Description
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is in the
process of integrating One Health into its organizational culture, focusing
strategically on issues common to the domains of human, domestic animal, and
wildlife health. Key issues the FAO is focusing on include surveillance and
disease intelligence at the three health domains, the need to improve
biosecurity, mechanisms to address socio-economic disincentives, the need to
address broader developmental issues, communication strategies at different
levels, effective long-term public-private partnership, and the development of a
common monitoring and evaluation framework. FAO is also working to
develop synergy within its own programs to improve collaboration and
streamline efforts.
Purpose
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts. FAO's mandate is
to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity and animal health,
better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world
economy.
Scope Global
Primary Funders
FAO's overall work is funded by assessed and voluntary contributions. The
assessed contributions are member countries' contributions, set at the biennial
FAO Conference. The voluntary contributions provided by members and other
partners support technical and emergency (including rehabilitation) assistance
to governments, as well as direct support to FAO's core work.
Participants & Key Collaborators
The World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal
Health (OIE), the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, Unicef,
and UN System Influenza Coordination.
Definition of One Health
One Health is a collaborative, international, cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary
mechanism to address threats and reduce risks of detrimental infectious diseases
at the animal-human-ecosystem interface.
Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy
FAO has a formal action plan to increase the One Health approach which has
official endorsement and for which funds needs to be raised. The strategic
framework FAO developed with its partners includes five specific objectives
with numerous key outputs for each. Timeline for implementation will depend
on successful resource mobilization.
Sources of Information
FAO and partners’ One Health strategic framework:
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/aj137e/aj137e00.pdf
Interview with Katinka de Balogh
Contact Juan Lubroth
Chief, Animal Production and
Health
Katinka de Balogh
Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health
