“One Health”: Have the Finance Minister Make It a Priority

Abstract

The Smithsonian Institution has a wonderful new exhibit, “Outbreak”, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the devastating outbreak of the Spanish Flu. That pandemic killed anywhere from 50-100 million people, had untold impact on societies, the war effort, and economies. Since 1918 we have learned a great deal about the origins, pathways, and impact which result from any endemic, epidemic and pandemic.  And we now have a not-widely-known label for it, “One Health”-but unfortunately a term not widely known or accepted.