FAO with with the Southern African Development Community Secretariat and its Member States held a validation workshop for the Southern African Programme for One Health. The programme provides direction and a long-term vision to achieving an integrated One Health approach in the region.

A Zambian community's battle against an unexpected anthrax outbreak and the collaborative investigation that uncovered its origins.

One Health surveillance should include integrated surveillance for known and unknown pathogens, and include surveillance of drivers of disease emergence to improve prevention and mitigation of spill-over events.

The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the need for improved early detection, risk assessment and warning of events that may have epidemic potential. A coordinated approach across systems aiming to safeguard the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment – a One Health approach – is needed to identify and mitigate the risks from emerging diseases, reduce the impact of infectious diseases and other health threats, and strengthen global health security.

Rabies has one of the highest case-fatality rates of any disease. However, rabies is also 100 percent preventable, through human post-exposure prophylaxis. Strengthening educational awareness at the community level preferably to prevent exposure, and through mass vaccination of dog populations is a paramount necessity.

All evidence suggests that the microbiome, an emerging concept referring to the complex ecosystems made up of and by bacteria and other microorganisms, has powerful explanatory value for matters related to human, plant and planetary health.

This online event The One Health Future We Want Youth Dialogue, was held as part of the World Food Forum in October 2021.

This free online course introduces the concepts of a coordinated response to manage zoonotic disease outbreaks.

Work to tackle the challenges of human, animal and ecosystem health using a more integrated approach has seen significant progress in the past year, leaders of three international organizations cooperating across these sectors said, as they expanded their group to include a fourth body, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

FAO collaborated with the Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit (ZDU) to conduct a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost Benefit Analysis of the operationalization of the One Health approach in Kenya. As the world grapples with the complex interplay of zoonotic diseases and the looming specter of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), food safety and security, the workshop opened new avenues for collaboration.

FAO and USAID are scaling up efforts to strengthen global animal health security with the aim of protecting human lives and livelihoods while improving agrifood systems and safeguarding the environment. The new funding will assist to implement the Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH-JPA), by enabling countries to sustain, with FAO support, the critical animal health and One Health capabilities developed in over 30 countries in Africa, South Asia and the Pacific, North Africa and the Near East.

Invasive invertebrate species are a major threat to global food security and sustainable agriculture. 

The world has the opportunity to bolster collective and collaborative methods to prevent future pandemics through a universal, inclusive One Health approach, QU Dongyu, Director-General of FAO, said today at the G20 Health Ministers Meeting held in Rome.

Case studies on FAO's support member countries in their efforts to prevent and control rabies through a One Health approach.

The Central Asian Animal Health Network (CAAHN) convened on 8−9 June 2023 for its third meeting since its establishment in 2019 in the historical city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to delve into the future of animal health and the One Health approach within the region.

During this workshop in Kenya, participants drew up a set of priority One Health investment cases based on prior analysis of the country’s evaluations. National strategies were reviewed, including the new One Health Strategy and the Kenya national food systems transformation pathway.

Response to an Anthrax outbreak was successful as the animal husbandry department officials could apply the knowledge they had gained from capacity building initiatives carried out by the MoA and FAO.

The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration reaffirms their commitment to implement the One Health approach.

As long as influenza A(H5N1) viruses are circulating in animals, further human infections with A(H5N1) viruses cannot be excluded. The likelihood of sustained human-to-human transmission of these current viruses is low based on the information obtained to date. FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) will re-assess the risk associated with the influenza A(H5N1) viruses as more information becomes available.

FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH (the Quadripartite collaboration) are seeking individuals to serve as experts on the One Health High-Level Expert Panel.