Towards a one health approach to WASH to tackle zoonotic disease and promote health and wellbeing

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala University
cg.contributor.affiliationStockholm Environment Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburgh
cg.contributor.donorFormas
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
cg.creator.identifierMichel Dione: 0000-0001-7812-5776
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000376
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn2767-3219
cg.issue5
cg.journalPLOS Water
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTH
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTH
cg.subject.ilriWATER
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASES
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-being
cg.volume4
dc.contributor.authorDickin, S.
dc.contributor.authorDagerskog, L.
dc.contributor.authorDione, Michel M.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.
dc.contributor.authorArcilla, J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-30T11:35:20Z
dc.date.available2025-05-30T11:35:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174882
dc.titleTowards a one health approach to WASH to tackle zoonotic disease and promote health and wellbeingen
dcterms.abstractThere is increasing awareness that exposure to animal faeces contributes to the global burden of diarrheal disease, as well as other zoonotic diseases. This recognition has prompted a re-evaluation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions to address animal-related transmission pathways. However, current efforts focus primarily on animal faeces within household environments, neglecting other critical human-animal interactions that favour contamination such as animal handling. We advance growing efforts to link One Health and WASH from a risk perspective, reviewing implications for humans, animals, as well as the environment, which has been overlooked. We then discuss how a comprehensive OH-WASH approach can move beyond risks to also enable opportunities to promote health, equity, climate resilience, and other benefits. This framing offers possibilities to reduce disease transmission and enhance biosecurity, while addressing interconnected challenges facing low- and middle-income countries including food insecurity and agricultural livelihoods, animal health and welfare, and ecosystem degradation from excessive nutrients found in excreta.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2025-05-29
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDickin, S., Dagerskog, L., Dione, M., Thomas, L. and Arcilla, J. 2025. Towards a one health approach to WASH to tackle zoonotic disease and promote health and wellbeing. PLOS Water 4(5): e0000376.
dcterms.extente0000376
dcterms.issued2025-05-29
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Science
dcterms.subjecthealth
dcterms.subjecthygiene
dcterms.subjectone health approach
dcterms.subjectsanitation
dcterms.subjectwater
dcterms.subjectzoonoses
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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