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The domain or field of Public Health has evolved and has witnessed various conceptualizations in terms of approaches with time. It is apt to argue that the approaches in public health have been drawn on both forward and backward linkages. This Paper initially deals with the historical conceptualization of One Health, attempts to understand the place within the broad domain public health. The focal concern that is tackled is the transition of One Health as a theoretical concept to a functional implementable reality, the mechanisms of health system & services and challenges. Methodology: The methodological component is based upon review of sources of literature and coding of thematic findings have been done by QDA Miner Lite software application. Results: The fundamental arguments that are displayed from the results is that One Health as an approach is not something new, it can be traced through a trajectory either as a component or specifically in certain specific fields within Public Health and sometimes conceptually without the official recognition or tag. The major thematical findings discussed range from inter-sectoral linkages, convergence, need for integration. Finally, the summarized insights regarding certain priorities which need to be addressed to tackle operational challenges have been mentioned.