Quantitative Outcomes of a One Health approach to Study Global Health Challenges.

ABSTRACT: Having gained momentum in the last decade, the One Health initiative promotes a holistic approach to address complex global health issues. Before recommending its adoption to stakeholders, however, it is paramount to first compile quantitative evidence of the benefit of such an approach. The aim of this scoping review was to identify and summarize primary research that describes monetary and non-monetary outcomes following adoption of a One Health approach. An extensive literature search yielded a total of 42,167 references, of which 85 were included in the final analysis. The top two biotic health issues addressed in these studies were rabies and malaria; the top abiotic health issue was air pollution. Most studies described collaborations between human and animal (n = 42), or human and e

SUBMITTER: Falzon LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003973 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature