This chapter discussed the foundational principles of One Health and highlights on the cultural differences in human-animal relations and their implications, animal ethical and welfare issues, and One Health as embedded in landscapes and transdisciplinarity.

In this chapter, the nature of the problems that the ecohealth approach is intended to address were discussed and presents an overview of the ecosystem approach, a transdisciplinary conception of health, and principles and guidelines that bring these together in the ecosystem approach to health and ...

One Health can be defined as any added value in terms of health of humans and animals, financial savings or environmental services achievable by the cooperation of human and veterinary medicine when compared to the concepts of approaches of the 2 medicines working separately. This chapter examines...

This chapter highlights the important role of non-governmental organizations in the realization of the goals of the One Health concept, exploring their inherent strengths and weaknesses in linking various values, capacities and needs at the human-animal-environment interface. Specific examples of...

The One Health concept of combined veterinary and human health continues to gain momentum, but the supporting literature is sparse. In this book, the origins of the concept are examined, and practical content on methodological tools, data gathering, monitoring techniques, study designs, and...

This chapter outlines the history of the "One Health" concept through a neutral, prospective, evidence-based approach that pays due regard to historical context. It focuses on the constellation of ideas, practices and circumstances that brought human and animal health (and to a lesser extent, the...

This chapter provides an overall introduction to the human-animal relationship in the law, as the prevailing distinction between human and animal health is grounded within the general legal distinction between animals and humans. It provides an overview of national provisions concerning animals in...

A One Health study implies that data on human and animal health, possibly also on ecological indicators, are analysed in an integrated way and are interpreted together. This chapter focuses on population-based quantitative One Health study designs with emphasis on planning of field surveys. The...

This chapter describes integrated approaches for human and animal demographic surveillance, and presents a case study from Chad to illustrate some lessons on the role of and the process for integrating the One Health approach into ongoing Demographic and Health Surveillance Systems globally.