#Collaboration is key to overcome #emerging infectious diseases that may lead to global consequences

#OneHealth approaches offer a unique path bringing together human, animal & environmental health experts to prevent, respond to & control public health events 1/n

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Today is #OneHealthDay. So, let's remember that human, animal, and environmental health are connected and influence each other.
Therefore we need these #interdisciplinary to address the #global problems of today, including, pandemics and climate change. 2/n

#DidYouKnow that 60% of infectious diseases are zoonotic?
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Source: https://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/onehealth

#DidYouKnow that 75% of emerging infectious diseases of humans are of animal origin? 4/n
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Source: https://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/onehealth

#DidYouKnow that of 5 new human diseases that appear every year, 3 are of animal origin? 5/n
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Source: https://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/onehealth

#DidYouKnow that 80% with potential bioterrorist use are zoonotic pathogens? 6/n
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#OneHealth offer a unique way to teach our current and future generations that individuality is the wrong way to approach problems. We need #unity, #trust & our combined #knowledge and #strengths to face, solve & prevent potential problems of global consequences 7/n
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If you want to know learn more about #OneHealth, I recommend the following:
* Check Dr. Kahn’s courses online @coursera and watch her award winning series “Hogs, Bats, and Ebola: An Introduction to One Health policy” 8/n
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Follow my colleague and AAAS Policy Fellow Dr. Jen Rowland @DrJBacteria who is working directly on #OneHealth files and highly engaged in this subject. In fact, was our passion for #OneHealth what brought us closer together

If you have children or love to teach science to children, you must check @OneHealthLesson a great initiative led by Dr. Deborah Thomson to teach #OneHealth concepts to children.
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