One health roadmap

The mandate of the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) is to stimulate new thinking, new ideas and new approaches that enhance the reputation, competitiveness and profitability of Alberta’s livestock and meat industry. [...] Examples of the application of One Health in Canada that impact the meat and livestock industry include: • Hosting the major international One Health meeting in • Annual informal meetings between provincial and national Winnipeg in 2009, which led to one of the four seminal administrators for the animal and human health systems, e.g., papers on One Health the Council of Chief Medical Officers and [...] While there are many factors at play Health approach also provides a framework in which in the health of individuals and the size of health care to develop real value from animal agriculture’s broader budgets, ALMA recognizes that animal agriculture has a contributions to human health through food safety and role in mitigating the impact to the public health system. [...] ALMA invests in research, strategy, innovation and education initiatives that will help in the commercialization and industry development to better manage development of a One Health approach to human, animal and the industry’s profitability and competitiveness (see Appendix).