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One Health Working Group (OHWG)
GOHI 2025 — the first quantitative global One Health index, covering 195 countries across 8 dimensions. Hosted by the Hub One Health Afrique as the continental access platform connecting Africa with Asia, Europe and the Americas. Developed by SJTU under the WFPHA One Health Working Group.
About OHWG
Comprehensive overview of the One Health Working Group's mission, vision, and approach.
One Health is an essential concept that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, pivotal in confronting global public health challenges such as zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and environmental changes.
Despite efforts by organizations like FAO, UNEP, WOAH, WHO, and various countries in promoting the One Health approach, significant challenges remain, including fragmented policy implementation and a lack of multisectoral and transdisciplinary collaboration.
The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) is committed to advancing global health with its mission of 'protecting people and the planet, preventing diseases, and promoting peace, health, and well-being'. In line with this mission, the CPMA and ABRASCO, members of WFPHA, proposed to establish a One Health Working Group (OHWG) to formulate a focused One Health strategy and promote One Health actions.
Vision
To strengthen global health security at the human-animal-environment interface, through promoting global collaboration to establish One Health platforms, enhancing disseminations to influence policy and practice, and improving knowledge and capacity building on One Health.
Objectives
- Promoting global collaboration to establish One Health platforms through interdisciplinary cooperation across health, environmental, and policy sectors.
- Enhancing disseminations to influence policy and practice on One Health by advocating for the integration of One Health principles into global and national policies.
- Improving knowledge and capacity building on One Health by developing scientific collaboration between experts from different world regions.
The work of the One Health Working Group builds on the foundations laid in the vision to strengthen global health security at the human-animal-environment interface. Activities critical to success include:
- Disseminating the One Health concept through technical guidelines, policy briefs, and scoping reviews to influence policy and practice.
- Enhancing knowledge and capacity on One Health through global webinars, network activities, and work promoted by all working group members.
- Managing a cooperation platform on One Health efficiently through the secretariat office located within the School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
- Supporting all activities through funds raised annually.
Deliverables:
- Website of the working group under WFPHA
- One Forum (2026) and three webinars
- Three policy briefs and two literature reviews
- Three networks with knowledge hubs
- Several consultation and dissemination events
- Annual reports on One Health Working Group
- 3-5 Interns enrolled
- Evaluation reports after three years
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