Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
One Health Brasil, Brazil, Brazil.
Front Public Health. 2021 Sep 14;9:687110. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.687110. eCollection 2021.
Professionals throughout the world have been working to assess the interdisciplinary interaction and interdependence between health and wellbeing in a constantly changing environment. The One Health concept was developed to encourage sustainable collaborative partnerships and to promote optimal health for people, animals, plants, the environment, and the whole planet. The dissemination of scientific discoveries and policies, by working directly with diverse communities, has been one of the main goals for Global One Health. The One Health concept has also been referred or related to as "One Medicine, One Medicine-One Health, One World-One Health, EcoHealth," and Planetary Health," depending on each fundamental view and approach. In Latin America, despite the concept still being discussed among health professionals and educators, several One Health initiatives have been used daily for more than decades. One Health action has been applied especially in rural and underserved urban areas where low socioeconomic status, lack of health professionals, and scarcity of medical resources may require professionals to work together. Local communities from diverse social and economic statuses, including indigenous populations have been working with institutions and social organizations for many years, accomplishing results through grassroots movements. These "bottom-up" socio-community approaches have also been tools for the prevention and control of diseases, such practice has preceded the One Health concepts in Latin American countries. It is strongly believed that collaborative, multidisciplinary, political, and economic initiatives with prosocial focus may become investments toward obtaining significant results in the face of global, economic and health challenges; working for a healthier world with inclusivity, equity, and equality. In this study, it is briefly presented how the One Health approach has been initiated and developed in Latin America, highlighting the events and actions taken in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.
世界各地的专业人士一直在努力评估健康与福祉在不断变化的环境中的跨学科相互作用和相互依存关系。“One Health”概念的提出是为了鼓励可持续的合作关系，并促进人类、动物、植物、环境和整个地球的最佳健康。通过与不同社区直接合作，传播科学发现和政策一直是全球“One Health”的主要目标之一。“One Health”概念也被称为“One Medicine、One Medicine-One Health、One World-One Health、EcoHealth”和“Planetary Health”，具体取决于每个基本观点和方法。在拉丁美洲，尽管该概念仍在卫生专业人员和教育工作者中讨论，但几十年来，已经每天都在使用几种“One Health”举措。“One Health”行动尤其适用于农村和服务不足的城市地区，在这些地区，社会经济地位较低、缺乏卫生专业人员和医疗资源匮乏可能需要专业人员共同努力。来自不同社会和经济地位的当地社区，包括土著人口，多年来一直与机构和社会组织合作，通过基层运动取得成果。这些“自下而上”的社会社区方法也是预防和控制疾病的工具，这种做法在拉丁美洲国家先于“One Health”概念。人们强烈认为，具有亲社会重点的协作、多学科、政治和经济举措可能成为在面对全球经济和健康挑战时取得重大成果的投资；努力建设一个包容、公平和平等的更健康的世界。在这项研究中，简要介绍了“One Health”方法在拉丁美洲的启动和发展情况，重点介绍了巴西、智利和哥伦比亚采取的行动和事件。
