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One Health

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In public health & epidemiology, One Health means: An approach that recognises that the health of people, animals and the environment is closely connected and brings these sectors together to prevent and control health threats.

In Turkish: Tek Sağlık

How it is used

Applied to zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and food safety. Doctors, vets, ecologists and agriculture experts share data and plan together. It is promoted jointly by FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH, a partnership known as the Quadripartite.

Example sentences

  1. A One Health approach brought vets and doctors together to tackle the rabies cases.

  2. Antimicrobial resistance cannot be solved without One Health thinking.

Common collocations

  • One Health approach
  • One Health framework
  • human, animal and environmental health
  • cross-sector collaboration
  • zoonosisAn infectious disease that passes from animals to humans, such as rabies, brucellosis or avian influenza.
  • antimicrobial resistanceThe ability of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites to survive medicines that used to kill them, making infections harder or impossible to treat.
  • environmental healthThe branch of public health that deals with how the physical environment, including air, water, food, housing, noise and chemicals, affects people's health.
  • vectorA living creature, such as a mosquito, tick or sandfly, that carries an infection from one person or animal to another.

More terms: Environmental and Occupational Health

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