Strengthening the One Health Approach in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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Abstract
One Health aims to use a multidisciplinary approach to combat health threats at animal, human, and environmental health interfaces. Among its broad focus areas are issues related to food safety, the control of zoonoses, laboratory services, neglected tropical diseases, environmental health, biosafety and biosecurity, and combatting antimicrobial resistance. A roundtable session was conducted on November 18, 2021, as part of the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network's (EMPHNET) seventh regional conference to highlight what role Global Health Development (GHD)|EMPHNET can play to strengthen the One Health approach. This viewpoint summarizes the findings of the roundtable discussion to highlight the experts’ viewpoints on strengthening the One Health approach, including the extent of zoonotic diseases and the dynamics of pathogens and emerging diseases; the occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens as a silent pandemic; issues surrounding the globalization of trade and food safety; the importance of integrated solutions as a new norm; issues around the institutionalization and governance toward effective operationalization of the One Health approach in the region; and how the One Health approach can be operationalized at global, regional, and local levels. The panel concluded that One Health is an integrated unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems, and provided recommendations to strengthen the One Health approach. It also discussed how GHD|EMPHNET can play its role in transferring the concept of One Health from theory to practice via a solid operationalization road map guide at the Eastern Mediterranean region level. The five broad priority areas of this operational guide include (1) establishing and strengthening a governance architecture, legal framework, and policy and advocacy structure for One Health operationalization in the region; (2) fostering coordination, communication, and collaboration for One Health actions across the region and beyond; (3) building the workforce capacity for effective One Health operationalization in the region; (4) supporting regional platforms for timely, effective, and efficient data sharing and exchange on all One Health–related issues; and (5) supporting risk communication, behavior change communication, and community engagement efforts in the region.
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The WHO Global Action Plan to address AMR emphasizes the application of the One Health approach.
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- Authors
- Hailat, E., Amiri, M., Debnath, N., Rahman, M., Nurul Islam, M., Fatima, Z., Khader, Y., & Al Nsour, M.
- Affiliations
- Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (JO)
- Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PK)
- Jordan University of Science and Technology (JO)
- Corresponding author
- Amiri, Mirwais
- ORCID
- Venue
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2023-03-21
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- e41190
- ISSN
- 1929-073X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10132016
- OpenAlex
- W4319429966
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 3.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- University of Minnesota
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology › Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- One Health, Eastern Mediterranean Region, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, emerging infectious diseases, biosafety and biosecurity, neglected tropical diseases, environmental health, One Health governance, operationalization, data sharing, risk communication, staff capacity building
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