One Health
One Health
One Health (pronounced: wʌn hɛlθ) is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach — working at the local, regional, national, and global levels — with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.
Etymology
The term "One Health" was first used in the 2000s, but the concept has been around for centuries. The idea that human, animal, and environmental health are interconnected can be traced back to ancient civilizations.
Related Terms
- EcoHealth: An interdisciplinary field that studies how changes in the natural environment affect human health.
- Planetary Health: A field focused on characterizing the human health impacts of human-caused disruptions of Earth's natural systems.
- Zoonosis: Any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans.
- Public Health: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.
- Veterinary Medicine: The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on One Health
- Wikipedia's article - One Health
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