The One Health Joint Plan of Action guide was developed to prevent future pandemics and to promote health sustainably through the One Health approach. The Quadripartite organisations, which include the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organisation, and World Organisation for Animal Health, have issued a call for enhanced collaboration and commitment to translate the One Health approach into policy action in all countries.
Priority actions,
1. Prioritize One Health in the international political agenda, increase understanding and advocate for the adoption and promotion of the enhanced intersectoral health governance.
2. Strengthen national One Health policies, strategies and plans
3. Accelerate the implementation of One Health plans
4. Build intersectoral One Health workforces
5. Strengthen and sustain prevention of pandemics and health threats at source
6. Encourage and strengthen One Health scientific knowledge and evidence creation and exchange,
7. Increase investment and financing of One Health strategies and plans.
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Signed by:
Qu Dongyu , Director-General, FAO.
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization.
Monique Eloit, Director-General, World Organisation for Animal Health.
Published On: 29/03/2023