One Health Joint Plan of Action(OHJPA)

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About  the plan of action-

• • The One Health Joint Plan of Action, developed through a participatory process, provided a set of activities that aim to strengthen collaboration, communication, capacity building and coordination. These will be equally applicable on across all sectors responsible for addressing health concerns. 
  • The plan is valid from 2022-2026 and is aimed at mitigate the health challenges at global, regional, and country levels.

• Six key areas were focused on in the plan are:
• • One Health capacity for health systems.
  • Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic epidemics.
  • Endemic zoonotic.
  • Neglected tropical and vector-borne diseases.
  • Antimicrobial resistance and the environment.
  • Food safety risks.
• Action Track 5 deals with curbing the silent pandemic of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is a major global threat affecting the human, animal, plant, food, and environmental sectors. 
• It outlines the commitment of the Quadripartite organizations (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) to collectively advocate and support the implementation of One Health.
• The plan has outlined joint action to preserve antimicrobial efficacy. 
• It also focused on ensuring sustainable and equitable access to antimicrobials for responsible and prudent use in human, animal and plant health has been outlined for it. 
• The concept of One Health recognises the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent. 

Further reading: https://journalsofindia.com/one-health-approach/

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