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The Lancet Commission calls for global policy shift—One Health as the key to the future

July 21, 2025

July 21, 2025        The GIST

"The world is facing an interconnected health crisis: zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, environmental degradation, and climate change threaten millions of lives. An international expert group, The Lancet One Health Commission, warns in its first report of severe consequences if governments, business, and international organizations fail to change course immediately.

 

 

The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) played a key role as a leading partner. The central message: Only a consistent One Health approach—considering human, animal, and  together—can break the escalating chain of health see: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-lancet-commission-global-policy-shift.htmlrises. The report is published in The Lancet.  ..."

SEE: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-lancet-commission-global-policy-shift.html

More information: Andrea S Winkler et al, The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems, The Lancet (2025). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00627-0

Journal information: The Lancet
Provided by Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin

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