Category: Meetings 2011

to Address Health Risks at the Human-Animal-Ecosystems Interfaces

Date: November 15-17, 2011
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Organizer: Government of the United Mexican States, FAO, OIE, and WHO

Summary

The High Level Technical Meeting (HLTM) was held in Mexico City in November 2011. HLTM built upon the outcomes of the International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (Hanoi 2010) and other related international meetings. The focus of the HLTM was to initiate a process in which health risks at human-animal-ecosystem interfaces are addressed within different geographic regions and to prepare for the next Joint Ministerial Meeting, planned for 2012 or 2013. The meeting highlighted three topic areas (rabies, animal influenza, and antimicrobial resistance) as a basis for discussion about what the Tripartite and individual countries are and could be doing to build political will and more actively engage Ministers in the One Health movement.

High Level Technical Meeting to Address Health Risks at the Human-Animal-Ecosystems Interfaces Meeting Summary (PDF)

Date: October 31-November 1, 2011

Location: Atlanta, GA

Organizer: CDC and European External Action Service (EEAS)

Summary
This meeting, with funding from the United States Department of State, brought together the One Health Global Network work group that was established during the Stone Mountain Meeting of 2010. The objective of the meeting was to develop a proposal for a global network that can link all existing and future One Health databases and materials, as well as to develop a vision for the governance of the One Health movement that will ensure the coherence of the movement. A network task force was created and tasked with moving the idea of a “network of networks” forward over the subsequent six months. In addition, the concept of a One Health Guidance Group was developed.

Expert Meeting on One Health Governance and Global Network Meeting Report (PDF)

Date: February 14-16, 2011
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Summary

The Congress focused on the risks and challenges brought about by the interactions between animal and human health and the environment. It considered these in the general context of the science and research being undertaken, but critically focused on the outcomes that need to be achieved to effectively manage the growing risks to global health. The Congress envisaged that a global consideration of interrelated issues of animal and human health and the relationship with the environment can take the science to the policy maker and thus drive real and profound change.

1st International One Health Congress Meeting Report