“One Health” and Promoting the Concept in the Journal

Abstract

One Health is an innovative global approach aiming to tighten the collaboration and communication in all aspects of human, animal and environmental health. The areas of One Health approach include food safety, the control of zoonoses, and combatting antibiotic resistance (1). The term “one health” was first introduced to the scientific community at an Expert Consultation in Canada in 2009, but the concept has been well known since the 1800s (2). Dr Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) coined the term “zoonosis” to indicate an infectious disease that is passed between humans and animals (3).