One Health Aotearoa: a transdisciplinary initiative to improve human, animal and environmental health in New Zealand.

Autor: Harrison S; Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand., Baker MG; Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand., Benschop J; Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand., Death RG; School of Agriculture and the Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand., French NP; Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand., Harmsworth G; Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand., Lake RJ; Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand., Lamont IL; Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand., Priest PC; Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand., Ussher JE; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand., Murdoch DR; Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: One health outlook [One Health Outlook] 2020; Vol. 2 (1), pp. 4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 31.
DOI: 10.1186/s42522-020-0011-0
Abstrakt: There is increased recognition that complex health challenges at the human-animal-environmental interface require a transdisciplinary, " whole-of-society " approach. This philosophy is particularly pertinent in Aotearoa-New Zealand because of the country's relatively isolated island ecosystem, economic reliance on agriculture and its intensification, and existing indigenous worldview that emphasises holism and interconnectivity between humans, animals and the environment. In New Zealand, the One Health Aotearoa (OHA) alliance was established in order to better connect researchers and to address a growing number of infectious diseases challenges. The emphasis of OHA is to bring together and facilitate interactions between people from diverse disciplines, link to stakeholders and communities, and engage with policy-makers, government operational agencies, and funders, thus providing a holistic and integrative systems-thinking approach to address priority questions and achieve desired outcomes in One Health. The initial focus of OHA has been on infectious diseases, but there is increasing recognition of the potential benefits of the alliance to address broader complex issues. Greater involvement and overlap of the environmental sciences, human and animal health sciences, social science, and indigenous kaupapa Māori research is particularly critical for ensuring its success within the New Zealand context. Given the economic and cultural importance of New Zealand's " clean, green " image, a One Health approach that draws strongly on the environmental sciences makes particular sense. Furthermore, as the global environment becomes increasingly stressed by anthropogenic pressures our research may hold potential solutions for similar challenges elsewhere.
Competing Interests: Competing interestsNPF has received grants from New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre.
(© The Author(s) 2020.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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