The need for European OneHealth/EcoHealth networks

Keune, Hans; Flandroy, Lucette; Thys, Séverine; Regge, Nick De; Mori, Marcella; Antoine‐Moussiaux, Nicolas; Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan; Rebolledo, Javiera; Gucht, Steven Van; Deblauwe, Isra; Hiemstra, Wim; Binot, Aurélie; Savić, Sara; Rüegg, Simon R.; Vries, S. de; Garnier, Julie; Berg, Thierry van den

doi:10.1186/s13690-017-0232-6

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“…The European OneHealth/EcoHealth (OH/EH) workshop took place in 2016 in Brussels (Keune et al 2017). The organization was coordinated by the Belgian Community of Practice Biodiversity and Health (see also below), and involved a diversity of organizations, including NEOH, CBD and WHO.…”

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“…The two approaches have different origins: EH stems more from a sustainable health action research perspective, and OH more from a human and animal health expert collaboration perspective. Still, the two approaches are united in emphasising "a holistic understanding of health beyond the purely biomedical" and championing "systems thinking as a way of achieving a greater understanding of health problems, and both espouse inter-and trans-disciplinary research and collaborative participation" (Keune et al 2017).…”

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Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

Marselle¹,

Stadler²,

Korn³

et al. 2019

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Attention to the importance of nature and human health linkages has increased in the past years, both in science and in policy. While knowledge about and recognition of the importance of nature and human health linkages are increasing rapidly, challenges still remain. Among them are building bridges between relevant but often still somewhat disconnected sectors and topics. There is a need to bring together researchers in the fields of health sciences, ecology, social sciences, sustainability sciences and other interdisciplinary sciences, as well as for cooperation between governments, companies and citizens. In this chapter, we introduce European networking initiatives aimed at building such bridges.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

Marselle¹,

Stadler²,

Korn³

et al. 2019

127

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“…One Health has been described as both a narrow and wide approach. The narrow approach is mainly biomedical, focusing on animal, and human health while combining human and veterinary medicine ( 2 , 5 , 8 ). Gibbs ( 7 ) has compiled central definitions of One Health.…”

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“…For both definitions, focus appears to be on what the One Health Global Network calls a “whole of society” approach where all health sciences and their related disciplines works across borders collaboratively to improve health at an optimal level. Lately, there has been increasing emphasis within the One Health scientific community on the need for widening the One Health concept to encompassing not only human and animal health, but also biodiversity, ecology, climate change, agricultural systems, and various social sciences ( 8 ).…”

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A Comparison of Three Holistic Approaches to Health: One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health

2017

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Several holistic and interdisciplinary approaches exist to safeguard health. Three of the most influential concepts at the moment, One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health, are analyzed in this paper, revealing similarities and differences at the theoretical conceptual level. These approaches may appear synonymous, as they all promote the underlying assumption of humans and other animals sharing the same planet and the same environmental challenges, infections and infectious agents as well as other aspects of physical—and possibly mental—health. However, we would like to illuminate the differences between these three concepts or approaches, and how the choice of terms may, deliberately or involuntary, signal the focus, and underlying values of the approaches. In this paper, we have chosen some proposed and well-known suggestions of definitions. In our theoretical analysis, we will focus on at least two areas. These are (1) the value of the potential scientific areas which could be included and (2) core values present within the approach. In the first area, our main concern is whether the approaches are interdisciplinary and whether the core scientific areas are assigned equal importance. For the second area, which is rather wide, we analyze core values such as biodiversity, health, and how one values humans, animals, and ecosystems. One Health has been described as either a narrow approach combining public health and veterinary medicine or as a wide approach as in the wide-spread “umbrella” depiction including both scientific fields, core concepts, and interdisciplinary research areas. In both cases, however, safeguarding the health of vertebrates is usually in focus although ecosystems are also included in the model. The EcoHealth approach seems to have more of a biodiversity focus, with an emphasis on all living creatures, implying that parasites, unicellular organisms, and possibly also viruses have a value and should be protected. Planetary Health, on the other hand, has been put forward as a fruitful approach to deal with growing threats in the health area, not least globally. We conclude that there are actually important differences between these three approaches, which should be kept in mind when using any of these terms.

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“…The commission defined this planetary health as "the achievement of the highest attainable standard of health, well-being, and equity worldwide through judicious attention to the human systems-political, economic, and social-that shape the future of humanity and the Earth's natural systems that define the safe environmental limits within which humanity can flourish" (5). In 2016, the European OneHealth/EcoHealth (OH/EH) workshop aimed at integrating these concepts given the similarities in their objectives (7). Here again, the benefits of nature to human health are included in the final report.…”

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Nature's Contributions to Human Health: A Missing Link to Primary Health Care? A Scoping Review of International Overview Reports and Scientific Evidence

Lauwers

Bastiaens

Remmen

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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Nature's contributions to human health (NCH) have gained increased attention internationally in scientific and policy arenas. However, little attention is given to the role of the health care sector in this discussion. Primary health care (PHC) is a vital backbone for linking knowledge and practice within the organization of health care. The objective of this scoping review is to evaluate how international overview reports and scientific literature on NCH address to PHC. More specifically, we extracted data on arguments, practice supporting tools and guidelines, challenges and constraints, and management approaches to integrate NCH and PHC. The scientific literature search was run in Web of Science. Two independent reviewers screened the scientific publications. Through the scientific literature search, we identified 1,995 articles of which 79 were eligible for analysis. We complemented the search with a selection of six international overview reports. Both the international overview reports and the scientific publications paid limited attention to the role of PHC regarding NCH. To cope with the current challenges and constraints to integrate NCH and PHC, more evidence on NCH, further development of PHC practice supporting tools, bottom-up integrated approaches, and closer interdisciplinary collaborations are required.

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The need for European OneHealth/EcoHealth networks

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

A Comparison of Three Holistic Approaches to Health: One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health

Nature's Contributions to Human Health: A Missing Link to Primary Health Care? A Scoping Review of International Overview Reports and Scientific Evidence

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