Department of Community Health and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Global Studies Insitute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Front Public Health. 2021 Feb 25;9:637901. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.637901. eCollection 2021.
Biodiversity is inextricably linked to human health. As an important area of research of the Convention on Biological Diversity and a key avenue for the dissemination of biodiversity and health knowledge, we investigated how well-embedded biodiversity and health interlinkages are in institutional higher education offerings. Using One Health education programs as a starting point, we collected a global list of institutions potentially carrying out education in the links between biodiversity and health through previously published research, academic partners of global conglomerates, and our own networks. We then analyzed the offerings from these institutions to determine the degree of integration of biodiversity and health interlinkages. We found 105 educational offerings in biodiversity and health interlinkages from 89 institutions in 30 countries. These were primarily found in faculties of public health, veterinary sciences, and medicine, with varying degrees of coverage of the interlinkages. Education incorporating the links between biodiversity and health exists globally, but should be more widely integrated, particularly through inter-faculty and inter-institutional collaboration.
生物多样性与人类健康息息相关。作为《生物多样性公约》的一个重要研究领域，也是传播生物多样性与健康知识的关键途径，我们调查了生物多样性与健康之间的联系在机构高等教育课程中是如何紧密结合的。我们以“One Health”教育计划为起点，通过先前的研究、全球企业集团的学术合作伙伴以及我们自己的网络，收集了一份潜在从事生物多样性与健康之间联系教育的机构的全球清单。然后，我们分析了这些机构的课程设置，以确定生物多样性和健康之间联系的整合程度。我们发现，来自 30 个国家的 89 个机构提供了 105 项生物多样性与健康之间联系的教育课程。这些课程主要分布在公共卫生、兽医科学和医学学院，涵盖了不同程度的联系。将生物多样性与健康联系起来的教育在全球范围内存在，但应该更广泛地整合，特别是通过跨学院和跨机构的合作。
