Abstract

Gyaneshwar Bhai Patel*, Manohar Ram and Ramnihor Tapsi Jaiswal

ABSTRACT

One Health is a thought which acknowledges that the health of human beings is closely linked to the health of all living beings and our shared environment. This idea is not new. In fact, it harkens back to the ancient times when Acharya Charaka not only recognized the phenomena of “l?kasamya purusha – the Universe- Man Continuum” but also its impact on health. This concept has regained importance in the recent times due to several factors, some of the important ones being: 1. Human beings „encroaching? on the habitat of other beings. 2. Extensive farming, Industrialization, deforestation leading to climate change. 3. International travel and trade. These seemingly innocuous changes have led to the spread of existing (endemic) and new „zoonotic? diseases- diseases that spread between animals and people. The „Pandemic? COVID-19 is a severe case in point and a warning to heed the tenets of OneHealth. OneHealth is gaining importance globally as an effective approach towards health issues at the human-animal-plant-environment interface. 9th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress has this very important overarching theme „Ayurveda for One Health? to provide a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary forum working at the local, regional, national, and global levels to address the health issues spanning the entire spectrum of Humans-Animals- Plants and their Shared Environment.