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The One Health approach recognizes the intrinsic link between human, animal, and environmental health.
It advocates for collaborative, multi-sectoral efforts to address complex health challenges that transcend traditional boundaries.
Key issues tackled include zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), food safety, and environmental degradation.
This integrated framework is crucial for global health security, pandemic preparedness, and achieving sustainable development goals.
One Health is a unifying approach that seeks to balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. It acknowledges that the health of each is inextricably linked and interdependent. This framework encourages communication, cooperation, and coordination among professionals from diverse fields like medicine, veterinary science, environmental science, public health, and agriculture. It moves beyond siloed thinking to address complex global challenges that transcend traditional boundaries, fostering a holistic perspective on health and well-being.
Simple Analogy: Imagine a garden where the soil, plants, and insects are all connected. If the soil becomes unhealthy, the plants suffer, and the insects that rely on those plants also suffer. Similarly, if one part of the human-animal-environment triad is unhealthy, it inevitably impacts the others, highlighting the need for a unified approach to maintain overall health.
Leads global health efforts, including zoonotic disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, and combating AMR.
Focuses on food security, animal health, sustainable agriculture, and preventing foodborne illnesses.
Sets international standards for animal health and welfare, and coordinates global efforts to control animal diseases.
Addresses environmental aspects, biodiversity conservation, climate change, and pollution, recognizing their impact on health.
To integrate disease surveillance, research, and capacity building across human, animal, and environmental sectors in India.
Key: Aims to establish a robust framework for preventing, detecting, and responding to zoonotic and other emerging infectious diseases through inter-ministerial coordination.
To combat the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance in India.
Key: Adopts a comprehensive 'One Health' approach, involving human health, animal health, and environmental sectors to promote responsible antimicrobial use and reduce resistance.
To strengthen disease surveillance in India for early detection and rapid response to outbreaks.
Key: Being enhanced to include more robust surveillance for zoonotic diseases, aligning with One Health principles.
Alters ecosystems, leading to new disease vectors, shifts in animal populations, and increased human-wildlife interaction, thereby heightening zoonotic disease risk.
Reduces ecosystem resilience and can bring humans into closer contact with wildlife, facilitating pathogen spillover events.
Directly contributes to several SDGs, including Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3), Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), and Life on Land (SDG 15).
Ensures safe food supply by managing animal diseases, preventing foodborne pathogens, and monitoring environmental contaminants in the food chain.
GS-II (Health, Government Policies & Interventions), GS-III (Environment, Biodiversity, Disaster Management, Science & Technology - Developments and their applications and effects in everyday life)
General Awareness (Science & Technology, Environment, Government Schemes)
General Awareness (Current Affairs, Government Policies, Health & Environment)
General Science (Biology, Health), General Awareness (Environment, Current Affairs)
General Awareness (Current Events, Science & Technology, Environment)
What is/are the importance/importances of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification? 1. It aims to promote effective action through innovative national programmes and supportive international partnerships. 2. It has a special/particular focus on South Asia and North Africa regions, and its Secretariat facilitates the allocation of major portion of financial resources to these regions. 3. It is committed to bottom-up approach, encouraging the participation of local people in combating the desertification. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Answer: 1 and 3 only
With reference to Indian laws about wildlife protection, consider the following statements: 1. Wild animals are the sole property of the government. 2. When a wild animal is declared protected, such animal is entitled for equal protection whether it is found in protected areas or outside. 3. Apprehension of a protected wild animal becoming a danger to human life is sufficient ground for its capture or killing. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 1 and 2
Consider the following statements: 1. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 replaced the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. 2. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is under the charge of Director General of Health Services in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 1 only
Increasingly frequent, especially post-COVID-19, due to its critical relevance to pandemic preparedness, global health security, and sustainable development.
Infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
The ability of microorganisms (like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (like antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals) from working against it.
The transmission of a pathogen from an animal host to a human host.
The collaborative partnership between WHO, FAO, WOAH, and UNEP to advance the One Health approach globally.