Festivals, Markets, and Avian Influenza: One Health Concept Calls for Interdisciplinary Cooperation
350 participants at the National Symposium for Zoonosis Research in Berlin
A large number of disciplines have to be involved if the One Health concept is to be taken seriously. Prof. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer, London, illustrated this with numerous examples.
October 10, 2011. One world, one health: Human health and animal health are closely interwoven. If the "One Health" concept is to be taken seriously, the findings of human medicine and veterinary medicine must be supplemented with further scientific observation methods. For instance, socio-economic and anthropological factors, inter alia, play a role if traditional pharmaceutical forms or customs contribute to the spread of infectious diseases. Examples were presented by Dr. Stephane de la Rocque (UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome) and Prof. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer (Royal Veterinary College, London), the two keynote speakers at the National Symposium for Zoonosis Research, which took place in Berlin on October 6 and 7, 2011, and was attended by 350 participants.
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