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One Health is an interdisciplinary health approach based on the principle that human, animal, and environmental health are interdependent and interconnected. This understanding recognizes that a significant proportion of risks to human health originate from animals and are directly linked to environmental factors, necessitating a multidisciplinary collaboration among health systems. The One Health approach enables a holistic evaluation of various global health issues such as zoonotic diseases, a

Zoonosis or zoonotic disease is derived from the Greek words “zoon” (animal) and “nosos” (disease). According to the terminology defined by the World Health Organization, zoonoses refer to any infection or disease that can be naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans. Current medical data indicate that more than 200 types of zoonotic diseases have been identified in nature.【1】 Approximately 60 percent of pathogens affecting humans originate from animals. It is reported that abo