The document discusses the One Health approach, emphasizing its importance in the integrated management of human, animal, and environmental health to combat emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. It highlights Indonesia's commitment to this paradigm through policy initiatives and collaborative efforts in the fight against zoonosis and discusses challenges faced by journalists in effectively reporting on One Health issues. The document also outlines strategies for improving One Health reporting, advocating for cross-sectoral perspectives and collaborative approaches in journalism.

1. ONE HEALTH
APPROACH
JOURNALISTIC
REPORTING
ELLY BURHAINI FAIZAL – THE JAKARTA
POST

2. ONE HEALTH—A BASIC
CONCEPT
The One Health Approach highlights the importance of a strong
collaboration among professionals who work in the field of
human, animal and environmental health to get a thorough
understanding about and solve critical elements related to a
disease transmission.
One Health is an approach to optimize the health of humans,
animals and ecosystems by integrating these fields, rather than
keeping them separate (World Health Organization, 3 October
2022).

3. WHY WE NEED ONE HEALTH
APPROACH
 The health of humans, animals and ecosystems are closely related so
it demands a close collaboration among relevant sectors.
 WHO says some 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases that are
reported globally come from animals, both wild and domestic. Over
30 new human pathogens have been detected in the last three
decades, 75 percent of which have originated in animals.
 The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the need for a more
integrated system to improve global health.

4. THE ONE HEALTH APPROACH ENCOMPASSES A
WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES AND IT CAN BE USED TO
TACKLE THE SPREAD OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES
(E.G. AVIAN INFLUENZA, MALARIA),
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) AND
CHEMICAL-RELATED ILLNESSES, AMONG OTHER
THINGS.

5. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
 In September 2012, the Indonesian government renewed its pledge to combat
the rampant spread of deadly animal-borne diseases (zoonosis), calling on local
administrations, private sectors and community groups to work closer to
minimize severe impacts of the disease outbreaks.
 Through its newly-established National Committee on Zoonosis Control (KNPZ),
the government demanded all policy makers to fully implement the 2011
Presidential Regulation on Zoonotic Diseases Control, which required all
stakeholders to play roles in fighting deadly animal-borne diseases.
 Together with the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), KNPZ
developed the 2012-2017 National Strategic Plan to Control Zoonosis as the
guideline to implement holistic animal-borne diseases control measures.

6. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
According to KNPZ, there should be a new paradigm in fighting
zoonosis.
“[…], the campaign to fight bird flu, rabies, anthrax and other zoonotic
diseases must involve ‘the whole of society’. The campaign must use
the ‘One Health’ paradigm that encompasses all aspects of public
health, animal health and environmental health, as well as food safety
and food security. Thus, it should be multisectoral […].”
“Domestic animal-wild animal-human-environment interface can serve
as the potential risk for the acceleration of zoonosis incidences of
zoonosis. Therefore, zoonosis risk reduction through the mobilization
of all society elements could be the best way to eliminate the threats.”

7. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
 Indonesia participated in the fifth International One Health Congress in
Saskatoon, Canada, on 22-25 June 2018. It shared its experiences in
preventing and controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases and reducing the
threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) using the “One Health” approach.
 Indonesia shared its experiences through two posters titled: "Building cross-
sectoral One Health emerging infectious disease and zoonoses surveillance
and response capacity in Indonesia: So much more than a training exercise"
and “Antibiotics Use on Small and Medium Scale Broiler Farms in West Java,
East Java and South Sulawesi Provinces, Indonesia”.

8. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
Why do we use the One Health Approach?
According to the Agriculture Ministry’s Directorate of Animal Health:
 A pandemic threat cannot be overcome by one sector alone, as it involves all aspects of human health,
animal health and the environment.
 Indonesia is one of the hotspots for Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in Asia, which may be
transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses) such as avian influenza.
 Efforts to prevent and control EID and zoonoses using the “One Health” approach have been
conducted by the Indonesian government since 2006-2007, including through the Emerging
Pandemic Threats (EPT2) program together with the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal
Diseases (ECTAD) Indonesia. This program was funded by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID).
 Indonesia has implemented “One Health” in preventing and controlling EID and zoonoses in four pilot
project areas: Bengkalis (Riau), Ketapang (West Kalimantan), Boyolali (Central Java) and Minahasa
(North Sulawesi).

9. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
 June 8, 2022: The Group of 20’s (G20) One Health meeting in Lombok, West
Nusa Tenggara. The meeting discussed G20 Lombok One Health Policy Brief.
One Health, which integrates the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, is
a key measure to anticipate other pandemics in the future. Health Minister Budi
Gunadi Sadikin said “There is no health without One Health”.
 June 20, 2022: Delegations attending G20 Health Ministers’ Meetings in
Yogyakarta discussed One Health and other key health issues, including
tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
 June 29, 2022: G20 AMR Pre-Event Meeting. It discussed the importance of
surveillance as the backbone of AMR prevention and control. The meeting also
talked about the possible integration of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),
antimicrobial usage (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance control (AMC)
surveillances.

10. SOME KEY NOTES FROM ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
 For this year's World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the One Health
Quadripartite—which includes WHO, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for
Animal Health (WOAH) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)—highlights the urgent need to increase One
Health action to address AMR.
 Countries are urged to accelerate One Health action while continuing
to increase national, regional, international and global awareness and
support, as what Indonesia has achieved during its G20 presidency,
which resulted in a Call to Action to increase One Health efforts to
address AMR.

11. CHALLENGES
• One Health Approach has been acknowledged as the most
effective way to reduce the risks of the animal-human-
environment interface. Unfortunately, this approach has not yet
received adequate media attention.
• Only few journalists understand the importance of integrated
and collaborative approaches to educate the public about the
close relation between human, environmental and animal
health. As the result, there is a lack of integrated reporting,
which also covers socio-economic, environment and behavioral
factors that contribute to zoonotic disease outbreaks.

12. CHALLENGES
Journalists tend to focus only on one particular concern. On
public health, for example, they just want to talk about disease
transmissions and vaccination, while in fact there are many
factors that contribute to high chance of disease outbreaks in
the society. As the result, they do not manage to offer
integrated solutions in their writings.
Journalists face various obstacles, including funding issues, to
carry out a One Health journalistic reporting.

13. HOW TO START ONE HEALTH
REPORTING
Start to pitch story ideas on how One Health approaches are
implemented in your areas and assess human, animal and
environmental health questions found during your research
holistically.
Give a cross-sectoral perspective to your stories. Do not too
focus only on one particular issue. Journalists must be able to
speak with different sectors to get a holistic perspective.

14. HOW TO START ONE HEALTH REPORTING
Focus on the people. A simple way to get attention of your
readers is by giving them people whose stories need to be
heard.
Work collaboratively with and get support from your editors.
One Health stories are giant investigative stories. Investigative
reporting is a long and complicated task so you need an editor.
Grants and other financial supports are essential for journalists
to produce high-quality investigative reports that have an
impact.

15. GOOD LUCK!