5.2 One Health

You may have already encountered the concept of One Health and have some idea why addressing the issue of AMR might require a One Health approach. One Health is defined as ‘the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines – working locally, nationally, and globally – to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment’ (One Health Initiative Task Force, 2008).

In this course you have learned that antimicrobial-resistant bacteria can be found in humans, animals and the environment. It makes sense, therefore, to take a One Health approach to address the problem of AMR. You can learn more about this in the course AMR surveillance and you.

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Figure 8 Addressing AMR with a One Health approach
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A Venn diagram of three circles, labelled ‘Animal’, ‘Human’ and ‘Environment’. The centre, where the three circles overlap, is labelled ‘One Health’.

Figure 8 Addressing AMR with a One Health approach

Activity 24: Self-reflection

  1. Look at Figure 8. In which area does your professional expertise fall?
  2. In which area(s) of Figure 8 do you lack professional expertise? Do you know professionals in your network who have this expertise? If not, how would you get in touch with professionals with this expertise?
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5.1 What can we do to address the problem of AMR?

5.3 International efforts