February 19-22, 2012, the first One Health Summit was held in Davos, Switzerland sponsored by the private membership entity called the Global Risk Forum. [1, 2]
The Summit presented the One Health concept as a way to manage health threats, focusing on food safety and security. The conference ended by approving the “Davos One Health Action Plan,” which pinpointed ways to improve public health through multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder cooperation. [3]
“Many emerging health issues are linked to increasing contact between humans and animals, the industrialization of food production, and environmental pollution. Global change has created new threats to the health of both animals and humans…[associated with the] systemic interconnections of human, animal and environmental health….Being a global movement at the interface of science, society, policy and practice, One Health is, therefore, also deeply interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial.”