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“Global Government Forum is the world’s leading network for government news, best practice and interviews with senior government leaders across the globe. The network is comprised of over 220,000 senior government leaders and read in over 200 countries and territories. Supporting communication across this community helps address the real challenges of today and shape public services of the future.” Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister, Health Canada: Exclusive Interview ...references using a “One Health” approach... By Matt Ross on 16/01/2017 http://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/simon-kennedy-deputy-minister-health-canada-exclusive-interview/ “... In many countries, health officials pushing for tighter controls on the use of drugs in farming would encounter fierce resistance from their colleagues in the agriculture department – but in Canada, Kennedy points out, animal health is regulated by the Food Inspection Agency: an arm of Health Canada. “So the minister of health has a role in both human and animal health,” he observes. “That gives us a bit of an advantage in applying a ‘one health’ approach to the issue of antimicrobials.” What are the biggest global challenges in your field over the next couple of years? “Well, there’s a number. One of them is the issue of anti-microbial resistance: the WHO estimates about 480,000 people develop multi-drug-resistant TB each year. This is a really serious emerging problem, and certainly something that in Canada we take very seriously. We have developed an action plan on antimicrobial resistance, looking not just at human health but obviously animal health issues because agriculture is a big part of this. ...