Need to demystify One Health approach

Need to demystify One Health approachThe Wildlife Conservation Society, in a symposium in 2004, had given a call for collective multisectoral global action to improve the health of humans, animals, and the environment through a 'One World One Health' approach 1 .The call enunciated 12 Manhattan Principles that essentially recognized the crucial interconnectedness between human, domestic animal and wildlife health.These emphasized the imminent threat of diseases to people, their food supplies, economies, and the indispensable biodiversity essential for maintaining healthy environments and functioning ecosystems 1 .