AGA IN ACTION FAO and partners talk about One Health with the
People's Republic of China “One Health is an infectious concept”
said Dr Juan Lubroth, the Chief of the Animal Health Service and
Chief Veterinary Officer of FAO. And it appears that this is
indeed the case, since talk about One Health is moving from
Europe to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. For example, on 29-30
June 2011 a One Health event took place at the UN Compound in
Beijing. This gathering was convened by the Sub-working group on
diseases at the animal-human interface of the United Nations
(UN) Theme Group on Health, which is coordinated by FAO’s
Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases in China
(ECTAD-China). The 1.5-day One Health event was attended by
participants from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of
Health (MoH), State Forestry Administration (SFA), World Health
Organization (WHO), EU Delegation, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), UN Development Programme
(UNDP), UN Environment Programm