WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) intersessional briefing on “One Health and the Quadripartite”

On 17 March, IFPMA delivered a shortened version of the below statement at the WHO INB intersessional briefing on “Article 18: One Health and the Quadripartite” of the WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (“WHO CA+”).

We firmly support the One Health approach in preventing and managing infectious disease across human, animal, and environmental health, and the collaborative approach of the Quadripartite agencies. Although there are important differences, we also believe there are certain parallels between areas of the AMR response and pandemic preparedness, chief of which is the importance of a One Health approach in surveillance.