Table 2 Examples of added value of One Health, compared to separated human and animal health approaches (adapted from [22, 29])
From: Towards integrated surveillance-response systems for the prevention of future pandemics
Domain | Added value |
|---|---|
Health services | Joint human and animal vaccination services for mobile pastoralists in Chad provide access to health care for populations, which would otherwise be excluded, and hence, financial and human resources can be saved. |
Brucellosis control | Mass vaccination of livestock against brucellosis in Mongolia does not only benefit public health, but is approximately three times more profitable from a societal perspective. |
Rabies control | Dog mass vaccination and human post-exposure prophylaxis in Chad is less costly than human PEP after about 10 years. |
Schistosomiasis control | An integrated control strategy, facilitated by intersectoral cooperation (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Water Conservation) has accelerated the programme for schistosomiasis elimination in the People’s Republic of China in more than 90% of the endemic areas. |
Surveillance and response | Integrated surveillance-response of WNV in the Emilia Romagna region, Italy, saved more than one million Euro in the period of 2009–2015, compared to separate human and animal surveillance. |
Infrastructure | The Canadian Science Centre in Winnipeg, hosting laboratories under one roof for highly contagious diseases affecting humans and animals alike saves 26% of the operations cost, compared to two separate human and animal health laboratories. |
Communication | A recent outbreak of Q-fever in the Netherlands with several thousand human cases could probably have been avoided if the veterinary and public health authorities had maintained continuous communication. |