India having the largest livestock population in the world, these risks are particularly high, it said. Foot and mouth disease alone costs the country more than $ 3.3 billion annually., , Read More