Zoonotic Diseases and One Health Approach

Abstract

One Health is not a new concept. Hippocrates, the famous ancient Greek physician, wrote “Airs, Waters, and Places” promoting the concept of health through a clean environment. Rudolf Virchow, the German physician considered the father of pathology, coined the term, “zoonosis.” He stated, “Between animal and human medicine there are no dividing linesnor should there be.”This recognition that human and animal health are linked is as important now as ever