Main description:

A planning committee convened by the Forum on Microbial Threats of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual workshop on February 23-25, 2021, titled Systematizing the One Health Approach in Preparedness and Response Efforts for Infectious Disease Outbreaks. The workshop gave particular consideration to research opportunities, multisectoral collaboration mechanisms, community-engagement strategies, educational opportunities, and policies that speakers have found effective in implementing the core capacities and interventions of One Health principles to strengthen national health systems and enhance global health security. This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Keynote: One Health and Preventing Pandemics
3 One Health in Praxis
4 Current One Health Efforts and Opportunities
5 Building the Future One Health Workforce
6 Learning from the Past and Planning for the Future of One Health
7 Building a Better System for Outbreak Response, Surveillance,
Detection, and Forecasting
References
Appendix A: Workshop Statement of Task
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Appendix C: Speaker and Moderator Biographies