One Health brings together professionals from diverse disciplines – including human and veterinary medicine, environmental science, public health, agriculture, and policy – to collaboratively address complex health challenges, like the emergence of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, and climate-related risks.

One Health promotes coordinated action across sectors to support the full spectrum of disease control – from prevention to detection, preparedness, response, and management – contributing to ecosystem integrity and global health security. This approach operates at community, national, regional, and global levels, and relies on effective governance, communication, and collaboration to identify co-benefits, manage trade-offs, and develop equitable, sustainable health solutions for all.

With roots in veterinary medicine and food production, researchers at the U of G have long understood the close relationship between the health of plants, animals, people and the land that supports them.