Course: One Health: Connecting Humans, Animals and the Environment

This week you explored the different relationships between animals and humans and discovered different attitudes toward animals that exist amongst you and your fellow learners. You gained insights by investigating …

Shortfalls in health care not only occur in developing countries. They can also be a problem in industrialised ones. With a One Health approach the outbreak of zoonoses can be …

When we are talking about One Health, people often do not see the benefits of a closer cooperation between human and animal health. The lack of close cooperation between these …

The convergence of interests in human and animal health, based on careful observation and scientific study, has been recognised and promoted by luminaries in the field of health sciences. Much …

The human-animal relationship determines how we deal with human and animal health. The history referring the healing of humans and animals to each other is long. This article, however, does …

A One Health perspective encompasses reflections on human and animal well-being per se. Humans have rights and are seeking to maximise their well-being; similarly, one might ask whether animals have …

Culture and religion shape the attitudes we have when we are talking about our relationship to animals. For example, cows have always had a strong influence on our culture, starting …

Jakob Zinsstag, Daniela Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Mohammed Ibrahim Abdikadir discuss how they relate to animals. Similarities and differences between them become quickly apparent. Our attitudes towards different animals depend on cultural …

Our relationship to animals is complex and is related to cultural norms and religions. If you would have the possibility to take three animals to a deserted island – which …

In this video Jakob Zinsstag introduces the topic of the course. You will discover that the relationship between humans and animals is manifold. Have a look at the farm of …