Nairobi, Nov. 16 -- If the Covid-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is that the health of people, animals, and the environment is inseparable. In Kenya, however, we continue to treat them as though they exist in isolation.

Floods in Garissa, recurring droughts in the north, locust invasions in the Horn of Africa, and frequent cholera outbreaks remind us that the threats we face are connected and demand collective solutions.

This is the essence of the one health approach, which recognises that human, animal, and environmental health are closely interlinked.

The statistics are sobering. Globally, more than 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, passed from animals to humans.

Kenya is no stranger to this reality. Rift V...