Concepts in One health

Question 1

What is the definition of one health?

Answer 1

is an integrated, unifying approach that aims
to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people,
animals and ecosystems.
It recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild
animals, plants, and the wider environment
(including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent

Question 2

Why is it important to include all stakeholders in one health approach?

Answer 2

• Complexity of modern health concerns and contexts
• Recognition of linkages and inter relatedness in socioecological
  systems
• Need for broad expertise, experience, information,
  access
• Can align policy, response interventions,
  communication messages
• Can proactively mitigate unintended impacts on other
  sectors (including communities!)
• e.g. poultry culling for zoonotic influenza
• Have to minimise/balance impacts

Question 3

What are some examples of people who may be stakeholders in one health?

Answer 3

• Communities
• Private sector and civil society
• ‘non-health’ sectors and disciplines
• Communications experts, media

Question 4

What are some examples of one health settings?

Answer 4

• Any group or team projects
• research projects
• academic projects
• civic and community projects

Question 5

What is the tripartite?

Answer 5

They collaborate when the interaction between animals and humans impacts human health animal health and global health security
it builds on existing infrastructure and health systems

Question 6

How has one health evolved?

Answer 6

• Conservationists put forward ‘manhatten principles in 2004
• There has been increased advocacy and awareness over the past 15 years
• One medicine evolved into one health

Question 7

What is a good example of one health?

Answer 7

Antimcrobial resistance
* use/missuse of antimicrobial medicines in human, plant and animal health has caused bacterai to develop resistance to common antibiotics

Question 8

In what settings would you take a one health approach?

Answer 8

• any group or team projects
  (research, academic, civic/community)

Question 9

What are the goals and objectives of one health?

Answer 9

• research
• policy development and implementation
• system building or strengthening activities
• capcity building/ infrastrcuture development

Question 10

Who is the tripartite between?

Answer 10

• FAO
• Oie
• World health organisation

Question 11

Who did the tripartite partner with to support their national one health zoonotic disease prioritisation process?

Answer 11

US CDC