The One Well being Joint Plan of Motion was launched this week by the Quadripartite – the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Atmosphere Programme (UNEP), the World Well being Group (WHO), and the World Group for Animal Well being (WOAH, based as OIE).
This primary joint plan on One Well being goals to create a framework to combine programs and capability in order that we are able to collectively higher forestall, predict, detect, and reply to well being threats. In the end, the initiative seeks to enhance the well being of people, animals, vegetation, and the setting, whereas contributing to sustainable growth.
The One Well being Joint Plan of Motion, developed via a participatory course of, gives a set of actions that goal to strengthen collaboration, communication, capability constructing, and coordination equally throughout all sectors liable for addressing well being issues on the human-animal-plant-environment interface.
The One Well being Joint Plan of Motion
The five-year plan (2022-2026) focuses on supporting and increasing capacities in six areas: One Well being capacities for well being programs, rising and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics, endemic zoonotic, uncared for tropical and vector-borne ailments, meals security dangers, antimicrobial resistance and the setting.
The technical doc is knowledgeable by proof, finest practices and current steerage. It covers a set of actions which endeavor to advance One Well being at international, regional and nationwide ranges. These actions notably embody the event of an upcoming implementation steerage for international locations, worldwide companions, and non-State actors corresponding to civil society organizations, skilled associations, academia and analysis establishments.
The plan units out operational targets, which embody: offering a framework for collective and coordinated motion to mainstream the One Well being strategy in any respect ranges; offering upstream coverage and legislative recommendation and technical help to assist set nationwide targets and priorities; and selling multinational, multi-sector, multidisciplinary collaboration, studying and alternate of data, options and applied sciences. It additionally fosters the values of cooperation and shared duty, multisectoral motion and partnership, gender fairness, and inclusiveness.
Why One Well being?
One Well being is the principle strategy for addressing the advanced well being challenges going through our society, corresponding to ecosystem degradation, meals system failures, infectious ailments and antimicrobial resistance.
“Utilizing a One Well being lens that brings all related sectors collectively is important to sort out international well being threats, like monkeypox, COVID-19 and Ebola,” mentioned WOAH Director Normal Dr. Monique Eloit, who highlighted the necessity for enhanced illness prevention capability in all sectors. “All of it begins with making certain the well being of animals. Animal well being is our well being, it’s everybody’s well being.”
FAO Director-Normal QU Dongyu added, “One Well being ought to begin from correct land administration and stopping deforestation, which can assist individuals and their animals within the surrounding setting. We want all sectors working carefully collectively to establish and implement adaptation and mitigation measures.”
UNEP Govt Director Inger Andersen mentioned that everybody has the correct to a clear and wholesome setting. “The present pandemic unequivocally demonstrates that the degradation of nature is driving up well being dangers throughout the board.”
Efforts by only one sector or specialty can not forestall or get rid of infectious illness and different advanced threats to One Well being.
She continued, “Susceptible populations of all species, together with probably the most poor and marginalized people, bear the heaviest prices. The Joint Plan of Motion will drive down well being dangers via an built-in strategy to human, animal and setting well being.”
“It’s clear {that a} One Well being strategy should be central to our shared work to strengthen the world’s defences towards epidemics and pandemics corresponding to COVID-19. That’s why One Well being is likely one of the guiding rules of the brand new worldwide settlement for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, which our Member States are actually negotiating.” WHO Director-Normal Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned.
Constructing on current buildings and agreements, mechanisms for coordinated financing are below growth to assist the plan’s implementation. The Quadripartite will be a part of forces to leverage the wanted assets in assist of the widespread strategy to deal with important well being threats and promote the well being of individuals, animals, vegetation and the setting.
