Human, animal and environmental health
Human, animal and environmental health are closely interrelated. This becomes clear, for example, through the increase in so-called zoonoses (diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans) and antibiotic resistance.
In addition, as a result of globalisation, diseases are spreading faster and faster worldwide - as we are currently experiencing with the COVID 19 pandemic.
If we want to promote health globally and holistically, actors from all sectors - from human and veterinary medicine, but also from the environmental sciences - must work together.
The term "One Health" stands for this holistic, interdisciplinary approach.