Introducing "One Health" as an Overlooked Concept in Iran

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Hamid Sharifi Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran | Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Mohammad Karamouzian Regional Knowledge Hub and WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran | School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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