Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, London, United Kingdom.
Indian J Med Res. 2021 Mar;153(3):281-286. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_537_21.
Following the several episodes of zoonotic disease outbreaks and the more recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian policy initiatives are committed to institutionalize One Health (OH) approaches and promote intersectoral, transdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation. The OH principle needs to be visualized beyond the scope of zoonoses. While conservation, ecological and veterinary professions are getting increasingly engaged with OH, most of the medical/clinical and social sciences professions are only peripherally aware of its nuances. The OH initiatives, by their essentially multidisciplinary nature, entail working across ministries and navigating tacit institutional hierarchies and allocating leadership roles. The logical operational step will be the constitution of One Health Committees (OHC) at the State and district levels. Here, we outline the key foundational principles of OHC and hope that the framework for implementation shall be deliberated through wider consultations and piloted and adopted in a phased manner.
继几起人畜共患病暴发事件和最近的 COVID-19 大流行之后，印度的政策举措致力于将“同一健康”方法制度化，并促进跨部门、跨学科的合作与协作。“同一健康”原则需要超越人畜共患病的范围来加以想象。虽然保护、生态和兽医专业越来越多地参与同一健康，但大多数医学/临床和社会科学专业只是间接地意识到其细微差别。同一健康倡议本质上具有多学科性质，需要跨部委开展工作，并驾驭隐性机构等级制度，分配领导角色。合乎逻辑的操作步骤将是在邦和地区一级设立同一健康委员会（OHC）。在这里，我们概述了 OHC 的关键基本原则，并希望通过更广泛的协商来审议实施框架，并分阶段试行和采用。
