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One Health and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

Guidance for United Nations Country Teams 2023

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 29 p.

Author FAO; UNEP; WHO; WOAH;

Publisher FAO ; UNEP ; WHO ; World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) ;

Product type Booklet

Synopsis (short abstract) This Guidance Note for Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams (UNCT) aims to ensure that One Health is adequately included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCF). The UNSDCF should support mainstreaming One Health approaches into national development plans and enable better streamlining and integration of relevant One Health activities in order to contribute to the strengthening of overall health systems. One Health is an integrated, unifying approach to sustainably optimize the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems by acting together to manage health threats and promote good health. One Health approaches are increasingly being taken up by countries, given the frequency and severity of threats linking the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment. The approach is vital to addressing ongoing multidimensional health challenges, including: emerging infectious diseases and pandemics like COVID-19; the burden of zoonotic diseases; the upsurge of food, land and water safety hazards; the impacts of pollution; the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance; and the degradation of natural ecosystems and biodiversity. This Guidance Note has been developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) (known collectively as the Quadripartite). The guidelines should be considered in the content of the Quadripartite One Health Joint Plan of Action (2022-2026) which provides the vision and guidance for the inclusion of a One Health approach at country level and within the UNSDCF.

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FAO, UNEP, WHO & WOAH. 2023. One Health and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework – Guidance for UN Country Teams. Rome.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5067en

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