One Health Publications

“… The study team was led by scientists at UCL, the University of Florida and Yale University, and the research was supported by a US National Science Foundation Biology Integration Institute grant to the Verena Institute.

Co-author Professor Sadie Ryan (University of Florida) said: “Spillover disease outbreaks are multi-causal, shaped by the socio-ecological system. These findings really highlight the need for One Health integrated approaches to surveillance and intervention – there is no single intervention strategy.”

“Introduction

Many articles describe the overlap of One Health and interprofessional education (IPE), with One Health providing the “why,” the need for collaboration across the professions to address complex health problems, and IPE providing the pedagogical platform for “how” these problems can be addressed. The rationale for the choice of topic for this Research Topic was the renewed recognition of the One Health approach in pandemic prevention, following the COVID pandemic. The primary objective of this collection was to catalyze academic dialogue regarding the design of curricula that embed the One Health framework within multiple healthcare disciplines, including medical, veterinary, and public health education. …”

“… But this technology can advance the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015, in both general and in specific ways.

One Health is a golden opportunity because it recognizes the interdependence of human, animal, plant, and environmental health, providing a doable pathway to strengthen communities and local systems. The many existing and rapidly advancing AI models developed by Anthropic, OpenAI, and others can provide critical assistance to communities everywhere, enabling them to better operationalize One Health principles and build resilience from the ground up. …”

“ … Communities are the foundation of global health security. AI can strengthen their resilience and preparedness for future challenges through One Health. The question is whether there will be the political commitment and investment to have AI help put One Health into practice at the community level. That is where our future health is shaped every day.

The UN General Assembly is an occasion for countries to surprise us and unite around action, not just words.”

“… One Health: an important area that remains operational

The CDC’s One Health Office has not been eliminated. CDC continues to describe the office as its lead for One Health activities in the United States and internationally. The office works at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health, particularly in relation to zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness, environmental threats, and information sharing.

The United States also released its first National One Health Framework in January 2025. CDC, USDA, and the Department of the Interior developed the framework pursuant to direction from Congress in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

CDC’s current One Health material continues to describe coordination with USDA and the Department of the Interior, and CDC continues to maintain One Health surveillance and response activities.

The One Health Office should therefore not be presented as a program already dismantled. Its importance is better understood as a reason to monitor whether broader workforce and organizational changes reduce the agency’s ability to connect human, veterinary, wildlife, and environmental surveillance. That concern is not theoretical. Diseases can cross boundaries among people, livestock, wildlife, food systems, and the environment. Effective surveillance depends on communication among institutions that traditionally operate in separate sectors.  …”

Please note: ‘EAOHS Guest Writer Spotlight’ contribution, pages 5 & 6, “The Fifth Transformation of Veterinary Medicine.”  This is a condensed version of “Why Global Health Security Depends on Advancing the One Health Paradigm: And on Reviving It in the United States,” published in Impakter magazine on 31 August 2026.

Provided by:

Prof. Fatma Amer

President, Egyptian Alliance of One Health – Sharkya (EAOHS)

and

Prof. Hanaa Nofal 

Vice president, Egyptian Alliance of One Health – Sharkya (EAOHS)

The IZSVe is an Italian public health institute and research organization in the fields of animal health, food safety and zoonoses.
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