What if one of the most powerful tools for tackling antimicrobial resistance, food insecurity, and even climate pressure starts with animal vaccination?

In this episode of One Health Wednesdays, Dr. Julia Zammit sits down with Dr. Flavie Vial to explore how animal health shapes the future of human health, ecosystem resilience, and global development.

From rabies prevention and dog vaccination campaigns to livestock health, antibiotic use, emissions, and the urgent need to invest upstream in prevention, this conversation brings One Health into sharp focus.

Dr. Vial shares why vaccines matter far beyond disease control, how better animal health systems can reduce antimicrobial use, and why the real challenge is no longer knowing what works. It is having the courage and coordination to fund, build, and sustain the systems that do.

In this episode, we explore:

• why vaccinating animals can help reduce antimicrobial resistance• what rabies teaches us about prevention, coordination, and political will• how animal health connects to food security and climate outcomes• where global investment is most needed to strengthen One Health in practice

This is a grounded and timely conversation for anyone working across public health, veterinary medicine, wildlife, food systems, or environmental change.