New Joint Plan on Health Threats Launched by International Orgs

International organizations such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) created a new One Health Joint Plan of Action.

This One Health joint plan establishes a framework that integrates systems and the capacity to collectively prevent, respond, detect, and predict health threats. This project is also directed toward improving the overall health of plants, animals, humans, and the environment, all while promoting sustainable development.

This initiative was a result of a participatory process and gives a set of activities that target capacity building, communication, coordination, and collaboration equally through all sectors in charge of handling health concerns of the environment, animals, plants, and humans.

According to FAO, the five-year plan set from 2022 to 2026 highlights expanding and supporting capacities in six areas.: antimicrobial resistance and the environment, food safety risks, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases, endemic zoonotic, emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics, and health systems.

This document is said to be made from existing guidance, best practices, and evidence. It also covers plans to advance this project at the national, regional, and global levels. Actions to be taken include guidance for countries, international partners, and non-state actors.

“Using a One Health lens that brings all relevant sectors together is critical to tackling global health threats, like monkeypox, Covid-19, and Ebola,” says Monique Eloit, WOAH Director General.

“It all starts with ensuring the health of animals. Animal health is our health, it is everyone’s health,” she adds.

Source: Business Mirror