Aime Lufulwabo, MD,MPH: Global: Public Health Agencies Champion "One Health" Mo…

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Global: Public Health Agencies Champion "One Health" Model for World Zoonoses Day Leading global organizations, including the WHO and CDC, synchronized campaigns today highlighting that roughly 60% of all existing infectious diseases in humans originate in animals. The Target: Agencies are advocating for the "One Health" approach—a framework integrating human, animal, and environmental health data to stop spillover events before they cause human epidemics. The Core Message: Officials emphasized that basic interventions, such as universal domestic pet rabies vaccinations and strict agricultural hygiene, remain the world's most cost-effective barriers against devastating interspecies outbreaks. Source: WHO Regional Watch / CDC Zoonotic Disease Bureau