One Health is a multi-sectoral, unifying approach designed to optimize the health of people, animals, plants, ecosystems and the environment they share. This approach has received growing attention over the past decade, and policymakers have gradually realized its utility for tackling complex health challenges.
However, the growing importance of One Health has also exposed the need to distil understanding of what we know and what we don’t know about One Health.
To address this knowledge gap, CABI’s One Health Hub has produced a roadmap to guide decisionmakers in exploring evidence about the evolution of One Health research, current knowledge gaps, and future research priorities.
“The One Health Research Roadmap frames our current knowledge by asking three questions: where are we now, where are the research gaps, and where do we go next,” said Dr Dannie Romney, who leads the One Health Hub at CABI. “In answering these questions, the roadmap offers insights that are both strategic and actionable – guiding researchers, funders, and policymakers to deliver inclusive, impactful, and coordinated One Health solutions.”
The roadmap draws on studies and insights by the One Health Hub and its partners. Evidence briefs – two-page summaries each covering an aspect of research – help practitioners and decisionmakers make sense of the findings and recommendations.
The One Health Hub has launched this roadmap based on a number of published studies. It will continue to build on the roadmap with new studies and evidence briefs, on topics such as zoonoses and research funding.
Creating dialogue around One Health research
Another key aim of the roadmap is to anchor discussions around One Health research.
“We want to bring the global One Health community, researchers, and decision-makers together for constructive dialogue around what we need to do next to enable coordinated, cross-sectoral actions for optimal health outcomes for all,” said Dr Romney.
The One Health Research Roadmap was unveiled at a webinar (14 November) hosted by the One Health Knowledge Bank in association with the One Health Hub and the FAO’s One Health Knowledge Nexus. The discussion focused on three aspects of the roadmap: current research trends, future priorities, and the role of plant health for One Health.
The discussion will continue at an interactive ‘learning dialogue’ hosted by the FAO’s One Health Knowledge Nexus (19 November at 13.00 GMT), which will delve into future research priorities and enable participants to share perspectives and lived experiences that can inform ongoing work.
The next stage of discussions will see policymakers considering their views and proposed actions on operationalizing integrated One Health surveillance, in a roundtable hosted by SciDev.Net (11 December at 10:00 GMT). The event will leverage research findings highlighting One Health surveillance as a global research priority. It will focus on practical approaches to implementing community-based One Health surveillance systems, drawing on recent evidence and experiences from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Malawi.
Further information
Main photo credit: (c)TreyzKapture for CABI
● Explore the One Health Research Roadmap
● Visit the One Health Hub’s website and register for upcoming events
● Learn about One Health from this Explainer from the One Health Hub
The One Health Hub is a CABI-managed project funded by UK International Development from the UK government.
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