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“... The text illuminates two contentious issues at a high level. One is upstream prevention and a One Health approach to prevention, preparedness, and response, which recognizes links between the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. The other commits parties to establishing a new WHO Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing system (PABS). An accompanying draft resolution, prepared by WHO for adoption at the forthcoming World Health Assembly, proposes creating intergovernmental working groups. Two such groups are tasked with developing new international instruments for One Health and for PABS, with both operational by May 2026. These would provide specific details on the modalities, terms, and operational dimensions of a One Health approach and the PABS system. Both agreements are proposed to be adopted as legally binding treaties, but member states could actively “opt out.” By contrast, the pandemic agreement would require member states to “opt in” to become parties and thus be legally bound. ...”
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Please see MONOGRAPH in Veterinaria Italiana
“One Health – One Medicine”: linking human, animal and environmental health
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History of the One Health Initiative team and website (April 2006 through September 2015) and the One Health Initiative website since October 1, 2008 … revised to June 2020 and again to date February 2021
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Vaccines for zoonoses: a One Health paradigm
SciTech Europa Quarterly (March 2018) – Issue 26
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Pan European Networks SciTech Europa Quarterly
SciTech Europa Vaccines for zoonoses: a one Health paradigm – Pages 227-229 (Read PDF) “One of the One Health Initiative team’s co-founders and leaders is an internationally-recognized eminent physician…
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