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Western science introduced the term "One Health" to tackle issues associated with siloed scientific endeavours and extractive economic systems. However, Indigenous Peoples and many local communities have understood for thousands of years that human health, animal health and environmental health are inseparable from ecosystem health.

Institution

Australian National University

Based in

Australia , Fullerton

Languages

English

Short Bio

I'm a veterinarian and an Honorary Professor with the ANU Development Policy Centre, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences at the Royal Veterinary College in London and Veterinary Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts University. I'm also a Senior Consulting Fellow with the Chatham House Global Health Programme. I am a Commissioner with the Lancet–PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover: reducing the risk of pandemics through primary prevention. For over 30 years, I have worked closely with smallholder family farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, South and SE Asia, and Oceania as a veterinarian, researcher, and colleague, with an emphasis on the development of sustainable infectious disease control in animals in resource-limited areas in support of food and nutrition security, income generation, wildlife conservation, and public health.

Other Expertise

One Health EIDs Food and Nutrition Security Science Communication Zoonoses One Health Policy Interdisciplinarity Sustainability