scholarly journals First International One Health congress

2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martyn H. Jeggo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Scientific Presentation ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

More than 650 people from around 60 countries attended the 1st International One Health Conference, held in Melbourne from 14 to 16 February 2011. Scientists, clinicians, government and community members from a range of disciplines came together to discuss the benefits of working together to promote a One Health approach to human, animal and environmental health. One Health embraces systems thinking and recognising the interdependence of people, animals and environment. The conference was hosted by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and was supported by international agencies, the Australian and Canadian governments, and industry.The Organising Committee recognised from the outset, the need to provide a forum not just for scientific presentation, but for open discussion and dialogue around the policy and political issues, as well as the science that drives the One Health agenda. The Committee was also cognizant of the need to embrace a definition of One Health that includes food security and food safety and included the social and economic pressures that shapes this area. The meeting was therefore organised under four themes with plenary sessions followed by breakout parallel sessions for each of these. The themes covered Disease Emergence, Environmental Drivers, Trade, Food Security and Food Safety, and Science Policy and Political Action. The plenary session commenced with one or two keynote presentations by world leaders on the topic being covered, followed by panel discussions involving six to eight experts and involving all participants at the congress. Each of the panel members spoke briefly on the topic covered by the keynote speaker and were asked to be as provocative as possible. The discussions that followed allowed debate and discussion on the keynote presentations and the panel members comments. This was followed by six to eight parallel breakout sessions involving in depth papers on the session’s topic. Throughout the conference at various times, sponsored sessions dealt with particular areas of science or policy providing a further framework not only to learn current science but for debate and discussion. A full copy of all abstracts is available on the web at http://www.springerlink.com.In concluding the Congress recognised the interdependence of, and seeks to improve human, animal and environmental health; recognised that communication, collaboration and trust between human and animal health practitioners is at the heart of the One Health concept; agreed that a broad vision that includes other disciplines such as economics and social behaviour is essential to success. The Congress stressed the need to promote the ‘do-able’ such as improving surveillance and response for emerging infectious diseases whilst developing the broader approach. It identified a need to emphasise community participation and development of community capacity, and especially, an open transparent dialogue with both a ‘ground up’ and ‘top down’ approach that would lead to an improved understanding of our ecosystems, including molecular ecobiology, are an essential part of One Health.

scholarly journals Optimization of human, animal, and environmental health by using the One Health approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan M. Sleeman ◽  
Thomas DeLiberto ◽  
Natalie Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

scholarly journals Antibiotic Resistance: One Health One World Outlook

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Aslam ◽  
Mohsin Khurshid ◽  
Muhammad Imran Arshad ◽  
Saima Muzammil ◽  
Maria Rasool ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Global Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a growing public health concern worldwide, and it is now regarded as a critical One Health issue. One Health’s interconnected domains contribute to the emergence, evolution, and spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms on a local and global scale, which is a significant risk factor for global health. The persistence and spread of resistant microbial species, and the association of determinants at the human-animal-environment interface can alter microbial genomes, resulting in resistant superbugs in various niches. ABR is motivated by a well-established link between three domains: human, animal, and environmental health. As a result, addressing ABR through the One Health approach makes sense. Several countries have implemented national action plans based on the One Health approach to combat antibiotic-resistant microbes, following the Tripartite’s Commitment Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)-World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)-World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The ABR has been identified as a global health concern, and efforts are being made to mitigate this global health threat. To summarize, global interdisciplinary and unified approaches based on One Health principles are required to limit the ABR dissemination cycle, raise awareness and education about antibiotic use, and promote policy, advocacy, and antimicrobial stewardship.

scholarly journals Plant health and its effects on food safety and security in a One Health framework: four case studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Rizzo ◽  
Maureen Lichtveld ◽  
Jonna A. K. Mazet ◽  
Eri Togami ◽  
Sally A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
One Health ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Plant Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The One

AbstractAlthough healthy plants are vital to human and animal health, plant health is often overlooked in the One Health literature. Plants provide over 80% of the food consumed by humans and are the primary source of nutrition for livestock. However, plant diseases and pests often threaten the availability and safety of plants for human and animal consumption. Global yield losses of important staple crops can range up to 30% and hundreds of billions of dollars in lost food production. To demonstrate the complex interrelationships between plants and public health, we present four case studies on plant health issues directly tied to food safety and/or security, and how a One Health approach influences the perception and mitigation of these issues. Plant pathogens affect food availability and consequently food security through reductions in yield and plant mortality as shown through the first case study of banana Xanthomonas wilt in East and Central Africa. Case studies 2, 3 and 4 highlight ways in which the safety of plant-based foods can also be compromised. Case study 2 describes the role of mycotoxin-producing plant-colonizing fungi in human and animal disease and examines lessons learned from outbreaks of aflatoxicosis in Kenya. Plants may also serve as vectors of human pathogens as seen in case study 3, with an example of Escherichia coli (E. coli) contamination of lettuce in North America. Finally, case study 4 focuses on the use of pesticides in Suriname, a complex issue intimately tied to food security though protection of crops from diseases and pests, while also a food safety issue through misuse. These cases from around the world in low to high income countries point to the need for interdisciplinary teams to solve complex plant health problems. Through these case studies, we examine challenges and opportunities moving forward for mitigating negative public health consequences and ensuring health equity. Advances in surveillance technology and functional and streamlined workflow, from data collection, analyses, risk assessment, reporting, and information sharing are needed to improve the response to emergence and spread of plant-related pathogens and pests. Our case studies point to the importance of collaboration in responses to plant health issues that may become public health emergencies and the value of the One Health approach in ensuring food safety and food security for the global population.

scholarly journals Public Awareness in ensuring Animal Originated Food Safety : A Review on “One Health” Approach in Veterinary Medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 776
Author(s):  
A. T. Soelih Estoepangestie
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Human Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

Human and animals live in the same ecosystem bound one to another interdependently and build an harmony in an ecosystem. Since the time of Hippocrates, the One Health concept has existed, which is now we can find in AVMA’s web page, the words “on Airs, Waters, and Places”. One of the One Health’s founders is an epidemilogist, Dr. Calvin W. Schwabe, captured the word “One Medicine” in his book, Veterinary Medicine and Human Health. Now we live in this century can feel the existence of various health problems involving human health and animal health affected one to another.Antimicrobial resistance issues is nowadays one of the challenge facing the medicine. Veterinary Services has a plenty history of applying veterinary public health principles to protect human health through animals and animal products saftey. The Veterinary role in the AMR problems is not a question. The use of drugs, includes antimicrobial, in veterinary practices can not be hindered, that is all to ensure safety not just for animals but also for humanbeing. Microbes contamination in the preparation of animal originated food, from farm to fork, is the main problem in connection to the animal originated food safety. Public services in this field is the entry point of microbes contamination which causing the decrease of food quality. To change the people’s behaviour in processing of animal originated food chain is not easy. Continuing public awareness in preparing safety food is one of athe best way to ensure the intelectuality of a nation Keywords:   Global health problem; Animal originated food ; Food safety in Indonesia; Human-animal health interactions; From farm to fork; Public awareness

scholarly journals Sensitive Detection of E. coli in Artificial Seawater by Aptamer-Coated Magnetic Beads and Direct PCR

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoi Kotsiri ◽  
Apostolos Vantarakis ◽  
Francesco Rizzotto ◽  
Devon Kavanaugh ◽  
Nalini Ramarao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Magnetic Beads ◽  
Artificial Seawater ◽  
Sensitive Detection ◽  
Direct Pcr ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

The ‘One Health’ approach recommended by WHO recognizes the inseparable link between human, animal and environmental health [...]

scholarly journals Public Policies and One Health in Brazil: The Challenge of the Disarticulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isis de Freitas Espeschit ◽  
Clara Marques Santana ◽  
Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Health Initiative ◽  
The Government ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
The One

Working the One health strategy in developing countries is a challenge, due to structural weaknesses or deprivation of financial, human, and material resources. Brazil has policies and programs that would allow continuous and systematic monitoring of human, animal, and environmental health, recommending strategies for control and prevention. For animals, there are components of the Epidemiological Surveillance of zoonosis and Animal Health Programs. To guarantee food safety, there are Health Surveillance services and support of the Agropecuary Defense in the inspection of these products, productive environments, and their inputs. Environmental Surveillance Services monitor water and air quality, which may influence health. For human health, these and other services related to Health Surveillance, such as Worker Health and Epidemiological Surveillance, which has a training program responsible for forming professionals groups to respond effectively to emergencies in public health are available. Therefore, Brazil has instruments that may allow integrated planning and intervention based on the One Health initiative. However, the consolidation of this faces several challenges, such as insufficient resources, professional alienation, and lack of the recognition of the importance of animal and environmental health for the maintenance of human and planetary well-being. This culminates in disarticulation, lack of communication, and integration between organizations. Thus, efforts to share attributions and responsibilities must be consolidated, overcoming the verticality of the actions, promoting efficiency and effectiveness. Finally, this perspective aims to describe the government instruments that constitute potential national efforts and the challenges for the consolidation of the One Health initiative in Brazil.

scholarly journals Abuse of Antibiotic Treatment in a one Health Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Nazmuz Sakib
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Antibiotic Treatment ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

A considerable rise in the spread of infectious agents has been documented during the last decade. With the expansion and appearance of zoonoses, epizootics, and epidemics, the threat of pandemics has grown increasingly serious (Destoumieux-Garzón et al., 2018). Antimicrobial resistance, pollution, and the emergence of multifactorial and chronic illnesses have all posed a danger to human and animal health. This brought attention to the growing globalization of health hazards, as well as the role of the human–animal–ecosystem interaction in pathogen development and emergence (Destoumieux-Garzón et al., 2018).In response to trends observed in the recent past a thorough interpretation of disease dynamics and to drive public policy, a deeper understanding of the causes and effects of particular human activities, lifestyles, and behaviors in ecosystems is critical. Health security, as a global benefit, must be understood on a global scale and from a global and crosscutting viewpoint, including human, animal, plant, ecosystem, and biodiversity health (McEwen and Collignon, 2018).This study is aimed at establishing antibiotic treatment abuse in one health context. The study also considers how important it is to consider evolutionary, ecological, and environmental sciences in understanding the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, as well as the challenges of antimicrobial resistance. Finally, the study identifies hurdles that must be overcome as well as goals that must be nurtured in order to effectively implement the "One Health" idea. The paper establishes that for the One Health idea to succeed, curb antibiotic resistance among other challenges, multidisciplinary boundaries that currently exist between veterinary and human medicine and evolutionary, ecological, and environmental sciences must be broken down and medical policies in place re-evaluated.

scholarly journals One Health: competing perspectives in an emerging field

Parasitology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. KINGSLEY ◽  
E. M. TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
One Health ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Fault Lines ◽  
The One

SUMMARYOver the last decade, One Health has attracted considerable attention from researchers and policymakers. The concept argues that the fields of human, animal and environmental health ought to be more closely integrated. Amid a flurry of conferences, projects and publications, there has been substantial debate over what exactly One Health is and should be. This review summarizes the main trends in this emerging discussion, highlighting the fault lines between different perspectives on One Health. Some have shown that One Health's call to synthesize knowledge from different disciplines can lead to better interventions. Others, however, argue that One Health's challenge to existing practice must go further, and set out a vision that foregrounds the social and economic drivers of disease. Meanwhile, recent examples of One Health in practice highlight the potential but also the challenges of institutionalizing cooperation. We also discuss the promise and pitfalls of using complexity theory to tackle multifaceted problems, and consider how the One Health concept has been brought to bear on other issues, such as emerging new technologies. Ultimately, One Health is an important and worthwhile goal, and requires a debate that clarifies both the competing uses and the political nature of the project.

Analysis of Food Safety and Security Challenges in Emerging African Food Producing Areas through a One Health Lens: The Dairy Chains in Mali

2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
RACHEL CHENG ◽  
ALBERTO MANTOVANI ◽  
CHIARA FRAZZOLI
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
One Health ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Dairy Production ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Production Chain

ABSTRACT Challenges posed by changes in livestock production in emerging food producing areas and demographic development and climate change require new approaches and responsibilities in the management of food chains. The increasingly recognized role of primary food producers requires the support of the scientific community to instruct effective approaches based on scientific data, tools, and expertise. Mali is an emerging food producing area, and this review covers (i) the dairy farming scenario and its environment, (ii) the role of dairy production in food security, including the greatly different animal rearing systems in the Sahel and tropical regions, (iii) risk management pillars as modern infrastructures, effective farmer organizations, and institutional systems to guarantee animal health and safety of products, and (iv) feasible interventions based on good practices and risk assessment at the farm level (e.g., sustainable use of fertilizers, feeds, veterinary drugs, and pesticides) to protect consumers from food safety hazards. Social innovation based on the empowerment of the primary food producers emerges as crucial for sustainable and safe food production. Sustainable policies should be supported by the mobilization of stakeholders of One Health, which is a science-based approach to linking human health and nutrition with the health and management of food producing animals and environmental safety. In the context of the complex, multifaceted scenario of Mali dairy production, this article presents how a cost-effective animal health and food safety scheme could be established in the dairy production chain. Because milk is a major commodity in this country, benefits could be derived in food security, public health, the resilience of the farming system, animal husbandry, and international trade.

scholarly journals Applied Proteomics in ‘One Health’

Proteomes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Eleni I. Katsarou ◽  
Charalambos Billinis ◽  
Dimitrios Galamatis ◽  
George C. Fthenakis ◽  
George Th. Tsangaris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
One Health ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Novel Treatments ◽  
Zoonotic Infections ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
The One ◽  
Biomarker Research

‘One Health’ summarises the idea that human health and animal health are interdependent and bound to the health of ecosystems. The purpose of proteomics methodologies and studies is to determine proteins present in samples of interest and to quantify changes in protein expression during pathological conditions. The objectives of this paper are to review the application of proteomics technologies within the One Health concept and to appraise their role in the elucidation of diseases and situations relevant to One Health. The paper develops in three sections. Proteomics Applications in Zoonotic Infections part discusses proteomics applications in zoonotic infections and explores the use of proteomics for studying pathogenetic pathways, transmission dynamics, diagnostic biomarkers and novel vaccines in prion, viral, bacterial, protozoan and metazoan zoonotic infections. Proteomics Applications in Antibiotic Resistance part discusses proteomics applications in mechanisms of resistance development and discovery of novel treatments for antibiotic resistance. Proteomics Applications in Food Safety part discusses the detection of allergens, exposure of adulteration, identification of pathogens and toxins, study of product traits and characterisation of proteins in food safety. Sensitive analysis of proteins, including low-abundant ones in complex biological samples, will be achieved in the future, thus enabling implementation of targeted proteomics in clinical settings, shedding light on biomarker research and promoting the One Health concept.

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