Background: Mankind is currently facing many different challenges, which will require global solutions. One of these challenges is the spread of infectious diseases that emerge or re-emerge at the interfaces between animals, humans and the ecosystems in which they live. The idea of ‘One Health’ that has emerged over the past 10-20 years is boosting the idea to look at human health from a holistic viewpoint. 'One Health' is an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together