One Health; Operationalizing One Health in the Arctic

• Main Author: Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)
• Other Authors: Arctic Council Secretariat
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Sustainable Development Working Group 2017
• Subjects: SDWG; Fairbanks Ministerial; One Health; Risks; Arctic; Fairbanks; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11374/1956

One Health is a theoretical concept and practical approach for developing and sustaining broad interdisciplinary collaboration - to identify, prevent, and mitigate health risks in humans, animals and the environment. One Health is a particularly well-matched tool to advance the understanding of health threats from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change in the Arctic. As a multidisciplinary approach, One Health strengthens coordination between and among a wide range of scientific disciplines and stakeholder. One Health enhances participatory community-based approaches for identifying and responding to health issues in communities which take into account traditional and local knowledge (TLK).