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Source: Bangladesh One Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030 (Draft Version)

“BANGLADESH is facing its worst dengue outbreak on record, a deadly reminder that human, animal and environmental health cannot be separated. With 169 million people living alongside millions of livestock, the country’s densely populated landscape has become a ‘pathogenic pressure chamber’. It is therefore time to move beyond isolated crisis management and adopt a unified One Health approach that protects people, animals and ecosystems alike. Policy and research must acknowledge how closely intertwined human and animal health truly are, yet responses persistently remain fragmented and reactive, with doctors, veterinarians and environmental advocates fighting the same battle from different command centres. What is needed now is a shift from disjointed firefighting to coordinated, preventive governance, an one health approach that links people, animals and ecosystems to build a resilient and sustainable Bangladesh.

The One Health concept itself emerged from the early recognition of zoonoses and the shared purpose across public, animal, and environmental health in preventing diseases that pass between species. ...

SEE: New Age | One health vision: crisis to coordination

https://www.newagebd.net/post/opinion/283252/one-health-vision-crisis-to-coordination#google_vignette