One Health - 'joining the dots'
Index to South African Periodicals
- Date
- 2012-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 55-61
- Keywords
- Human health, Environmental factors, Convergence, Cooperation, Objectives, Zoonosis, Animal health, Professional cultures, One Health approach, Complementarities, Zoonotic threats, Research consortia
- Author(s)
- Dockrell, H.M.
- Publication Title
- Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
- Volume
- 79
- ISSN
- 0030-2495
- Description
- Defines that 'One Health' approach as the improvement of human and animal health worldwide as a priority, as about two-thirds of human infectious diseases and about three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are thought to be zoonoses. Stresses that to achieve the goals of the One Health agenda, multi- and interdisciplinary approaches are essential. Calls for more effective communication, better teaching to increase awareness of One Health issues and more meetings that bring both animal and human health experts together.
- Subject
- PUBLIC HEALTH, DISEASE, VETERINARY MEDICINE