‘One Health’ Policy to Address Veterinary Medicine Connections to Human Medicine

The ‘One Health’ policy undertaken by the Ministry of Health and the Pan- American Health Organization (PAHO),is focused on the improvement of the veterinary medical systems as it relates to animals as vectors for diseases found in humans. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, noted in his address at the National Health Surveillance Symposium earlier today, at Pegasus Corporate Suites, Kingston, that there must be systems easily accessible for early detection, especially with the emergence of animal-borne diseases over the past 2-3 decades. He expressed that the human population remains vulnerable due to many of these diseases have had little-to-no exploration or discovery, and such diseases are capable of multiplying. Earlier this year, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Advisor to the Ministry of Health, spoke of the establishment of a ‘One Health’ agenda, which led to a distinguished concentration on food control and safety systems. This new approach to ‘One Health,’ will provide oversight to human medicine, animal sciences, plant pathology and environmental health programmes. PAHO/WHO will continue to locate linkages among the four in the ecosystem, and examine threats related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), zoonotic diseases, and food and phytosanitary conditions.

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22 Nov 2022 17:00 | by anaraine

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