In-person event
One Health has traditionally been framed through a human health lens, focusing on how animals and the environment affect human health rather than recognising the interdependent and equally important relationships between all three.
At the same time, most attention on One Health has gone to antimicrobial resistance, with other threats receiving relatively limited political attention. This is no longer sufficient. Climate change is reshaping the spread of zoonotic diseases and animal health crises are threatening our food security. And the healthcare sector itself leaves a significant environmental footprint. These connections demand urgent, coordinated action. Yet policy and research continue to address them in silos.
Closing that gap between the policy framing and reality of One Health requires cross-sectoral surveillance, preventive research, collaboration across various domains, and dedicated funding. It means bringing together actors including pharmaceutical companies, medical, veterinary and environmental scientists and agencies, as well as policymakers around a shared agenda to promote the One Health approach. Initiatives like GLOWACON, the global consortium promoting wastewater and environmental surveillance, show that this is possible – but far more is needed.
With the EU’s recently adopted Global Health Resilience Initiative, and ongoing discussions over the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034), which includes its Framework Programme for research and innovation (FP10), this event explores the EU’s role in effectively advancing One Health.
Specifically, it aims to tackle the hard questions: How do we embed One Health into governance frameworks at local, national and international levels? What institutional and funding models actually work? How do we move from pilot initiatives to systemic change? How do we foster multi-level collaboration between academia, policymakers and other stakeholders to promote the One Health approach?
