Semester 1

SPH 3204 One Health: People, Animals and the Environment

One Health is a concept that recognises that the health of humans, animals and environment domains are inter-connected. It is a multidisciplinary approach to improve health in all three domains rather than restrict our views and interventions to any single domain. This module will introduce this approach to address public health issues with a focus on infectious diseases. Current major public health concerns will be examined and One Health interventions contrasted to a traditional approach. Selected worldwide case studies will be presented and discussed in class and One Health intervention plans developed for local public health issues.