Increasing resistance to disease

Description

Increasing resistance to disease involves implementing measures that strengthen the ability of individuals, populations, or ecosystems to withstand and recover from infectious threats. This strategy includes promoting immunization, improving nutrition, enhancing sanitation, and fostering healthy behaviors. It also encompasses breeding or engineering disease-resistant crops and livestock. The practical intent is to reduce vulnerability, limit disease transmission, and minimize health and economic impacts by proactively building resilience against existing and emerging pathogens.

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends further developing resistance to disease and pests.