Catherine Machalaba

Biographic Data

ID6929625
NAMECatherine Machalaba
GIVEN NAMESCatherine
FAMILY NAMEMachalaba
SIGNATUREMACHALABA C
AFFILIATIONSEcoHealth Alliance
ORCID0000-0001-9715-0985
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • A Systems Thinking Approach to Preventing Zoonotic Spillovers

    Open AccessKwamina Ewur Banson, Amos Sarpong Agyei et al.ARTICLESystems Research and Behavioral…2026

    Increased animal–human–wildlife interactions elevate the risk of zoonotic spillovers, as seen in Ghana's Marburg outbreak in 2022 and recent events in 2024. Environmental degradation, such as illegal mining and habitat disturbance, exacerbates this risk. This study applied a systems thinking approach, using the Evolutionary Learning Laboratory (ELLab), to identify key interventions for preventing zoonotic spillovers in Ghana. Participatory worksh…

  • One Health

    Open AccessOne Health High-Level Expert Panel, Wiku Adisasmito et al.ARTICLEPLoS Pathogens2022

    International audience

  • The value proposition of the Global Health Security Index

    Open AccessSanjana Ravi, Kelsey Lane Warmbrod et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Infectious disease outbreaks pose major threats to human health and security. Countries with robust capacities for preventing, detecting and responding to outbreaks can avert many of the social, political, economic and health system costs of such crises. The Global Health Security Index (GHS Index)—the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries—recently found that no country is…

  • Incorporating Health Outcomes into Land-Use Planning

    Open AccessMax McClure, Catherine Machalaba et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2019

  • Transnational environmental crime threatens sustainable development

    Open AccessMeredith L Gore, Patrick Braszak et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2019Cited by: 4References: 1

  • Summarizing US Wildlife Trade with an Eye Toward Assessing the Risk of Infectious Disease Introduction

    Open AccessKeith Marion Smith, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2017

    The aim of this study was to characterize the role of the USA in the global exchange of wildlife and describe high volume trade with an eye toward prioritizing health risk assessment questions for further analysis. Here we summarize nearly 14 years (2000–2013) of the most comprehensive data available (USFWS LEMIS system), involving 11 billion individual specimens and an additional 977 million kilograms of wildlife. The majority of shipments conta…

  • Cites

    Open AccessWilliam B Karesh, Richard Kock et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2016

  • Future Earth and EcoHealth

    Open AccessCatherine Machalaba, Catherine C Machalaba et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2015

    PAS signé ICN

  • Ecology of zoonoses

    Open AccessWilliam B Karesh, Andy Dobson et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012