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WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH Global One Health  See: http://www.wur.nl/en/About-Wageningen/Strategic-Plan/Global-One-Health.htm Controlling the risks of disease outbreaks and reducing endemic infectious diseases are crucial to food security, public health, climate change and biodiversity. We use the phrase ‘A Global One Health’, as it reflects the interconnectedness and global nature of health care for humans, animals, plants and the environment. Many health risks can be controlled through effective interventions consisting of an adequate and varied food supply, hygiene, medicines, vaccines, vector control and crop protection. A sustainable and shared approach requires an integrated analysis of infectious diseases, with contributions from various knowledge domains. We perform research into infectious diseases, vectors, ecology, epidemiology, healthy agriculture (animal health and plant health), healthy nutrition and intestinal flora, food security and safety, and social health issues. Through a system approach, we provide an essential contribution to improving the health of people, animals and plants. Global One Health at Wageningen University & Research focuses on four themes, covering a broad spectrum of health and diseases in a societal context.:   Health and (Emerging) infectious diseases Health and environment (this includes climate change) Health and society Health and food Within all subthemes multidisciplinary research and research integration is endorsed. Projects Successful implementation of intervention strategies From the perspective of Global One Health, successful implementation of promising interventions does not happen as frequently as one would wish.... Emerging zoonoses in relation to the changing socio-economic environmentInfections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, are a major source of human microbiological infection and pose a risk to public health. In the... Reduction of airborne endotoxins in animal production to improve human and animal health A citation of the position paper ‘Global One Health - a new integrated approach’: Until recently, disease prevention and control... Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy PeopleThe global burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs, e.g. obesity, diabetes, CVD, malignancies), infectious diseases (e.g. malaria, measles) and the... Global One Health risks of livestock manure applicationManure is widely used as a natural fertiliser and therefore constitutes a globally important resource for agriculture. However, manure application...