Through its catalytic support, the Pandemic Fund is helping Burkina Faso shift from reactive crisis management to proactive, resilient prevention.

For years, there’s been a growing recognition that human, animal, and environmental health are closely linked – not just in theory, but in the everyday realities of disease outbreaks, agrifood systems, and environmental change.

FAO’s engagement emphasized the importance of a One Health approach within agrifood systems transformation to safeguard the health of people, animals, plants and the environment, with a strong focus on empowering youth in this space.

FAO with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and national stakeholders, successfully concluded a technical mission aimed at strengthening brucellosis control in the country.

The integration of ProgRESSVet alumni into the FAO One Health Knowledge Nexus ICT Community of Practice emerged as a natural extension of existing collaboration and trust between the teams. 

FAO announced three initiatives to help enterprising youth in the field of One Health, and outlined the three pillars undergirding the integrated approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems.

Director-General QU Dongyu on Tuesday addressed a High Level Segment on Science, Governance and Finance at the One Health Summit in Lyon, France, where he outlined a series of forthcoming FAO initiatives aimed at strengthening the links between human, animal and plant health.

With improved mobility, field teams will now be better equipped to reach remote and high-risk areas, strengthen cross-border coordination, and accelerate disease surveillance and response efforts.

Through eight interactive modules, participants explore the impact of zoonotic diseases, as well as the benefits and challenges of implementing a One Health approach in real-world settings.

The Director‑General of FAO, QU Dongyu called for accelerated action to advance the One Health agenda, warning that persistent capacity gaps and insufficient sustainable financing continue to undermine progress.

This course aims to ensure alignment of the operating procedure for acaricide resistance tick bioassays testing and enhancing the capacity of laboratory workers to diagnose and monitor acaricide resistance in ticks. 

Preventing future health crises requires urgent, coordinated action that recognizes the deep interconnections between the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems.

One Health emphasizes that human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health are deeply interconnected, especially as global crises like pandemics, climate change, and food system disruptions increasingly overlap.

Frontline wildlife and environmental officers play a vital role in safeguarding biodiversity, and preventing and detecting zoonotic disease risks.

Antimicrobials play a vital role in treating sick animals and protecting our food supply from harmful pathogens, but their overuse and misuse in human medicine and agriculture is driving the failure of critically important antibiotics through a process known as antimicrobial resistance.

A preliminary study conducted during a response supported FAO highlights concerning gaps in rabies prevention and opens concrete avenues to better protect families through the One Health approach.

This course examines the challenges associated with livestock tick infestations, with a detailed focus on the biology of ticks and the factors that contribute to their spread.

The Ministry of Forestry, with FAO and support from the Australian Government, launched a new phase of efforts to strengthen animal health systems and reduce zoonotic spillover risks.

Strengthening the One Health workforce is essential to protect agrifood systems, safeguard livelihoods and reduce disease risks at the human, animal and environmental interface.

The Government of Samoa, with partners including the World Bank, FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched the One Health Pandemic Preparedness and Response project, with financial support from the Pandemic Fund.