Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The business case for One Health.
- Journal:
- The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Grace, Delia
- Affiliation:
- International Livestock Research institute
Plain-English summary
This article discusses the idea of One Health, which connects human and animal health to improve overall well-being and reduce costs. It highlights five key areas where One Health can be beneficial, such as sharing resources between doctors and veterinarians, controlling diseases that can spread from animals to humans, quickly identifying new diseases, preventing pandemics, and enhancing health research. The authors suggest that investing in One Health could lead to significant savings, estimating that for every dollar spent, there could be five dollars in benefits. They argue that a global investment of $25 billion over ten years could result in at least $125 billion in benefits, emphasizing the need for more funding to protect both people and animals.
Abstract
This article outlines a pathway to develop the business case for One Health. It describes the origin and development of One Health and then identifies five potential areas where One Health can add value and reduce costs. These are: (1) sharing health resources between the medical and veterinary sectors; (2) controlling zoonoses in animal reservoirs; (3) early detection and response to emerging diseases; (4) prevention of pandemics; and (5) generating insights and adding value to health research and development. Examples are given for each category along with preliminary estimates of the potential savings from adopting the One Health approach. The literature reviewed suggests that one dollar invested in One Health can generate five dollars worth of benefits and a global investment of US$25 billion over 10 years could generate benefits worth at least US$125 billion. Conservation implications: the time has come to make the bigger case for massive investment in One Health in order to transform the management of neglected and emerging zoonoses and to save the lives of millions of people and hundreds of millions of animals whose production supports and nourishes billions of impoverished people per annum.
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