Description
Recognizing that human health, animal health, and ecosystem health are
inextricably linked, One Health seeks to promote, improve, and defend the
health and well being of all species by enhancing cooperation and collaboration
between physicians, veterinarians, other scientific health and environmental
professionals and by promoting strengths in leadership and management to
achieve these goals. The One Health Initiative will advance the concept of one
health with the ultimate goals of protecting and saving lives in future
generations by accelerating biomedical research discoveries, enhancing public
health efficacy, expeditiously expanding the scientific knowledge base, and
improving medical education and clinical care. The One Health Initiative
leadership team promotes One Health via newspaper and professional journal
publications and through the One Health Initiative website.
Purpose
One Health (formerly called One Medicine) is dedicated to improving the lives
of all species—human and animal—through the integration of human medicine,
veterinary medicine and environmental science. The aim of the One Health
Initiative is to increase communication and collaboration between human,
animal, and ecosystem health professionals.
Scope Global
Primary Funders
None. An autonomous pro bono team carries out all activities of the One Health
Initiative.
Participants & Key Collaborators
More than 40 organizations representing global health and more than 597
prominent scientists, physicians and veterinarians worldwide have endorsed the
initiative.
Definition of One Health
The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary
collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans,
animals and the environment.
Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy
Success is informally measured by the number of individuals and organizations
that support One Health and the number of new One Health efforts.
Sources of Information
Website: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com
Contact Dr. Laura Kahn
Princeton University
Dr. Bruce Kaplan
OH Initiative Leadership Team and Contents
Manager/Editor
