School of Public Health, Institute for Human Rights, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Department of Humanities, South East Technological University, Carlow, R93 V960, Ireland.
Global Health. 2024 Mar 25;20(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01026-y.
The culling of animals that are infected, or suspected to be infected, with COVID-19 has fuelled outcry. What might have contributed to the ongoing debates and discussions about animal rights protection amid global health crises is the lack of a unified understanding and internationally agreed-upon definition of "One Health". The term One Health is often utilised to describe the imperative to protect the health of humans, animals, and plants, along with the overarching ecosystem in an increasingly connected and globalized world. However, to date, there is a dearth of research on how to balance public health decisions that could impact all key stakeholders under the umbrella of One Health, particularly in contexts where human suffering has been immense. To shed light on the issue, this paper discusses whether One Health means "human-centred connected health" in a largely human-dominated planet, particularly amid crises like COVID-19. The insights of this study could help policymakers make more informed decisions that could effectively and efficiently protect human health while balancing the health and well-being of the rest of the inhabitants of our shared planet Earth.
对感染或疑似感染 COVID-19 的动物进行扑杀引发了强烈抗议。在全球卫生危机期间，动物权利保护的持续争论和讨论可能是由于缺乏对“同一健康”的统一理解和国际共识定义所致。“同一健康”一词通常用于描述在日益互联和全球化的世界中保护人类、动物和植物以及整个生态系统健康的必要性。然而，迄今为止，关于如何在同一健康的保护伞下平衡可能影响所有利益相关者的公共卫生决策的研究很少，特别是在人类遭受巨大痛苦的情况下。为了阐明这个问题，本文讨论了在一个主要由人类主导的星球上，“以人类为中心的互联健康”是否意味着同一健康，尤其是在 COVID-19 等危机期间。这项研究的结果可以帮助决策者做出更明智的决策，在平衡我们共同的地球家园其他居民的健康和福祉的同时，有效地保护人类健康。
