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Klā'imēṭa palsakō yō ēpisōḍalē hāmīlā'ī yāṅcēna ḍōlkarakō paricaya garā'um̐cha, ra nēpālakō bahucarcita māthillō mustāṅa kṣētrabāṭa śikṣākō lāgi sanyukta rājya amērikāsam'makō unakō yātrā, nēpāla pharkanē unakō yātrā, ra māthillō mustāṅamā digō vikāsa, sānskr̥tika sanrakṣaṇa, jalavāyu parivartana ra svāsthya ra kalyāṇamā kēndrita jigmē phā'unḍēsanasam̐gakō unakō kāmakō paricaya garā'um̐cha.

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The One Health model explores the impacts of environmental degradation on animals and humans, especially with respect to the emergence of novel infectious diseases and the evolution and transmission of existing pathogens. Today's conversants are professors Bill Pan, The Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor of Population Studies at the Nicholas School of the Environment as well as Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health at the Duke Global Health Institute, and Dr Chris Woods, Executive Director of the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health and professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pathology at Duke University. This episode was made possible by the Duke University Office of Information Technology and the crew at the Bryan Center Studios, and was masterfully edited by Brandon Johnson.