ONE HEALTH
With globalisation and climate change, the One Health concept wants to find a comprehensive approach to health, which includes human health, animal health and the health of the planet itself. There is a theory that if a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world, it could end up causing an earthquake on the other. This theory, involving endless coincidences, could simultaneously show us a surprising level of connection. On the other hand, it is a fact that in recent years we have normalized diseases such as Ebola, Zika, Covid or Monkey pox; and that we have been passive observers to the appearance of new infections that reach us from anywhere in the world in record time. A situation without precedents in history, but that we have accepted with resignation and composure. Could it be true that today we are living in a world that is much more connected than we might believe at first sight? Or does what happens in one part of the world have immediate consequences on the ...
