One Health definition

One Health means an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment and demands collaboration across three interdependent sectors—animal health (agriculture sector), human health (health sector) and ecosystems (environmental sector)—to prevent, detect and respond to disease threats.

One Health means a multi-sectoral approach which recognises that human health is connected to animal health and to the environment, and that actions to tackle threats to health must take into account those three dimensions.

One Health means an approach that recognizes that the health of people, the health of animals and the viability of our shared ecosystems are inextricably linked. One Health is a collaborative, multidisciplinary, and multisectoral approach that addresses urgent, ongoing, or potential health threats at the human-animal- environment interface.

Examples of One Health in a sentence

• Excellent technical knowledge of internationally accepted guidelines, such as WHO International Health Regulations and One Health will be considered an asset.

• Students on the following joint degrees: MSc One Health: Ecosystems, Humans and Animals, MSc Global Mental Health and MSc Veterinary Epidemiology should refer to their separate Project Handbooks for guidance.

• Students on MSc One Health (Infectious Diseases), MSc Global Mental Health and MSc Veterinary Epidemiology, must follow the ethics procedures outlined in their MSc Project Handbook (students on MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing will follow the School’s ethics approval process.) The term ‘human data’ includes any documentary data (e.g. case studies, records from interviews etc.), datasets or biological samples.

• Advocating for Public Private Partnerships in Surveillance, Enforcement and Prevention of Illicit Online Drug Sales and Exploring Impacts on One Health.

• Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Bacteria: Application of a One Health Approach.

More Definitions of One Health

One Health means One Health as defined in Article 3, point (7), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council34;

One Health means a coordinated, collaborative, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach that recognizes the interconnection between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, and that addresses potential or existing risks originating from animal-human-ecosystem interfaces.

One Health means One Health Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

One Health means: an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes. The areas of work in which a One Health approach is particularly relevant include food safety, the control of zoonoses (diseases that can spread between animals and humans, such as flu, rabies and Rift Valley Fever), and combating antibiotic resistance (when bacteria change after being exposed to antibiotics and become more difficult to treat).

One Health means a coordinated, collaborative, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach that recognizes the interconnection between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems and that addresses potential or existing risks originating from animal-human-ecosystem interfaces.

One Health means the concept that the health of animals, the health of people, and the viability of ecosystems are inextricably linked.

One Health means an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants and the wider environment (including ecosystems) is closely linked and interdependent. The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at varying levels of society to work together to foster well-being and tackle threats to health and ecosystems, while addressing the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food, taking action on climate change, and contributing to sustainable development;