Table 1 Example One Health Definitions
From: Where should “Humans” be in “One Health”? Lessons from COVID-19 for One Health
Source | One Health is Defined As |
|---|---|
Davis et al. (2017) | “the intersection and integration of knowledge regarding humans, animals, and the environment” [32] |
Hillier et al. (2021) | “the use of multidisciplinary approaches in the implementation of policy design and public health interventions” [33] |
One Health High Level Expert Panel (2022) | “an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems” [31] |
Peterson et al. (2021) | “an approach to achieve better health outcomes for humans, animals, and the environment through collaborative and interdisciplinary efforts” [34] |
Sutradhar & Zaman (2021) | “approaching issues of global health by looking at the areas of human, animal, and environmental health, and their intersections” [35] |
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | “a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach — working at the local, regional, national, and global levels — with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between persons, animals, plants, and their shared environment” [36] |
World Health Organization (2017) | “an integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment. It is particularly important to prevent, predict, detect, and respond to global health threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic” [37] |