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These three organisations have worked together for many years to prevent, detect, control and eliminate health threats to humans, originating – directly or indirectly – from animals.
Putting the “One Health”» vision into practice has been facilitated by a formal alliance between the three organisations. In this context, the FAO, OIE and WHO acknowledge their respective responsibilities in combating diseases which have a severe impact on health and the economy, particularly zoonoses.
In 2010, the three Organisations published a Tripartite Concept Note, describing their collaboration and objectives in the prevention and control of health risks at the human–animal–ecosystems interface.
By working together in this way, they can create synergy in their expertise and communications activities on issues of common interest, in order to mobilise their public and private partners, Member Country governments and public opinion.
They meet regularly and their principal activities are aimed at early detection of the emergence of animal and human diseases, so that these can be met with a swift and targeted response to control disease outbreaks and prevent their spread worldwide
Such actions include, for example:
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Animal influenza | Antimicrobial resistance | Rabies |
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In October 2017, the OIE, the FAO and the WHO released their second Tripartite strategic document reaffirming their commitment to provide multi-sectoral, collaborative leadership in addressing health challenges. The scope of their collaboration will be enlarged to more broadly embrace the “One Health” approach recognising that human health, animal health and the environment are interconnected.
The document presents the way forward that the three organisations will follow. While maintaining the momentum achieved for antimicrobial resistance, rabies and zoonotic influenza, the partners decided to enlarge their collaboration with a particular focus on:
On 31 May 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing to step up joint action to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals and the environment.
This MOU supports the 2010 Tripartite Concept Note describing the collaborative strategy amongst the three organisations as well as the strategic document published in 2017.
Bringing together knowledge, insights and technical capacities in human and animal health and food and agriculture can generate strong synergies, for more robust, effective and cost-efficient solutions to the complex health problems facing the world today.
Joint activities under the MOU will include:
One Health “at a glance” More effective control of global health risks
International collaboration Strengthening multi-sectoral collaboration at the national level Media resources