One Health Publications

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Environmental change, biodiversity loss, emerging infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, and growing inequalities are increasingly interconnected, creating growing risks for people, animals, and ecosystems. Global One Health strategies and funding mechanisms are important, but implementation at the local community level remains uneven, poorly coordinated, and weakly evaluated. We propose a practical, repeatable model that strengthens community-level One Health action through voluntary global collaboration among civil society organisations. The model links local mobilisation with interdisciplinary scientific support, shared monitoring and evaluation templates, and iterative learning cycles, organised through themed Working Groups. The framework focuses on seven goal-based areas: surveillance and early warning; animal health and welfare; water, sanitation and hygiene; food safety and food systems; community awareness and education; environmental risks and ecosystem health; and multisector governance. By connecting local projects with shared analysis, joint publications, and policy dialogue, the network can transform initiatives into a coordinated learning system while preserving community and organisational independence.

Abstract

Global environmental change, biodiversity loss, emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and widening social inequalities increasingly interact to create complex risks for human, animal, and ecosystem health. Although international One Health frameworks and funding mechanisms are essential, implementation at national and especially community levels often remains uneven, fragmented, and weakly evaluated. This Perspective presents a structured, reproducible networking model designed to strengthen community-level One Health implementation through voluntary global collaboration among civil society organisations. The model connects bottom-up community mobilisation with interdisciplinary scientific support, shared evaluation templates, and iterative learning cycles. It outlines a transparent process for identifying and engaging One Health-oriented organisations and for organising their collaboration through thematic Project Working Groups that support situation analysis, strategic planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. The framework translates community action into seven intervention fields: surveillance and early warning, animal health and welfare, water/sanitation/hygiene, food safety and food systems, community awareness and education, environmental risks and ecosystem health, and multisectoral governance. By linking local practice to comparative synthesis, joint publication, and policy dialogue, the network aims to transform isolated initiatives into a coordinated learning system while preserving community and organisational autonomy. As a conceptual framework, the model is ready for empirical testing in diverse settings to assess feasibility, participation, and evaluation quality.

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LINK-Letter-2026-July.pdf

10-Jul-2026 at 8:05 AM EDT, by Chinese Academy of Sciences

“… “One Health links people, animals, plants and ecosystems,” said *Maureen Lichtveld, dean of the School of Public Health, which has served as the consortium’s coordinating institution since 2024. “That linkage is central to our mission and to the mission of our consortium and its partners.” …”

*Dr. Lichtveld is a physician (MD, MPH)

July 9, 2026