WHAT IF...

We could create a healthier global environment?

To improve global health, we must see animal, human and environmental health as one health. Creating an international network that acts from this mindset is helping to bring these benefits to reality.

Addressing global health

One Health Institute

The One Health Institute is active all over the world, working at the interface of animals, people, and the environment to solve complex problems impacting health and conservation.

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One Health Workforce—Next Generation

The USAID One Health Workforce—Next Generation project, led by UC Davis, coordinates a large-scale multidisciplinary network of health professionals in Africa and Southeast Asia who collaborate to strengthen global biodefenses and achieve global health security.

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The Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center (WHC)

The Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center (WHC) advances the health of wildlife in balance with people and the environment through science, technology and education. The center includes Gorilla Docs, SeaDocs, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, the Latin America Program, among others.

Find out more about the work of the Wildlife Health Center​​​​

UC Global Health Institute Planetary Health Center of Expertise

Co-led by UC Davis professor Dr. Woutrina Smith, The Planetary Health Center of Expertise (PHCOE) addresses complex global issues that arise from the effects of climate change, rapidly growing populations and limited food and natural resources. The PHCOE draws on the resources of all ten UC campuses and two national laboratories. 

Find out more about the work of the UCGHI Planetary Health Center of Expertise

Global Health

"The school’s Rx One Health field course presented itself as the perfect opportunity to learn about the connectedness of things. For example, we learned how maintaining healthy watersheds is crucial to maintaining healthy ecosystems and communities."

— Peruvian Ph.D. student Andrea Lavarello Schettini, DVM, MPH, (left) with Rx One Health classmates