One Health for People, Pets, and Partners™ Page
Animal-Assisted Human Services (AAHS) are beneficial relationships that nurture One Health for People, Pets, and Partners™.
Health in this context includes the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of people of all ages and the
health and welfare of pets and partners (Human Services Assistance Animals/HSAAs) involved in Canada’s rapidly growing
AAHS Industry Sector (ecosystem).
Animals and Pandemics
Companion Animal Parasite Council
Founded in 2002, the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) is an independent, non-profit organization that is dedicated to increasing awareness of the threat parasites present to pets and family members. By generating and disseminating credible, accurate and timely information for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of parasitic infections, CAPC works to educate pet owners and veterinary professionals.
To see data for your area:
- Click on Parasite prevalence maps.
- Click the flag to switch to Canada if you are viewing the USA map.
- On the orange bar, choose what information you are seeking for a dog or cat.
- Choose the year you want to search on the top right of the orange bar.
- Double-click to select the province or territory - you should then see the province divided into postal code areas by hovering over the map
- Expand the map on your screen - you should see your area.
- If you place the cursor over your chosen area you should see the total number of tests carried out and the number testing positive.
To access their Parisite Prevalence Maps, please click here.
Abstract
Quantifying the relationship between human Lyme disease and Borrelia burgdorferi exposure in domestic dogs
Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Early confirmatory diagnosis remains a challenge, while the disease can be debilitating if left untreated. Please click here for further information or to download this study.
Local Public Health Units and Veterinarian Clinics
Please contact your local veterinarian clinic or public health unit for further information in your area concerning fleas, ticks, and any other questions you may have.
eTick - How can I participate?
eTick is a public platform for image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada. Found a tick? Get it identified by their experts! To get started please click here.
The World Health Organization and One Health
21 September 2017 | Q&A
One Health' is an integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment. It is particularly important to prevent, predict, detect, and respond to global health threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at varying levels of society to work together. This way, new and better ideas are developed that address root causes and create long-term, sustainable solutions.
One Health involves the public health, veterinary, public health and environmental sectors. The One Health approach is particularly relevant for food and water safety, nutrition, the control of zoonoses (diseases that can spread between animals and humans, such as flu, rabies and Rift Valley fever), pollution management, and combatting antimicrobial resistance (the emergence of microbes that are resistant to antibiotic therapy). Read more...
We Endorse, Participate in & Promote the One Health Global Movement
The One Health Initiative is a worldwide movement for advancing healthcare in the 21st century and a strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of healthcare for humans, animals and the environment. Source: Centre for Disease Control Prevention
One Health for People, Pets, & Partners™
The Foundation adopts One Health principles, with a focus on the bond between humans and animals since the beginning of time (zooeyia), and One Welfare.
One Health Tools and Toolkits Webpage Launch
CF4AASS and the One Health Commission
Covid-19 and One Health in Action
The Spirit/Principles of One Health for People, Pets, and Partners™
IDEA: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility
Unity: The state of belonging and being one.
Solidarity: A wholistic union or strengthening of the AAHS industry sector ComeUnity, relevant sectors, disciplines, interests and shared responsibilities.
Anthrozoology
“Anthrozoology is the study of human-animal interaction ("animal" referring to all non-human animals), also described as the science focusing on all aspects of the human-animal bond and a bridge between the natural and social sciences.
Anthrozoology is a modern interdisciplinary and burgeoning field that overlaps with a number of other disciplines, including anthropology, ethology, medicine, psychology, veterinary medicine and zoology. A major focus of anthrozoologic research is the quantifying of the positive effects of human-animal relationships on either party and the study of the reality of their interactions.” (Source Wikipedia)
One Health Commission
Worldwide, nearly 75 percent of all emerging human infectious diseases in the past three decades originated in animals. Environmental health may affect human and animal health through contamination, pollution and poor conditions that may lead to new infectious agents. The world population is projected to grow from 7 billion in 2011 to 9 billion by 2050. To provide adequate healthcare, food and water for the growing global population, the health professions, and their related disciplines and institutions, must work together. The human-animal bond beneficially impacts the health of both people and animals. Read more...
One Welfare
One welfare serves to highlight the interconnections between animal welfare, human well-being and the environment. It fosters interdisciplinary collaboration to improve human and animal welfare internationally. One Welfare also helps to promote key global objectives such as supporting food security, sustainability, reducing human suffering and improving productivity within the farming sector through a better understanding of the value of high welfare standards. One Welfare extends the approach of (and partially overlaps) the One Health theme used for human and animal health. A One Welfare approach promotes the direct and indirect links of animal welfare to human welfare and environmentally friendly animal-keeping systems. Read more...