One Health Surveillance

The proactive, holistic approach not only improves disease prevention and response but also strengthens resilience against future health threats, protecting communities, ecosystems, and economies.

how it helps

Combining data from human, zoonotic, and environmental health sectors to address complex health challenges.

A One Health Surveillance System enhances collaboration across disciplines, ensuring that information is shared in real-time to monitor, detect, and respond to emerging health threats. By recognizing the interconnected nature of these domains, this system helps identify zoonotic (animal, insect, parasitic, vector-borne) diseases, track antimicrobial resistance, and address environmental health challenges in real time. The system's holistic approach ensures that public health officials, veterinarians, environmental scientists, and other stakeholders can work together to mitigate risks, protect populations, and safeguard economies.

With a cloud-based, mobile application equipped with intuitive data dashboards, the One Health Surveillance System is a powerful tool for state and local public health agencies and departments of agriculture. The cloud infrastructure enables seamless data sharing and access from anywhere (including offline/disconnected areas), promoting collaboration across regions and disciplines. Mobile capabilities allow on-the-ground workers to input data directly, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Data dashboards provide actionable insights by visualizing trends, outbreaks, and risk factors, empowering decision-makers to act swiftly and effectively. This innovative technology simplifies complex data management and enhances the capacity of state and local agencies to protect communities and address One Health challenges proactively.

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Tackle Barriers to Progress

When it comes to data integration, state health departments face significant challenges.

Fragmented Data Silos

State health departments often rely on separate systems for human, zoonotic, and environmental health data, creating fragmented silos that hinder comprehensive analysis. This lack of integration delays detection of interconnected threats, such as zoonotic diseases or environmental health crises, reducing the effectiveness of response efforts.

Limited Real-Time Monitoring

Current surveillance systems frequently lack the capability for real-time data collection and analysis, leaving health departments unable to quickly detect and respond to emerging threats. Delayed insights can result in the escalation of outbreaks, increased public health risks, economic impacts, food chain interruptions, and higher response costs.

Insufficient Collaboration Tools

Many state health departments struggle with outdated systems that do not support seamless collaboration across agencies and sectors. This lack of coordination impedes information sharing, making it difficult to address complex, multi-sector health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance or vector-borne diseases.

An Interconnected Approach to Public Health

An interconnected One Health System helps states ensure a safer food supply, a healthier population, and a more resilient economy.

By connecting data streams from human, zoonotic, and environmental health sectors, state public health departments gain the ability to identify and mitigate risks that arise at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health. This integrated approach fosters early detection of zoonotic diseases, environmental hazards, and foodborne illnesses, enabling faster, more effective interventions that protect public and economic well-being.

This system can deliver significant economic benefits by preventing costly outbreaks and disruptions. For instance, early detection of a zoonotic disease in livestock can avert a major public health crisis and minimize economic losses to the agriculture sector, including impacts on trade and market confidence. Similarly, monitoring environmental data can help detect contamination risks that could otherwise lead to widespread food recalls or waterborne illnesses, reducing healthcare costs and preserving public trust.

The Data You Need to Identify and Mitigate Human, Zoonotic, and Environmental Health Risks

Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks

Early detection of diseases such as avian influenza or rabies in animal populations before they spread to humans, enabling faster containment and response.

Foodborne Illness Prevention

Identifying contamination in the food supply chain, such as salmonella or E. coli outbreaks, by linking agricultural and environmental monitoring data with public health reports.

Antimicrobial Resistance Tracking

Monitoring antibiotic usage in livestock and its impact on resistance patterns in human populations to inform policy and treatment protocols.

Environmental Disaster Response

Assessing the impact of environmental changes, like floods or droughts, on water quality and vector-borne disease risks such as West Nile virus or malaria.

Pesticide Exposure Management

Identifying human health impacts from pesticide usage in agriculture through environmental, parasitic, and human health and data connections.

Climate Change Impacts

Detecting shifts in disease patterns, such as the spread of Lyme disease and mosquito-borne illnesses, by analyzing environmental, zoonotic, and human health data.

Wildlife Monitoring for Disease

Climate Change Impacts Wildlife Monitoring for Disease Tracking wildlife health to identify emerging diseases like hantavirus or Mpox that could pose risks to humans. Cross-Jurisdictional Events Coordinating with neighboring counties, states, or countries to manage health risks that cross jurisdictional boundaries, such as migratory animal diseases or air pollution events.

Cross-Jurisdictional Events

Coordinating with neighboring counties, states, or countries to manage health risks that cross jurisdictional boundaries, such as migratory animal diseases or air pollution events.

Meet your Public Health Emergency Response Platform team

Heidi Steinecker

Market Principal, Public Health

Kathy Lofy

Business Architect, Public Health

Luke Zhang

Data Scientist

Kunal Thakkar

Google Cloud Sales Executive

Anna Munoz

Business Analyst

FAQS

How is data protected in a One Health Surveillance System?

In today's interconnected world, robust cybersecurity is essential to safeguard sensitive information, ensure operational continuity, and build trust across digital platforms. Effective cybersecurity strategies involve a combination of advanced technologies, proactive threat detection, and rigorous policies to mitigate risks from cyberattacks, malware, and data breaches. Our approach to cybersecurity strengthens resilience against an ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats.

Who can access the data in the system?

Access to data is restricted to authorized users, such as public health officials, environmental scientists, and veterinary experts, based on their roles and responsibilities. Role-based access ensures that users only see the data necessary for their work, reducing the risk of unauthorized exposure.

Is data shared with third parties?

Data is shared only with trusted partners and stakeholders who are essential to the One Health approach, such as public health departments, agricultural agencies, and environmental organizations.

What safeguards are in place to prevent breaches?

The system employs multiple layers of security, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, regular audits, and continuous monitoring to identify and respond to potential vulnerabilities. Security protocols are regularly updated to address emerging threats.

How is data privacy maintained while enabling collaboration?

Data is de-identified or anonymized whenever possible, especially when shared across agencies. This ensures that personal or sensitive information remains confidential while still allowing for meaningful collaboration and analysis across sectors.

How are states funding One Health efforts?

Much of the funding states receive comes from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Health. Additional funding is available through USDA and the Department of Homeland Security. States also use their general funds to support surveillance activities.

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