Abstract

Background: The One Health concept recognizes the relationship between health of people, animals and the environment there is an equilibrate among these relationships but many factors have changed these interactions. That imbalance is source of many health disasters like poisoning exposure of lead. Objective: The aim of this review is to collect reliable and available data on lead poisoning in Morocco. Methods : The review study conducted was focused mainly on lead poisoning the ways of exposure to lead, risk group and Human effects, describe some case study for environment and human conducted in Morocco and discuss current treatment, to end up with prevention and some implications from one health approach perspective. Results : The sources of exposure to lead are numerous and affect more risk group such as children under 5 years, occupational exposure and pregnant women. The human health effects are not specific; it’s depending on the duration of lead exposure, that making diagnosis difficult and underestimated. Humans are not alone in suffering from lead's effects; plants, air soil, and animals are also affected by their toxicity. Lead poisoning is entirely preventable. One health approach to prevention can be divided into individual measures, public health for risky groups, and environmental. Conclusion: A sensitive environmental surveillance system is required to indicate early warning of lead contamination and install in the convenient time the response measures. In addition, efforts are to be made to raise clinician and biologist awareness of lead poisoning diagnosis to improve early diagnostic and treatment.

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