Published Today: Living Safely With Bats: Lessons in Developing and Sharing a Global One Health Educational Resource

We are proud to announce “Living Safely With Bats: Lessons in Developing and Sharing a Global One Health Educational Resource”, a continuation of work for the USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT project with contributions from local PREDICT teams and BreakthroughACTION.

After the discovery of a novel ebolavirus in bats in 2016, over 30 One Health experts with diverse experience in animal and human health came together to compile the picture book “Living Safely with Bats” as an accessible behavioral risk intervention. Since then, the book has been translated and used in over 20 countries. The book emphasizes daily safety practices as well as the ecological importance of bats.

Read the report here: https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2022/12/05/GHSP-D-22-00106

Read the picture book here: https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/living-safely-with-bats

Learn more about the book and USAID’s PREDICT project here: https://p2.predict.global/living-safely-with-bats-book

About EcoHealth Alliance:

EcoHealth Alliance is an international environmental health nonprofit dedicated to protecting wildlife and the public from emerging infectious diseases. We work with governments, scientists, and policymakers around the world to make critical changes for pandemic prediction and prevention. Our dedicated scientists conduct field research and develop tools to safeguard the health of the planet, people, and wildlife.

Press Contact: Majelia Ampadu, ampadu@ecohealthalliance.org