As part of the One Health Week celebration, World Health Organization’s One Health Initiative is convening a webinar to bring together the WHO One Health collaborating centres in China and Ireland to share experiences of research, innovation and implementation, and explore how these approaches can support One Health action across different country and institutional contexts.
The webinar will introduce the two WHO collaborating centres, their areas of expertise and their collaboration with WHO. Speakers will share practical examples from their work, including lessons learned, challenges and enabling factors that have supported progress. A moderated discussion will bring together perspectives from WHO regions, Member States and the scientific community to consider how these experiences can inform and strengthen One Health implementation in other contexts.
Participants will:
- learn about the work and areas of expertise of the WHO One Health collaborating centres in China and Ireland;
- hear practical examples of One Health research, innovation and implementation;
- explore how scientific and institutional collaboration can support One Health action;
- discuss lessons, challenges and enabling factors relevant to different country contexts; and
- exchange experiences and identify opportunities for further collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Speakers
- Dr Tony Holohan, Director, UCD One Health Centre, a WHO collaborating centre for One Health, Adjunct Full Professor of Public Health, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
- Dr Xiao-Nong Zhou, Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for One Health Implementation, Member of One Health High-Level Expert Panel Term 2
The presentations will be followed by a moderated panel discussion featuring representatives from WHO regions, Member States and the WHO One Health collaborating centres:
- Nadia Ben Meriem, Head of the Global Health Unit, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Dr Hechmi Louzir, Medical Immunologist and former Director of the Institut Pasteur de Tunis
- Dr Jéssica Kayamori Lopes, WHO Western Pacific Region One Health focal point
- Dr Gyanendra Gongal, WHO South-East Asia Region One Health focal point
- Dr Amina Benyahia, Head, One Health Initiative, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Moderator: Dr Heba Mahrous, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region One Health focal point