3.6 Animal and Human Health

Figure 3.26: One Health Model of Disease Transmission

The above figure displays the one health model that BS0005: One Health focuses on.

3.6.1 Barriers to the one health approach

The three main barriers are:

1. Education

   Physicians, veterinarians, and environmental scientists traditionally have little to no knowledge of other disciplines.

2. Funding

   This is often restricted to the domain rather than the interface.

3. Limited communications

   There is not enough communication between and even within members of various disciplines.

3.6.2 Enablers of the one health approach

There are also three main enablers:

1. The internet

   This enables the rapid sharing of information and data.

2. Advances in technology

   This allows for robust molecular epidemiology to be carried out.

3. Increase in computational power

   This allows large and complex datasets around the globe to be studied to identify problems.