One Health Publications

This report by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2024 in 27 Member States (MSs), the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and eight non- MSs, according to the Zoonoses Directive 2003/99/EC.

Key statistics on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in humans, food, animals and feed are provided and interpreted historically.

In 2024, the first and second most reported zoonoses in humans were campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, respectively, followed by Shiga toxin- producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections.

Listeriosis was the fourth and most severe zoonotic disease, with the highest percentage of hospitalisations and the highest case fatality rate.

The number of cases reported in the last 5 years showed a significant increasing trend in campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, listeriosis and STEC infections. Fourteen MSs and the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) met all targets for reducing Salmonella prevalence in poultry populations for the relevant serovars.

Salmonella samples from various animal carcases, and samples for Campylobacter quantification in broiler carcases, were more frequently positive when carried out by the competent authorities than with food business operators’ own checks. Twenty- seven MSs and the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) reported more food- borne outbreaks, cases and hospitalisations in 2024 than in 2023, although the number of deaths decreased. Salmonella in ‘eggs and egg products’ was the agent/food pair of most concern. Salmonella was also the causative agent associated with the majority of multi- country outbreaks reported in the EU in 2024.

Foods of non- animal origin, and in particular ‘vegetables and other products thereof’, caused the largest number of deaths in strong- evidence outbreaks. This report also provides updates on brucellosis, echinococcosis, trichinellosis, tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis, rabies as well as other zoonotic bacteria, viruses and parasites in food and animals.

The University of Kentucky (USA) Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and The Bill Gatton Foundation Grand Challenge Team recently established a One Health Initiative. The initiative will bring together research, extension and instruction in One Health and serves as a foundation for launching the future UK One Health Center.

UK is in a unique situation as a land-grant institution and one of eight academic institutions in the U.S. with a full complement of engineering, liberal arts, professional, medical and agricultural colleges and disciplines on one contiguous campus. Having everything on one campus promotes collaborative activities and research projects across the 16 degree-granting colleges and over 200 academic programs at the university.

The Martin-Gatton CAFE is uniquely situated with many years of collaboration not only across the university but also with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Kentucky Department of Public Health, Kentucky State University, Murray State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Our college has one of the strongest extension programs in the nation. As one of our three mission areas, extension ensures the dissemination of knowledge from the university to the people of Kentucky. Our presence in all 120 counties allows our extension agents and staff to serve as the primary extension educational arm of UK, disseminating information about One Health topics, research and emerging diseases throughout the commonwealth.

Join the One Health Initiative

SEE: https://onehealth.mgcafe.uky.edu/ 

SEE: One Health Newsletter | Spring 2025

FAO Director-General calls for new global partnerships and sustainable funding to combat animal disease threats

Advancing Health Care in Humans, Animals and the Environment

“Republic Act No. 12290, or the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) Act, creates a national R&D hub focused on virology and vaccine science. Adopting a One Health approach, the Act establishes the VIP under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to lead research on viruses and other pathogens affecting human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The VIP Board is chaired by the DOST Secretary and co-chaired by the Secretaries of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), acts as the policymaking body. …”

The proverbial “Canary in the Coal Mine” without an autonomous U.S. Epidemic Intelligence Service?

SEE: https://www.utmb.edu/one-health/news-events/OH-symposium

News Release 24-Nov-2025

Global One Health index: Expert consensus on synergistic solutions to advancing SDG3

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center

Overview

Authors:

• Henrik Lerner

• First comprehensive book on ethics in One Health approaches
• Innovating perspective on Bioethics for researchers, healthcare workers , veterinarians, ecologists and policy makers
• Includes an in-depth analysis of possible ethical systems that could be applied to One Health approaches

About this book

This book discusses how bioethics can be advanced and expanded. It explores the possibility to find an approach to bioethics that covers all One Health approaches, i.e. One Health, EcoHealth, Planetary Health or One Welfare, each with their holistic and diverse perspectives. Although some attempts exist to find such an ethics of One Health, this is still very much novel ground. From an analysis of the nature of scientific aims and goals of One Health approaches, this book describes and expands on the variety of ethical issues that emerge in this context. Analyzing previous attempts to establish an ethics of One Health, this book shows that the complexity is greater than what is sometimes suggested. Some issues might be solved using a more traditional perspective on bioethics but other issues need a new take on bioethics. This book analyses what is needed for a pluralistic ethics that covers different species – humans, animals, plants – as well as different levels – individual, population, ecosystem. It discusses whether it is possible to find a bridge between versions of anthropocentric, zoocentric, biocentric and ecocentric ethics. Also, due to the trans- and interdisciplinary nature of One Health approaches, it discusses how this ethical framework will relate to different value and ethical systems around the globe. As a result, this book is a roadmap for future discussions and research in this emerging field, proposing an ethical framework for One Health approaches.