Roadmap Series
Disease and health through a One Health lens
Published on 28/10/2020
What is disease? Why does it happen and how do our perceptions of it shape our approaches to disease prevention and control?
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This event featured panellists: Dr Osman Dar, Project Director of the Chatham House Global Health Programme’s One Health project; and Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, UK. It was moderated by Professor Robyn Alders of Chatham House, and took place on 28 October 2020.
Watch the recording here:
PANELLISTS' KEY MESSAGES
- Equity and evidence are central.
- One Health approaches must address local meanings and priorities around humans, animals and ecosystems.
- It’s important that we understand and act effectively on complex, dynamic drivers of disease which requires deliberation amongst multiple knowledges and perspectives.
- One Health is an increasingly securitised space where powerful national interests, politics and profit play a significant role in determining global disease control priorities.
