UK's Royal Society calls for integration of human/animal R&D and policy
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Royal Society is calling on the government to establish a National Institute for Infectious Diseases (NIID) to better co-ordinate both R&D and policy in areas of disease that affect both humans and animals. A joint, integrated approach, would lead to overall improvements in public health and decrease response times against infectious disease incidents, argues the national academy of science.