Harnessing Bio Cultural Resources for Strengthening One Health: The Case of Antibiotic Reduction in Livestock Farming

Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana ()
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Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana: The University of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences and Technology

Development, 2023, vol. 66, issue 3, 207-214

Abstract: Abstract Health is one of the most visibly affected sectors in the growing global sustainability challenges with consequences at the nexus of human, animal and ecosystems health. One Health has emerged as an umbrella framework to address multiple, intersectoral health related sustainability challenges today. The One Health linked ideas of indigenous and local knowledge of non-western contexts, especially in low-and middle-income countries, have been largely neglected and marginalized by a biomedicalized, medico-industrial complex centered care. This article showcases certain conceptual and practical aspects of integrating traditional and indigenous knowledge practices in the implementation of One Health. By highlighting a One Health case study of a large-scale programme on reducing antibiotic use in livestock farming in India, the article calls for critical attention on diverse worldviews, knowledge systems and contextualized experiences towards strengthening and advancing One Health.

Keywords: One health; Bio cultural; Antimicrobial reduction; Indigenous; Local knowledge; Natural livestock farming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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