1. One Health – One Planet – One Future
International Perspectives
One Health Summit 2012
Davos, Switzerland

2. Outline
 Why is it important for us?
 What have we done and learned?
 What do we intend to do?
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3. At the Core of our Mandate
 The cost of zoonotic diseases ($6.7b per year 1998-2009 for 8
zoonoses) and devastating economic impact that pandemics
can have ($3trillion; 70 million human fatalities; 4.8% global GDP)
 Disease outbreaks can reverse years of progress in
poverty reduction and economic growth (adverse impacts on
public health, food security, food safety, livestock production and trade, and
rural livelihoods)
 Prevention and control of major diseases is a Global
Public Good
 Control of diseases at their animal/ecosystem source is
far less costly than addressing resulting epidemics in humans
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4. What We Have Done
 HPAI: our best example so far
 3 Main roles
 Collaboration across sectors and agencies/donors at country
level
 Provision of substantial financing ($1.3b – 60 countries)
Global monitoring of needs and gaps jointly with UNSIC
 Accomplishments in 3 areas
 Results on the ground
 Partnership and collaboration (Geneva 2005; GPAI; INAP)
 Knowledge creation and dissemination
 New Generation: HPAI restructured/extended; others
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5. What We Have Learned
 At Country level
 Non-technical constraints critical (advocacy; communication
and public awareness)
 System approach (w/ tools)… plus coordination
 Economic analysis
 Education and training
 Many examples of good collaboration
 At International level
 Opportunities (to seize) international consensus;
agencies/donors internal dynamics
 Challenges (to overcome) multi-sector; demonstration
 Risks (to manage) proliferation of new initiatives/projects
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6. Our Approach
 Build Systems … w/ a balanced approach
 Make them Collaborate (areas of common interests)
 Pay attention to the Interface (risks)
 Country focused priorities (a particular disease…)
 Emphasize PH impact & Control at source
 Economic Analysis (rationale with parallel tracks)
 Link to current/forthcoming Operations
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7. The Way Forward
 The Funding Issue (or is it really an issue?) -> A
concerted and long-term vision
 Rationale (the Why) -> A collective message to Min. of
Finances , Donors, and the Whole-of-Society
Tripartite Strategy (the What) sequel of GPAI; the
institutional legitimacy supported by independent think tanks
 Operational Framework (the How) under serious
consideration; preliminary thoughts
 a Global Partnership? (beyond the framework) ideas and
involvement welcome/needed
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8. Added Value
OH will contribute to build effective and efficient animal
and human health systems for early detection and rapid
response to (zoonotic) diseases, thus reduce risks at the
animal-human-environment interface, and improve public
health globally and support poverty alleviation and
economic growth in developing countries
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