The Alliance was pleased to co-host the launch of the Quadripartite’s awaited One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) on Tuesday, 18th October. The event took place in the impressive Dinosaur Hall of the Natural History Museum in Berlin. Our international guests joined the event on-site and online.

The event was co-organized by the four Quadripartite organizations (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) with support from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Museum für Naturkunde, and the Foundation Healthy Planet – Healthy People.

The One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) was developed in response to international requests to prevent future pandemics and to promote health sustainably through the One Health approach. It outlines the commitment of the Quadripartite organizations to collectively advocate and support the implementation of One Health. It builds on, complements and adds value to existing global and regional One Health and coordination initiatives aimed at strengthening capacity to address complex multidimensional health risks with more resilient health systems at global, regional and national level.

The plan includes six action tracks: enhancing countries’ capacity to strengthen health systems under a One Health approach; reducing the risks from emerging or re-emerging zoonotic epidemics and pandemics; controlling and eliminating endemic zoonotic, neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases; strengthening the assessment, management and communication of food safety risks; curbing the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and better integrating the environment into the One Health approach.

You can read and download the OH JPA here:

You can watch a summary of the launch event here:

The High-Level Advocacy Event served as an occasion for the Quadripartite members and government representatives to present the plan and discuss the opportunities for implementation. Online and on-site guests had the chance to ask questions directly to the four panelists from the Quadripartite, who had come to Berlin for the event. To end the evening, participants continued their informal exchange between and underneath the impressive Dinosaur skeletons with food and drinks.

You can watch the whole launch event online:

The program included:

Moderator:

• Constanze Riedle, Head of Programme, “International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Introduction and Welcome

• Johannes Vogel, Director General at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
• Svenja Schulze, Minister, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Keynote Address

• Wilhelmina Jallah, Minister of Health, Republic of Liberia (tbc)

Panel Discussion

• Chadia Wannous, One Health Global Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
• Francesco Branca, Director, Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Keith Sumption, Chief Veterinary Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Wondwosen Asnake KIBRET, Policy and Partnerships Coordinator, Europe Office, UN Environment Program (UNEP)
• Thomas C. Mettenleiter, President, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health and Co-Chair of the OH High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)

Closing Remark

• Cem Özdemir, Minister, German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture