One Health

What is One Health?

One Health is the idea that the health of humans, animals, and the environment are all intertwined. If something affects the health of one, it also affects the health of others.

What is Important in One Health?

By improving the health of birds, we are also improving the health of the ecosystems they inhabit, and ourselves. These improvements aren't just physical, but also mental and emotional. Advocating for birds is also advocating for yourself and your community!

Birds are essential to global ecosystems. Birds eat between 400-500 tons of insects annually, protecting crops and vegetation while also preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. They also serve as pollinators and seed propagators.
Connection to nature is important for mental health, especially in an urban environment, and birds are one of the most populous types of urban wildlife.
Being conscious of the well-beings of urban bird populations is essential to maintaining our all-around ecosystem's health!

Sources:

One Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/index.html

Kahn, L. H., Kaplan, B., & Monath, T. P. (2011). The One Health Approach - Why Is It So Important? Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 4(3), 88–91. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4030088

Why should we care about birds? Missouri Department of Conservation. https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/birds-7/why-should-we-care-about-birds#:~:text=Birds%20Keep%20Our%20Ecosystems%20Running%20Smoothly&text=Birds%20eat%20400%E2%80%93500%20tons,as%20hummingbirds%20help%20pollinate%20plants

One Health. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/health-topics/one-health#tab=tab_1

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