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One Health
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An approach that recognizes human, animal and environmental health as interconnected, coordinating surveillance and response across all three, most visibly applied to diseases that jump between animals and humans. The World Health Organization co-leads its promotion together with the world animal and food and agriculture bodies.
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First Described YearSourced to the subject's own account First Described EraSourced to the subject's own accountModern movement launched 2004 (One World, One Health conference, Manhattan Principles) 1 Concept ClassPublic health, epidemiology 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Zoonotic disease rising with ecosystem disruption is part of the environmental health picture, the seam this concept covers.
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1. Wikipedia: One Health
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In 2004, The Wildlife Conservation Society held a conference called One World, One Health at Rockefeller University in New York.
2. World Health Organization Official Site
2. World Health Organization Official Site
World Health OrganizationAssociated With: Environmental Health, Environmental health topicQuote, Associated With: Environmental Health, Environmental health topic
Infectious diseases are also significantly impacted, with pathogens transmitted through unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, and zoonoses rising due to ecosystem disruption.
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