Concept note for the Regional Initiative on One Health

Abstract

At the 33rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Malaysia in 2016, countries of the region prioritized One Health as an important multi-disciplinary approach to resolve complex issues in food and agriculture. The mandate for FAORAP was to develop a regional initiative (RI) that will build on earlier experiences in the region which have mostly focused largely on zoonotic diseases such as avian flu and the growing threat of anti-microbial resistance (AMR). The RI aims to expand the scope of the app roach, address interconnected issues in a holistic way and engage stakeholders of different disciplines in the problem solving process. To this end, a regional technical workshop is being organized in Bangkok at the Hotel Millennium Hilton with representatives from all country offices in the Asian region and of the sub-regional office in Samoa. They will be joined by resources persons and technical staff from RAP and FAO headquarters to brainstorm, strategize and recommend to follow up actions t hat can be immediately implemented some countries of the region.