One Health

Last Modified: June 26, 2025
Wildlife Services employee wearing blue latex gloves holding a duck

One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that optimizes the health of people, plants, domestic and wild animals, and ecosystems.

The One Health approach recognizes that:

  • the health of animals, people, plants, and the environment are linked, and
  • all those involved in protecting animal, human, and environmental health must work together to achieve the best health outcomes.

Learn about the National One Health Framework and our partnerships.

Priority Issues

Protecting animal and plant health intersects with some of the most pressing issues of our time: diseases that can spread between animals and people, global population growth, and food security. One Health is key in finding solutions. Learn how we're advancing One Health practice through research, applied science, and other initiatives.

Improving Food Safety From Farm to Fork
Technician selects a well-isolated Salmonella colony from an agar plate for further characterization
Finding and Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
Male veterinarian using a stethoscope with goats in a pen.
Responding to Avian Influenza
ducks in flight
Understanding SARS-CoV-2 in Animals
Several brown white-tailed deer standing in a snow-covered field.
Managing Wildlife Rabies
Raccoon walking in the woods
Reducing Methyl Bromide Use
Wood logs stacked at edge of a forest

Latest Updates

6/26/25
Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy, Egg Prices Continue to Fall
1/10/25
U.S. Government Releases First National One Health Plan to Protect People, Animals, and our Environment from Shared Health Threats
9/03/24
USDA Strengthening Animal Health Programs by Awarding Additional Farm Bill Funding to Tribal Partners
5/09/24
APHIS Extends Deadline for Opportunity for Partners to Develop Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboards to Protect Animal and Public Health
3/18/24
APHIS Seeks Partners to Develop Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboards to Protect Animal and Public Health
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