There is, therefore, a need for greater integration and coordination between medical researchers and practitioners, and researchers and practitioners involved in both domestic and wild animal health. This integration has been defined as the ‘One Health’ approach and is an approach that has taken hold in many developing countries where infectious diseases remain prevalent, but less so in develop...

The notion that humans, animals and the environment are tightly linked and that their respective well-beings are interdependent has been recognized for centuries. However, the sophistication of these interactions has only begun to be revealed. Even by the late nineteenth century, it was established knowledge that human and animal health have many commonalities; an insight that more recently led...

Although a One Health perspective has, in one way or another, been around at least since the time of Hippocrates, term itself was coined by William Karesh 2003 The Washington Post article. Since that time, concept has discussed, applied, and elaborated numerous ways. Little, however, done more to make relevant global concerns than COVID-19 pandemic (the third major coronavirus emerge this mille...