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Impact of Endosymbionts on Antimicrobial Properties of Medicinal Plants
Published in Mahendra Rai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Eco-Friendly Biobased Products Used in Microbial Diseases, 2022
Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, José Ribamar Costa Ferreira-Neto, Thamara de Medeiros Azevedo, Juan Carlos Ariute, Jéssica Barboza da Silva, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Valesca Pandolfi, Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon
The understanding of biological systems has benefited from integrative studies derived from omics sciences. Additionally, the ‘One Health’ concept advocates for collaborative efforts involving multiple disciplines and collaborations at the local, national and global levels to achieve optimal health for people, animals and our environment (Amuasi et al. 2020). In turn, nutrigenomics is a field aiming to understand specific pathologies, trying to correlate food, genome and external factors (behavioral and environmental). Each gene can modulate its function through expression in a specific situation, modulating the microbial community concerning the host. Thus, understanding the structure and function of the plant microbiome is essential for good health, especially for disease control, in potential cases of identifying pathogens in the environment (Nyholm et al. 2020; Zilber-Rosenberg and Rosenberg 2008; Rosenberg and Zilber-Rosenberg 2019).
UN Sustainable Development Goals and Planetary Health:
Published in Connie White Delaney, Charlotte A. Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber, Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century – Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 4, 2022
Teddie Potter, Carlos Alberto Faerron Guzmán, Karen A. Monsen, Carolyn M. Porta, Andre Uhl
In 2007, the American professional associations of medicine and of veterinary medicine came together to summarize the concept of One Health. Asokan (2015) reports that this combined task force defined One Health as ‘a system approach which includes disciplines of human medicine, veterinary medicine, and other related scientific health disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and our environment' (Asokan, 2015, p. 3). Those involved in advancing the health of humans, animals and the environment while addressing the aspects of each, and the interplay among these, often characterize their work and teams as ‘One Health.' Zoonoses, infections spread from animals to humans, are often the focus of One Health's related research and education. Some countries in Africa and Asia (e.g., Cameroon, Rwanda) have adopted One Health's national platforms, encouraging respective ministries of health, wildlife and livestock to work together to address infectious zoonotic threats to health and to mitigate outbreak risks.
Overview (1) - health and health systems
Published in Nigel Crisp, Turning the World Upside Down Again, 2022
This interdependence is changing the way we see health, creating a new global perspective and affecting the way we need to act. At the same time, there has been a growing understanding of the importance of context and localness and of how the environment, economy, society and political systems affect our health and well-being. This has been accompanied by recognition of the links between human and animal health and the environment - the so-called 'One Health' approach - in everything from zoonoses, where infectious diseases have crossed from animals to humans, to the Use of antibiotics and the impact of farming on climate change and health.
Mitigating the environmental impact of NSAIDs - physiotherapy as a contribution to One Health and the SDGs
Published in European Journal of Physiotherapy, 2023
By reducing, or at least delaying pharmacotherapy demands, physiotherapy effectively constitutes a hitherto underappreciated contribution to a variety of SDGs even beyond SDG3. Building on what we have outlined here, these include SDG2 (zero hunger), SDG6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG14 (life below water), and even SDG15 (life on land) if we consider NSAIDs effect on humans and other species [31]. Through its potential contribution to the improvement of life on land and below water, physiotherapy thus equally constitutes a One Health intervention, that is, a healthcare intervention that simultaneously contributes to better health of humans, animals, and ecosystems alike. More explicitly than its sibling developments (planetary health, ecosystems health, and sustainable healthcare), One Health focuses on the complex interactions between animals, ecosystems, and human health as a critical nexus for understanding and ensuring health around the world [32]. One Health has a strong focus on managing and preventing zoonotic diseases – transmitted between animals and humans – like the current COVID-19 pandemic, for human health benefits. But One Health also implies care for the health of animals and ecosystems, beyond anthropocentric concerns. It is in this way that physiotherapy could be argued to constitute a One Health intervention in the way we are suggesting here, as an intervention that simultaneously contributes to better health of humans, animals, and ecosystems [33,34].
An ethical investigation into the microbiome: the intersection of agriculture, genetics, and the obesity epidemic
Published in Gut Microbes, 2020
In general, microbiota diversity is an approximate surrogate for the health of a microbiome, and lower diversity is considered a marker for dysbiosis.15 However, researchers are finding that the presence or absence of certain key microbes may influence human metabolism and health in specific ways. Further, the bacteria that comprise the gut microbiome have been shown to be transferrable not only from person to person but also zoonotically, lending credence to a One Health perspective regarding gut microbiota.16,17 Per the CDC, One Health is defined as “a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment”.18 Taking a hologenome perspective of the human body allows us to conceptually account for both our own genomes and these additional >3,000,000 “foreign” genes whose products influence each other, and which, in tandem, directly or indirectly impact health and well-being.
Monkeypox re-emergence in Africa: a call to expand the concept and practice of One Health
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2019
Mary G. Reynolds, Jeffry B. Doty, Andrea M. McCollum, Victoria A. Olson, Yoshinori Nakazawa
Each has some favorable aspects. One Health emphasizes a role for veterinary medicine and public health in control of zoonotic diseases, and further promotes the importance of a unity of health across animal, human and environmental sectors [71]. But in natural settings, MPXV may not be a significant animal health issue. Pathogens are a part of healthy ecosystems, and indeed, sick, MPXV-infected animals are rarely found during the course of active scientific investigation. On the other hand, there is some suggestion that the utilization of wild animals in traditional medicine and as food sources may be associated with enhanced risk for MPX [29]. This is certainly the case for certain other serious zoonotic infections [75,76]. Decreasing human reliance on wild animals as food sources through agricultural extension efforts, may, therefore, have positive benefits overall with regard to reducing zoonotic infections associated with wild animals. Fostering social movements to dissuade consumption of ‘bush meat’ among urban populations could yield similar benefits. Such efforts could also engender improved conservation and wildlife management outcomes, i.e. better environmental health.