Soil microbiomes must be explicitly included in One Health policy

One Health is an integrated and unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It proposes a global strategy to monitor and manage infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), utilizing transdisciplinary approaches for human, animal and environmental health. Despite 18 years of its existence, we have seen a significant increase in the spread and emergence of diseases driven by operational inefficiency (for example, resource availability and distribution), particularly at regional and local levels . The severity of the situation is further exacerbated by environmental pollution and climate change, including extreme weather events, biodiversity loss and globalized trade and travel.