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One Health in action: the work of the HAIRS group
Author(s) -
Morgan Dilys
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.g3641
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , action (physics) , animal health , work (physics) , human health , one health , environmental health , public health , medicine , veterinary medicine , engineering , nursing , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance (HAIRS) group is a collaboration between a number of human and animal health organisations within the UK government. The group aims to provide a ‘joined‐up’ response to emerging diseases that threaten the health of people or animals. Here, Dilys Morgan, who chairs the group, discusses its work, highlighting its response to Schmallenberg virus, and shows how a One Health approach can improve government responses to potential crises