About us
Meraki One Health is a company that works in a collaborative and transdisciplinary way. We consider that studying the interaction between humans, animals and the environment is the key to understand why infectious diseases occur, how to prevent and control them.
We are professionals who work together to research, educate, design, implement and support programs in multiple sectors in order to achieve better public health outcomes. Our purpose is to understand why a disease is present in a given geographic area at that time. We analyze factors that intervene in the disease presence and their relevance to guide decision-making in disease control and prevention. We work toward making science and quality education accessible, innovative and inclusive.
Three out of five new human diseases that
appear every year
are of animal origin
60%
OF EXISTING
HUMAN INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
ARE ZOONOTIC.
75%
OF EMERGING
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HAVE AN ANIMAL
ORIGIN.
80%
OF AGENTS WITH
POTENTIAL
BIOTERRORIST
USE ARE ZOONOTIC
PATHOGENS.
Source: (OIE) World Organization for Animal Health.
OUR TEAM
Our team’s focus is directed toward problem solving, finding and implementing solutions for health improvement in the communities. We count on a transdisciplinary, diverse and multicultural team. We work in collaboration with institutions, organizations, universities and researchers in different fields. We are hard working and persistent scientists. We do our work with passion, ethics, creativity and always putting the best of ourselves on what we do.
Prixia Del Mar Nieto Bedoya
Founder and director of eco-epidemiology
Researcher and Consultant from Colombia.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), MPH, PhD.
Areas of expertise:
eco-epidemiology, public health, environmental health, conservation medicine, ecology and behavior of neglected tropical diseases and zoonosis.
Moara Martins Rodgers
Founder and director of geotechnologies
Researcher and Consultant from Brazil.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), MSc, PhD.
Areas of expertise:
geotechnologies, geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing, statistics, mapping and modeling of NTDs and zoonosis.
At Meraki One Health we aim at promoting and recognizing equity, diversity, inclusion and ethics in science as the means.
One Health – One Welfare; environmental conservation as well as food safety and security are the ends.
CONTACT US
We offer our services at local, national and international level. We are based in the United States, Colombia and Brazil. We do our work in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
