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Investment required in SAIA services

21/04/2025 Go to Evidence

80 million dollars annually are estimated necessary to invest in each country of the region to strengthen Agricultural Health and Food Safety Services (SAIA), fundamental to facilitate international trade according to studies cited by CAF (Velásquez, A., 2025).

80 millones de dólares anuales se estima necesario invertir en cada país de la región para fortalecer los Servicios de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria (SAIA), fundamentales para facilitar el comercio internacional según estudios citados por CAF (Velásquez, A., 2025).

Velásquez, A. (2025). Estudios arqueológicos del aguacate en Mesoamérica. Editorial Académica.

African Swine Fever

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)

(ISPA, 2023)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-

Global burden of disease

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).

(McDermott y Grace, 2011)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana

Foodborne Diseases

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).

(McDermott y Grace, 2011)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana

Amazon Deforestation

09/08/2023 Go to Evidence

A 1% increase in deforestation increases malaria cases by 0.4% to 0.5% in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and by 0.09% in Brazil.

Colombia, Ecuador y Perú muestran que un aumento del 1% en la deforestación se traduce en un incremento de entre el 0,4% y el 0,5% en los casos de malaria. Mientras que en Brasil, el aumento del 1 % en la pérdida de la cubierta forestal se asocia con un aumento del 0,09 % en los casos de malaria.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean

09/08/2023 Go to Evidence

A 1% increase in the price of timber increases deforestation by 1.1% and malaria cases by up to 0.124% over time.

Un aumento del 1% en el precio internacional de la madera provoca un aumento del 1,1% en la deforestación, que se correlaciona con un aumento del 0,042% en los casos de malaria. Tras varios años de deforestación, este efecto aumenta hasta el 0,124%.

Damania, Richard; Balseca, Esteban; de Fontaubert, Charlotte; Gill, Joshua; Kim, Kichan; Rentschler, Jun; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha. 2023. Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies. © Washington, DC : World Bank.

Economic losses due to zoonoses

31/12/2010 Go to Evidence

$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).

Banco Mundial (2010)

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1266-personas,-patogenos-y-nuestro-planeta-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermedades-zoonoticas.-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermeda