In a farm laboratory, a group of cows are busy conducting molecular tests on samples of milk, meat and faeces. They are wearing protective gloves and lab coats, and using pipettes, tubes and microscopes. They are part of a One Health initiative that aims to prevent antibiotic resistance by monitoring and detecting resistant bacteria in the environment. One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that recognises the health of people, animals and ecosystems are closely linked and interdependent. By applying One Health principles, these cows are contributing to a sustainable, healthy and resilient future for all.

Nature and medicine together form a unity – One Health. In this collage art, the interconnected structure of nature and medicine is emphasised, inspired by Yin-Yang. It is highlighted that they are both opposite and supportive of each other, with vials, syringes and various medical supplies on one side and leaves and plants on the other side.

This contemporary animal bone has been carved with textures that explore the processes of bioarchaeology and of infection with bovine tuberculosis, a zoonotic disease that has been transferred to humans from livestock since ancient times, often through the consumption of infected milk. The carvings are impregnated with an actual fragment of ancient DNA (aDNA), known as an insertion element, which is an indicator for tuberculosis-causing organisms, in this case Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis). The artist worked hands on in the lab with bioarchaeologist Professor Mike Taylor to extract and amplify the aDNA from human Iron age remains from the Siberian permafrost.

A funny handmade crochet decoration of an increasing global threat – antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Escherichia Coli and Staphylococcus Aureus, represented here, are two of the main bacteria involved in this global issue.

Sometimes, the hunt for Plasmodium-infected red blood cells in Giemsa-stained thin blood films can be "funny" (always keeping the utmost respect for the patient). All images correspond to an 8-year-old boy from Equatorial Guinea with a Plasmodium falciparum infection. We can clearly distinguish the Plasmodium infected red blood cell with: (a) exophthalmos; (b) the nearsighted one with glasses (missing only the temples of the glasses); (c) the drunkard one after drinking a few glasses of quinine; (d) the thinker one, or; (e) the one suffering from strabismus.

“One Health” is based on the understanding that human, animal and environmental health are closely linked. In the One Health approach, the various disciplines - human medicine, veterinary medicine, environmental sciences - work together across disciplines to counteract, for example, the transmission of pathogens and play a key role in combating antimicrobial resistance. Resistance knows no borders and can spread quickly between humans, animals and the environment, making its way from the farm to our table.

OneHealth is represented in human (hand), animal (track) and environment (plant) images. In this congress, we have combined the idea of one-health with an icon of the congress city, the temple of Sagrada Familia. E. coli, S. aureus, P. mirabilis and C. albicans have contributed equally to this work.