One Health in the context of Global Health and Planetary Health

Titolo Rivista SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Autori/Curatori Guido Giarelli, Roberto De Vogli
Anno di pubblicazione 2026 Fascicolo 2026/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 11 P. 56-66 Dimensione file 214 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2026-002006
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After highlighting the latest developments in the One Health approach, the focus shifts to the need for a holistic perspective for its effective implementation enabling us to understand and tackle the causes of current and emerging transnational challenges affecting the health of humans, animals, plants and the environments. This is pursued by promoting integration with the multidisciplinary fields of Global Health and Planetary Health, pointing to their problems of definitions and approach. However, moving beyond a purely biomedical and ecological framing of One Health requires engaging with the political and economic determinants that shape health outcomes. The “Structural One Health” approach, for example, investigates the “causes of the causes” of pandemics, highlighting how trade policies, global financial flows and corporate power drive ecological degradation, intensification of animal production, and ultimately influence human wellbeing. Integrating One Health with Global Health and Planetary Health thus implies not only interdisciplinary collaboration, but also critical reflection on the economic paradigms and power structures that underpin contemporary global health crises.

Dopo aver illustrato gli ultimi sviluppi dell’approccio One Health, l’attenzione si sposta sulla necessità di una prospettiva olistica per la sua efficace attuazione, che ci consenta di comprendere e affrontare le cause delle sfide transnazionali attuali ed emergenti che incidono sulla salute degli esseri umani, degli animali, delle piante e dell’ambiente. Ciò si persegue promuovendo l’integrazione con i campi multidisciplinari della salute globale e della salute planetaria, mettendo in luce i problemi legati alle loro definizioni e al loro approccio. Tuttavia, andare oltre una visione puramente biomedica ed ecologica di One Health richiede di confrontarsi con i determinanti politici ed economici che modellano gli esiti sanitari. L'approccio “Structural One Health”, ad esempio, indaga le “cause delle cause” delle pandemie, evidenziando come le politiche commerciali, i flussi finanziari globali e il potere delle grandi aziende guidino il degrado ecologico, l'intensificazione della produzione animale e, in ultima analisi, influenzino il benessere umano. Integrare One Health con la Salute Globale e la Salute Planetaria implica quindi non solo una collaborazione interdisciplinare, ma anche una riflessione critica sui paradigmi economici e sulle strutture di potere che sono alla base delle crisi sanitarie globali contemporanee.

Parole chiave:One Health, Global Health, Planetary Health, Structural One Health, economic paradigms, power structures

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Guido Giarelli, Roberto De Vogli, One Health in the context of Global Health and Planetary Health in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 2/2026, pp 56-66, DOI: 10.3280/SES2026-002006