Health is only possible in a sustainable way. Sustainability is only possible with a healthy planet. That’s One Health. We put it into practice.
They clean the air, regulate the climate, provide food, and keep us healthy. Global ecosystems provide us with vital services, worth over 100 trillion euros annually. The destruction of these foundations threatens our prosperity—and our health. Three out of four new infectious diseases originate from the animal kingdom. Since COVID-19, this has become all too familiar. 60% of the world’s population is directly affected by the destruction of nature.
Our well-being is closely linked to a healthy environment. Sounds simple, but the challenges this brings are not:
How do we integrate “health into all policies”? That is, how do we keep our healthcare system fair and sustainable?
Which communication concepts promote acceptance and behavioral changes to promote biodiversity?
How can we work together across sectors to ensure the health of humans, animals and the environment?
This requires not only scientific findings from the environment and research, but also modern health communication and campaigns and comprehensive, effective sustainability strategies.
We help our clients embed human and environmental health in policymaking. Our approach: interdisciplinary collaboration. For us, this also includes agriculture and forestry, food marketing, hospitals, and healthcare professionals: The stakeholders working together for our health couldn’t be more diverse.
We bring them together to embed environment, sustainability, and health across all policy areas – Health in All Policies.
Our customers
Our environmental, sustainability, and health professionals will guide you through the entire process of your project. We combine expertise in health and the environment with engagement, communication, process management, strategy, and digitalization.
Member of Management Board
Business Unit Lead | Communication and Campaigns
Telefon +49 6251 8263133
E-Mail yvette.richter@ifok.de
Business Unit Lead | Public Campaigning
Telefon +49 30 53607780
E-Mail inga.stern@ifok.de
Business Unit Lead | Communication Sustainability & Society
Phone +49 89 262029303
E-mail margit.aufterbeck@ifok.de
One Health is an integrative approach that combines health, sustainability, and environmental protection. It is about considering the health of humans, animals, and the environment as a whole in politics and society.
One Health is important because our health is closely linked to the health of the environment and animals. Protecting our ecosystems is therefore crucial to our own well-being and prosperity.
One Health is important because our health is closely linked to the health of the environment and animals. Protecting our ecosystems is therefore crucial to our own well-being and prosperity.
To promote acceptance and behavioral change, targeted communication strategies and campaigns are necessary. These must be understandable, transparent, and activating in order to raise public awareness.
The health system can be sustained in the long term through sustainable health strategies and the promotion of health and environmental protection. Other important elements include improving health communication and collaboration between different stakeholders.
The One Health approach promotes collaboration between stakeholders from various sectors, such as agriculture, forestry, the healthcare system, and the environment. The goal is to think holistically about health and invest in prevention.
ifok provides policy advice and the implementation of health communication. We integrate One Health into political measures, advise on sustainability strategies, and implement successful health campaigns.
