An integrative approach to understanding, preventing, and controlling infectious disease

A small herd of cows

Animal health

Sixty per cent of known human infectious diseases have their source in domestic or wild animals. Leptospirosis is one of the most well-known of these zoonotic infections.

View of a stream between paddocks

Environmental health

Threats to the health of our environment are largely due to human activity. It has become increasingly clear that human and animal diseases are often a result of environmental disruption

A mother and her baby in a forest

Human health

Although many human infections are acquired from other humans, many are also the result of human interactions with their environment.
 

One Health Aotearoa is an alliance of New Zealand’s leading infectious diseases researchers committed to working together to address important health hazards in New Zealand, and beyond.

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Registration for the 10th OHA symposium is now open

Our 10th symposium will be held on Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 December 2024at Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Wellington and online. The deadline for submitting proffered abstracts is...
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One Health Aotearoa 2024 Winter Newsletter

In our Winter 2024 newsletter we welcome you to join us at the 10th OHA Symposium, held this year on 3-4 December in the Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, University of Otago...
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Paradigm shifts for Global One Health

Call for abstracts is now open Deadline submissions: 15 February 2024 With great pleasure we hereby inform you that it is now possible to submit your abstract for the 2024...
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1,665 and climbing: WellKiwis team processes large number of swabs as winter illness season ramps-up

The arrival of the cooler weather means a spike in flu and other winter illnesses, which spells a particularly busy time for our WellKiwis team based at ESR's Wallaceville Science...
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