One Health Perspectives for Infectious Disease Research
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 8770
Special Issue Editor
Interests: one-Health based genomics and epidemiology of infectious diseases, specifically those caused by enteric pathogens
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the 21st century enters its second decade, there is a compelling argument for the use of multi-disciplinary approaches to tackle increasingly complex health, environmental and social challenges. These approaches often involve a combination of empirical and/or applied research to identify and characterise pertinent issues, the development of evidence-based solutions, and the building of frameworks for the optimal delivery of those solutions. The concept of One Health seeks to encapsulate both the argument and methodologies posited above. One Health is now a recognised general term used to define activities that address the complex inter-relationships between human, animal, and environmental health. The One-Health concept is not entirely novel. Early iterations focused on the intersection of human and animal health and the benefits of merging disease surveillance and management in both fields. By the early 2000s One Health emerged as a new health policy framework and was positioned to address emerging zoonotic infections by collaborative efforts from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health. The adoption of the One-Health framework gained traction after the SARS and avian influenza pandemics, and more recently with the spread of drug-resistant pathogens, where the need for multi-sectoral approaches in research, policy, and management diseases continues to be emphasised.
One Health synergises with the aim of creating and maintaining a better and more sustainable future. The challenges of health, security, inequality, and climate change are intricately linked at national, regional, and global levels. It is therefore increasingly clear that a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates biomedical (humans, animals, and their pathogens), environmental and social research will be required to address these issues. In the future, One Health can be viewed as an extension of the global health strategies of the last two decades by the inclusion of environmental and socio-economic components which underlie the emergence and spread of diseases in human and animal populations, especially in regions of high socio-economic costs and impact.
This Issue will accept papers that use a multi-disciplinary approach to study emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases caused by pathogens which have human, animal and/or environmental reservoirs. We will welcome submissions which examine the underlying socio-economic and infrastructural policies that underpin One Health infectious disease research. Original articles/reviews/communications/perspectives of infectious disease research using a One-Health perspective and methodologies will be considered.
Dr. Chinyere Okoro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- One Health
- Multi-disciplinary research
- Infectious diseases
- Sustainable development
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