The One Health Quadripartite collaboration meet this week to discuss political advocacy, science and knowledge, country-level implementation, and resource mobilization.

To support efforts to fight avian flu FAO worked work with the Government of Egypt to tackle transboundary animal diseases, including zoonotic diseases by improving prevention, early detection and response through adopting a One Health approach.

FAO's Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) in Asia and the Pacific Region promotes One Health to prevent, detect and control diseases that spread between animals and humans and AMR.

The multidisciplinary One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) provides technical and scientific advice on One Health issues.

Practical guidance on how countries can adopt and adapt the OH JPA to strengthen and support national One Health action.

The Female leadership in One Health course engaged animal and human health service providers through training addressing gender-based violence.

Agroecology and One Health are complementary approaches to achieving a world where everyone has access to safe and nutritious food while protecting the environment.

The first Plenary Assembly of the Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform opened today at FAO.

Guinea hosted a significant gathering of One Health and biosecurity stakeholders on 29 September 2023, marking the official launch of the FAO American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Guinea Project.

In its effort to accelerate the progress of the One Health approach, FAO has just become the 17th UN agency to join the Regional Health Alliance.

As part of the World Food Forum, we invited youth to send their creative art pieces on The One Health Future We Want.

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred efforts to forge an integrated approach to the challenges of human, animal and ecosystem health, with FAO)stepping up work on a roadmap for putting it into practice. FAO, which over the last year held the rotating chair of the Tripartite, also including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), has played a key role in developing a Joint Plan of Action for One Health.

One Health Day on 3 November is an international campaign to mark the need for a One Health approach to address health threats at the human-animal-environment interface.

This four-paper Lancet Series explores the adoption of One Health approaches to improve health security and include an analysis of the current landscape of preventive, surveillance, and response measures in outbreak situations of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic infectious diseases with epidemic potential as well as other potential public health emergencies such as neglected endemic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, environmental and chemical hazards and natural disasters.

The misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, is causing a growing problem called antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR can lead to the failure of our most important medicines. It is estimated that infections caused by resistant germs kill one person every minute. Without global action, this number is set to rise.

The heads of FAO, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The high-level global leaders group will advocate for urgent action to combat antimicrobial resistance across all sectors and ensure the availability of important medicines for the future.

The World Bank kick-started the application process to the Pandemic Fund, calling for proposals for an initial envelope of USD300 million. The Fund is the direct result of G20 Finance and Health Ministers efforts, pushed forward under the leadership of the Italian, Indonesian and Indian Presidency.

The One Health Intelligence Scoping Study identifies potential opportunities for improved technical harmonization of the Quadripartite collaboration and other prioritized systems to strengthen One Health intelligence.

Improved early warning systems are needed to reduce the risk from unknown emerging zoonotic diseases – those diseases that can spread between animals and people. This message was shared with participants at the One Health Intelligence Scoping Study External Advisory Group workshop.