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One Health Tools & Toolkits

Launched June 2022

Many governmental and non-governmental organizations, academics, and other individuals have created a diverse array of tools to assist One Health practitioners and lifelong learners. These documents aid in health systems management, disease surveillance, research, learning, and much more. To help streamline awareness of and access to them, the One Health Commission has gathered tools and toolkits from across the web and presented them below.

This compilation is a global One Health community effort. Please help us make this webpage a complete and useful space to showcase resources for implementing a One Health approach. Feel free to contact us with any suggestions for additions or modifications at ohc@onehealthcommission.org.

Page Contents - One Health Tools & Toolkit Topics:

One Health Tools & Toolkits for Zoonotic Disease Control:

In alphabetical order by organization

The resources in this section focus on priority pathogens other than SARS-CoV-2

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - World Health Organization (WHO) - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH*) Tripartite**:

The Tripartite** coordination framework of the FAO, WHO, and WOAH* lead to the development of the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide to help countries address zoonoses

• Joint Risk Assessment Operational Tool (JRA OT) - helps countries identify and prioritize zoonotic threats. Created to complement the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide
• Multisectoral Coordination Mechanisms Operational Tool - helps countries coordinate on OH to manage zoonotic diseases and other health threats
• Surveillance and Information Sharing Operational Tool - helps countries to establish or strengthen their coordinated, multisectoral surveillance and information sharing for zoonotic diseases. 

*Prior to 28 May 2022, WOAH used its founding initials (derived from the founding name Office International des Épizooties; "OIE"). WOAH materials listed here predate that rebranding.

**Documents listed here precede the addition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to the Tripartite framework on 17 March 2022, now termed the "Quadripartite."

FAO:

• One Health Monitoring Tool (OHMT) - as used in Indonesia. Aids in prevention and control of zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs, also listed below in 'Tools for COVID-19 & other EIDs')
  • Has been piloted and further implemented in other countries by the FAO

One-Health European Joint Program (OHEJP): Many EJP projects may be described as "tools". All can be found here.

• One Health EJP Decision Support Tool - helps address zoonotic and emerging disease threats. See explanatory webpage and academic article (also listed below in 'Tools for COVID-19 & other EIDs')
• One Health Risk Analysis System (OHRAS) - a risk analysis system made in line with the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide. More documentation here
• OHEJP Outcome Inventory (OHOI) - searchable database of vital information from other OHEJP projects, such as project databases, microscopy stain collections, and project tools

Additionally, the OHEJP knowledge management platforms mostly pertain to zoonoses. They can also be found below in the 'Organizational Management' section.

• OHEJP Glossary - word reference guide to improve communication between OH sectors. More information here
• ORION Knowledge Hub - Builds upon the OHEJP Glossary by comparing uses of terms across different OHEJP projects

State of Arizona:

• Arizona One Health Toolkit - see explanatory webinar w/ slideset

University of Minnesota:

• One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART) - more details in this slideset and academic article

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Strategies to Prevent (STOP) Spillover Project:

• OH Information Systems Assessment Tool (OHIAT) - with explanatory slideset
  • OHIAT has a conceptual basis in this knowledge management system

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC):

• One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Tool (OHZDP) - further described in this academic article  (Note: Assessment requires facilitators)

• Generalizable One Health Framework (GOHF) - framework to control zoonotic diseases, integrated with the OHDZP process

One Health Tools & Toolkits for COVID-19 & Other Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID):

In alphabetical order by organization

FAO:

• One Health Monitoring Tool (OHMT) - as used in Indonesia. Aids in prevention and control of zoonoses and EIDs (also listed above in 'Zoonotic Disease Control')
  • Has been piloted and further implemented by the FAO

OHEJP:

• One Health EJP Decision Support Tool - helps address zoonotic and emerging disease threats. See explanatory webpage and academic article (also listed above in 'Zoonotic Disease Control')

USAID:

• PREDICT Resources - extensive list of field and benchtop research manuals for wildlife disease monitoring, and much more
• Spillover Viral Risk Ranking - developed with Global Virome Project to identify viruses with the highest risk of zoonotic spillover. Methods and background are detailed in this academic publication
  • HealthMap - visualizes data from PREDICT project & other disease events

US CDC:

• One Health Toolkit for Health Officials Managing Companion Animals with SARS-CoV-2

One Health Tools for Geospatial Analysis:

In alphabetical order by organization

SMART Partnership:

• Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) - created for wildlife health surveillance, as discussed here.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA):

• EnviroAtlas - provides data, tools, and other resources related to ecosystems and human health with a US focus

  • Also used by the US EPA for the National Pet Health Survey in coordination with the One Health Commission

One Health Tools & Toolkits for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR):

In alphabetical order by category

Intergovernmental organizations:

• FAO AMR Tools and resources - library of analytical frameworks & instruments

• WHO Costing and Budgeting Tool for National Action Plans on AMR

• WHO implementation handbook for national action plans on AMR: guidance for the human health sector

• WHO Europe Office - Tailoring Antimicrobial Resistance Programmes (TAP) Toolbox - supports programming to fight AMR and includes a quick reference guide

• World Bank Landscape Analysis of Tools to Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Academic resources:

• AMR-Policy Analysis Coding Toolkit (AMR-PACT) - describes a framework for analyzing national action plans on AMR

• One Health Evaluation of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Surveillance (OHE-AMURS) - evaluates the integration of surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use

• Resistancebank.org - crowdsourced & centralized online platform with information on AMR in animals. More details in this academic publication

NGO & Other resources:

• American Society for Microbiology Toolkits for Fighting AMR - for educators, policymakers, and the ag industry (near bottom of page)

• AMR OH Network of the European Commission: Digital Tool - facilitates communication across the network (requires AMR OH Network membership)

• AMR Advocacy Toolkit - created by the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA, see also in 'Tools for Advocacy, Policy, & Governance' section and 'Education' section below)

• ResistanceMap - One Health Trust / CDDEP interactive collection of charts and maps that summarize regional data on antimicrobial use and AMR

One Health Tools & Toolkits for Advocacy, Policy, & Governance:

In alphabetical order by resource title

• Antimicrobial Resistance Advocacy Toolkit - created by IFMSA (also linked in 'Toolkits for AMR' above)

• One Health matrix tool - describes a method of organizing conceptual elements of multifactorial health issues to improve policymaking

• State Governmental One Health Advocacy Guide for United States - prepared by the International Student One Health Alliance (ISOHA) and Iowa One Health (IOH)

• USAID Toolkits - selection of policy & planning tools. Those listed here are relevant to advocacy policy, and governance. Other USAID toolkits are also listed under 'Organizational Management,' 'Education,' and 'Event-Planning.'

  • Incorporating OH into Policy & Technical Guidance Toolkit

  • One Health Policy Advocacy Toolkit

  • One Health Policy Model Toolkit

  • One Health Stakeholder Mapping Toolkit

  • Private Sector Engagement in One Health Toolkit

Tools & Toolkits for One Health Education:

One Health Workforce Academies:

• Resource Library Competency, Framework, and Evaluation Toolkit - framework for OH training and education (bottom of page)

USAID:

• USAID OH Toolkits - large selection of tools for education, policy, planning, etc. The one listed here is relevant to education. Other USAID toolkits are also listed above under 'Advocacy, Policy, & Governance,' and below under 'Organizational Management' and Event-Planning.

  • Simulation toolkit - guides the user in running a simulation exercise

Tools & Toolkits for One Health Organizational Management:

In alphabetical order by organization

ISOHA:

• One Health Student Group Start-Up Toolkit - created by the International Student One Health Alliance (ISOHA)

OHEJP:  These knowledge management systems mostly pertain to zoonoses and can be found in the 'Zoonotic Disease Control' section above.

• OHEJP Glossary - word reference guide to improve communication between OH sectors. More information here
• ORION Knowledge Hub - builds upon the OHELP glossary by comparing uses of terms across different OEJP projects

USAID:

• USAID OH Toolkits - large selection of tools for nations to create multisectoral One Health platforms. Those listed here are relevant to organizational management. Other USAID toolkits are also listed above under 'Advocacy, Policy, & Governance' and 'Education,' and below under 'Event-Planning.'

  • Organizational Structure and Terms of Reference Toolkit - helps define the structure of a national One Health platform

  • Leading Change Toolkit - guide to influence decision-makers to use OH

  • One Health Strategic Plan Development Toolkit - helps orient organizational direction

  • Sustainable Funding Strategy for One Health Toolkit - fundraising guide

  • One Health Gender Integration Toolkit - aids in achieving higher gender equity

Tools & Toolkits for One Health Event-Planning:

USAID:

• USAID OH Toolkits - a large selection of tools to aid nations in establishing multisectoral One Health platforms. The one listed here is relevant to event planning. Other USAID toolkits are also listed above under 'Advocacy, Policy, & Governance,' 'Education,' and 'Organizational Management.'

  • One Health Platform Launch Toolkit - outlines how to conduct a platform launch event

Other resources:

• One Health conference planning guide (slideset) & sample event proposal

• One Health Clinic Toolkit - for joint human-animal community healthcare events. Created by the Seattle One Health Clinic

Additional Resources Relevant to One Health Tools & Toolkits:

In reverse chronological order by publication date

Global One Health Index:

• Zhang X, Liu J, Han L, et al. Towards a global One Health index: a potential assessment tool for One Health performance. Infect Dis Poverty. 2022;11(57):1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00979-9
• Zhou N, Cheng Z, Zhang X, et al. Global Antimicrobial Resistance: a system-wide comprehensive analysis investigation using the Global One Health Index. Infect Dis Poverty. 2022;11(92). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-01016-5

Pelican K, Salyer S, Barton Behravesh C, et al. Synergising tools for capacity assessment and One Health operationalisation. Rev Sci Tech Off Int. Epiz. 2019;38(1):71–89.

Understanding the 'One Health' Concept: The Value of Storytelling, September 2018, presentation by Helena Chapman, MD, PhD, at the NASA Health and Air Quality Team Meeting. Shares a toolkit to: Observe, Analyze, & Communicate

Davis M, Rankin S, Schurer J, et al. Checklist for One Health Epidemiological Reporting of Evidence (COHERE). One Health. 2017;4:12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.07.001

Rist C, Arriola C, Rubin C, (2014) Prioritizing Zoonoses: A Proposed One Health Tool for Collaborative Decision-Making. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(10):e109986. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109986.

Zinsstag J, Schelling E. Bonfoh B, et al. Towards a 'One Health' research and application tool box. Vet Ital. 2009;45(1):121-33.

Oxfam: Building Trust in Diverse Teams: The Toolkit for Emergency Response (2007).

Webpage last updated 9-14-22

This information was compiled by Dr. Neil Vezeau and the One Health Commission. The One Health Commission and any other creator(s) of this webpage claim no ownership of works cited, hyperlinked, or otherwise included herein. Copyrights of such works belong to their respective owners. The inclusion of such works on this webpage is covered by fair use doctrine under United States Federal law.