Series: Challenges and opportunities of the One Health approach, from the agri-food system

Live broadcast

About the webinar

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) represents a serious threat to animal health, food security, international trade, and biodiversity. Since 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean have faced multiple outbreaks affecting birds, mammals, and even humans, causing significant economic losses and challenging health systems.

This regional webinar will bring together experts and key stakeholders to analyze the current situation of HPAI in the region, share lessons learned, and explore future strategies for its control and prevention. Under the One Health approach and within the framework of the Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) program, the importance of collaboration between countries and sectors in surveillance, response, and prevention will be highlighted.

The event will feature presentations from international experts and will be moderated by Nicolás Winter, FAO Animal Health Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean.

About the series

FAO promotes the application of the "One Health" approach as part of the transformation of the agrifood system in favor of the health of people, animals, plants and the environment. This translates into a variety of actors and work related to sustainable agriculture, animal, plant, forest and aquaculture health, food safety, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nutrition and livelihoods.

Ensuring the "One Health" approach is essential to make progress in predicting, preventing, detecting and responding to diseases that spread between animals and humans, including Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and food safety, along with managing environmental determinants of risks to human and animal health, within a set of linked challenges in disease causation. The adoption of the "One Health" approach is also fundamental to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

During the 2024-2025 biennium, a series of webinars will be held to promote this integrative approach to a systemic approach to the health of people, animals, plants and the environment.