One Health: Home

This guide is a resource for all those interested in One Health - the global movement to better understand the interactions between animal health, human health, and ecosystem health.

One Health Overview

In 2011 One Health was identified as one of six Signature Research Areas at the University of Saskatchewan. Each Area is an 'outstanding achievement enabled by our research capacity, investments, history and sense of place.'

One Health has been defined as "strategy to better understand and address the contemporary health issues created by the convergence of human, animal, and environmental domains ..." (American Veterinary Medical Association, Exe. Summary).

Although not a new concept (in the past it was also known as One Medicine), One Health is a relatively new worldwide strategy that draws upon collaboration from veterinary medicine, human medicine, public health, environmental health, wildlife health, and agriculture) to better understand the human-animal-environment interface.

The One Health Concept: 10 Years Old and a Long Road Ahead
Over the last 10 years, the world has been threatened by the increasing prevalence of zoonoses, epidemics, antimicrobial resistance, chronic diseases, and environmental pollution. This article posits the application of the One Health approach will enable us to rigorously evaluate the consequences of human actions and integrate interdisciplinary solutions to improve the health of humans, animals, plants, and ecosystems. The authors present a list of barriers that must be overcome to enact effective One Health solutions.
A Framework for One Health Research
While a One Health approach to research can be quite effective, its implementation is complex. This article supports One Health researchers’ efforts by providing a framework to guide the design, planning, implementation, collaboration, collection of data, and analysis methods in One Health research.

One Health Topics in the News

Acknowledgement

This guide was revised by T. Nidhi as part of a work place experience for INTS380 (Internship in Librarianship and Information Studies), Winter term 2022.

One Health Day - November 3

"The goal of One Health Day is to bring attention around the world to the need for One Health interactions and for the world to 'see them in action'. The One Health Day campaign is designed to engage as many individuals as possible from as many arenas as possible in One Health education and awareness events, and to generate an inspiring array of projects worldwide." (onehealthcommission.org/en/events_since_2001/one_health_day /about_one_health_day/ )

"November 3, 2021, marks the sixth annual One Health Day, a global campaign that celebrates and brings attention to the need for a One Health approach to address shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface." (https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/one-health-day.html)

One Welfare

About One Welfare
One Welfare serves to highlight the interconnections between animal welfare, human wellbeing and the environment. It fosters interdisciplinary collaboration to improve human and animal welfare internationally. One Welfare extends the approach of (and partially overlaps) the One Health theme used for human and animal health. A One Welfare approach promotes the direct and indirect links of animal welfare to human welfare and environmentally friendly animal-keeping systems.