Veterinary Public Health Interventions at the Human–Animal Interface

Humans exist in a complex web of relationships with the domestic and wild animals they depend on for their food and livelihoods. In some situations, humans share their living and working environment with the animals.

The interface between humans, animals, and the environments they share can be a source of diseases that have an impact on public health. For some diseases, the impact can be far reaching and affect the social and economic well-being of the world population. Diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans through direct contact or through food, water, and the environment, are commonly referred to as “zoonoses”.

This introductory course and the accompanying documents provided will put you and your colleagues in a better position to understand and manage public health risks at the human–animal–environment interface.

Course content

The Veterinary Public Health Interventions at the Human–Animal Interface course is provided entirely online. Candidates can study at their own pace, but the course should take a total of around 6 hours to complete.

Topics covered include:

• Veterinary Public Health interventions
• Biosecurity
• Modelling zoonotic diseases

Each module provides a range of information, resources and activities for candidates to work through.

Once the course is complete, there is an online examination, which comprises of 10 multiple choice questions to be answered in 30 minutes.

After passing the online examination, candidates will be able to download and print off a certificate of completion.