One Health
Partnering and investing in One Health
One Health is an integrated approach to preventing and responding to health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. It recognizes that the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment are interconnected, and that a One Health approach is essential to protect the health of all.
One Health is a holistic approach to health that requires everyone to work together, including governments, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector.
FAO works continually to support Members to promote health for people, animals, plants and the environment in a balanced and sustainable way. This includes measures focusing on infectious animal and zoonotic diseases, such as disease prevention, detection and control, but also the mitigation and management of antimicrobial resistance and efforts to achieve equity, stewardship, and sustainable development.
⦿ FAO’s One Health programme portfolio has grown to over USD 674 million
⦿ 227 active projects
⦿ 79 countries and regions
⦿ 44 resource partners
Partnering with FAO
A portion of FAO's One Health funding is provided through the One Health in Agrifood System Transformation Fund - a pooled and multipartner mechanism supporting FAO's One Health Priority Programme Area. The fund offers an integrated and comprehensive One Health support package to countries to progress national pathways for transforming agrifood systems through One Health assessments and planning, technical support, policy advice and leveraging investment.
Partnering with the Quadripartite
To ensure a multisectoral approach to One Health, FAO partners with UNEP, WHO and WOAH (the Quadripartite) through the Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action and works on joint initiatives and pooled funding mechanisms.
National One Health Investment plans
FAO, together with the Quadripartite, has been assisting pilot countries, Kenya and Senegal, with One Health prioritization and investment planning.
National partnerships for One Health investments ideally involve co-investment from the government and also public-private partnerships, farmer cooperative groups and academia.
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Projects
FAO and the Pandemic Fund
FAO is co-leading the implementation of 32 Pandemic Fund projects worth over USD 165 million aimed to boost local and global health security.
Webinar
Stronger together: webinar series on pandemic prevention and response
26/06/2025
This webinar series creates a collaborative space where countries and institutions can exchange experiences, discuss challenges, and identify practical...
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Farmer field schools: Advancing One Health by reducing antimicrobial use and boosting farm profits in Tanzania
04/06/2025
Farmer field schools are being piloted as innovative interventions to generate high-quality, farm-level data on antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance,...
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One Health global policies and declarations
29/05/2025
The global community has increasingly recognized the importance of the One Health approach to address complex, interconnected challenges, like zoonotic...
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Burkina Faso builds wildlife surveillance capacity to combat future pandemics
13/05/2025
FAO’s Pandemic Fund enhances Burkina Faso’s capacity to rapidly detect and respond to health threats through workforce training.
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Dominican Republic leads with One Health innovation to safeguard food security
12/05/2025
Early detection, cross-sectoral action, and regional cooperation protect plant health, livelihoods, and public well-being.