The One Health Concept

10 Years Old and a Long Road Ahead

Bibliographic Data

ID23377992
AuthorsDelphine Destoumieux-Garzón, Delphine Destoumieux‐Garzón (0000-0002-8793-9138, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Patrick Mavingui (0000-0002-2213-5673, Lyon 1 Université, corresponding author), Gilles Boëtsch (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Jérôme Boissier (0000-0002-0793-3108, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Frédéric Darriet (0000-0003-2486-5968, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Priscilla Duboz (0000-0002-5869-379X, Cheikh Anta Diop University), Clémentine Fritsch (0000-0003-2062-5799, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Patrick Giraudoux (0000-0003-2376-0136, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Frédérique Le Roux (0000-0002-9112-6199, Ifremer), Serge Morand (0000-0003-3986-7659, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Christine Paillard (0000-0002-3812-0724, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Dominique Pontier (0000-0003-4700-3543, Lyon 1 Université), Christian Sueur (0000-0001-8206-2739, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Cédric Sueur, Yann Voituron (0000-0003-0572-7199, Lyon 1 Université, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume5
Pages14-14
Publication date2018-02-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Veterinary Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-1769 • E-ISSN: 2297-1769
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fvets.2018.00014
PMID29484301
OpenAlexW2785713493
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited102

Over the past decade, a significant increase in the circulation of infectious agents was observed. With the spread and emergence of epizootics, zoonoses, and epidemics, the risks of pandemics became more and more critical. Human and animal health has also been threatened by antimicrobial resistance, environmental pollution, and the development of multifactorial and chronic diseases. This highlighted the increasing globalization of health risks and the importance of the human-animal-ecosystem interface in the evolution and emergence of pathogens. A better knowledge of causes and consequences of certain human activities, lifestyles, and behaviors in ecosystems is crucial for a rigorous interpretation of disease dynamics and to drive public policies. As a global good, health security must be understood on a global scale and from a global and crosscutting perspective, integrating human health, animal health, plant health, ecosystems health, and biodiversity. In this study, we discuss how crucial it is to consider ecological, evolutionary, and environmental sciences in understanding the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases and in facing the challenges of antimicrobial resistance. We also discuss the application of the "One Health" concept to non-communicable chronic diseases linked to exposure to multiple stresses, including toxic stress, and new lifestyles. Finally, we draw up a list of barriers that need removing and the ambitions that we must nurture for the effective application of the "One Health" concept. We conclude that the success of this One Health concept now requires breaking down the interdisciplinary barriers that still separate human and veterinary medicine from ecological, evolutionary, and environmental sciences. The development of integrative approaches should be promoted by linking the study of factors underlying stress responses to their consequences on ecosystem functioning and evolution. This knowledge is required for the development of novel control strategies inspired by environmental mechanisms leading to desired equilibrium and dynamics in healthy ecosystems and must provide in the near future a framework for more integrated operational initiatives.

Biology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Global health · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · One Health · Pandemic · Public health · Threatened species · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Ecology · Medicine · Viral Infections and Vectors · Zoonotic diseases and public health