A NEW GLOBAL HEALTH ORDER 3.2
Navigating the complexities of One Health requires input from all stakeholders – and in India, synergies are emerging, with
the country committing to it as a key item on the
political agenda for progress on development, equity, economic and health gains
A view from the Global South T he ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is a long overdue reminder of the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health and the urgency of developing global, regional and national One Health frameworks. An intergovernmental negotiating body is currently drafting and negotiating an agreement under the One Health framework to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in the form of a pandemic accord to be presented to the World Health Assembly in 2024. Along with the amended International Health Regulations, this will constitute a comprehensive, complementary and synergistic set of global health agreements. THE G20’S COMMITMENT Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Italy’s 2021 G20 presidency identified three key pillars of health – people, planet and prosperity – for creating resilient health systems for future unknown disease outbreaks. G20 health ministers underlined the importance of operationalising the One Health approach. They called for a multisectoral approach to strengthening surveillance, prevention, preparedness and response to health
threats. The G20 also established a Joint Finance-Health Task Force to tackle antimicrobial resistance, enhance global cooperation and dialogue for pandemic preparedness, and exchange best practices among members. It envisaged increasing engagement among finance and health ministries for collective action, preparation for future health emergencies and resource mobilisation to foster the goal of One Health. The group came up with a ‘Call to Action’ to build One Health resilience in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the United Nations Environment Programme. In 2022, the One Health Joint Plan of Action by the FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH supported Indonesia’s G20 presidency to come up with the Lombok G20 One Health Policy Brief. It identified seven key areas: awareness and advocacy, identification of gaps and opportunities, One Health governance, One Health funding and investment, the One Health joint action plan, implementation of One Health through all policies and strengthened One Health research. G20 health ministers in 2022 also emphasised implementing national AMR action plans using scientific evidence. They acknowledged that the investment
By Mansukh Mandaviya, union minister of health and family welfare, India
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Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration
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