PREVENÇÃO E CONTROLE DA LEPTOSPIROSE NO CONTEXTO DA SAÚDE ÚNICA

Abstract

Introduction: One Health consists of the interrelationship between human health, theenvironmentand animal health. Among the diseases that arise from interactions between humans, animals and theen vironment are zoonoses such as leptospirosis, a bacterial zoonosis with a world wide distribution, caused by bactéria of the genus Leptospira, which affect sboth animals and humans. Objective: Toanalyze the scientific evidence on leptospirosis prevention and control strategies in the context of the single health approach, from 2014 to 2024. Methodology: This is a narrative, descriptive literaturere view with a qualitative approach. The bibliographic search was carried out in online data bases such as ScientificElectronic Library Online (SciELO) and Pubvet, from 2014 to 2024. Results and discussion: In developing countries, integration between the human, animal and environmental health sectors for the control of diseases, especially zoonoses, is still deficient and this hasled to anincrease in the frequency of these diseases and there surgence of those already under control. The fight against leptospirosis with inthe single health framework requires a collective and coordinate deffort, where prevention and control are carried out in a holistic manner, taking in toac countall the factors that canin fluence the health of ecosystems, animals and humans. Final considerations: Measures such as rodent control, proper waste and rainwater management, and the implement ation of adequate sanitary infrastructure are necessary toprevent exposure to the pathogen.