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Embracing One Health: A Global Imperative for a Sustainable Future
Yasser Sanad, Zoonotics and One Health Advisor/FHI 360, at a farm in USA demonstrates the Preharvest Food Safety Control approach to collect digestive samples from a goat to test for the effect of dietary supplements that could influence the microbial population...
Welcoming the State Department’s Commitment to Global Health Security
The recent US Department of State’s establishment of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is a significant commitment to preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious diseases. Expanding this essential health security mission throughout diplomatic and development channels is a strong indication of continued investment in ensuring that the next pandemic does not again risk millions of lives around the world.
The First Line of Defence for AMR One Health Must Address the Climate Crisis
Janet Robinson, F.I.B.S., Director, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Security at FHI 360 and Professor Stan Fenwick, Fleming Fund Technical Lead for One Health and Animal Health, Mott MacDonald coauthor a piece on the dual challenges of climate change and antimicrobial resistance.
New Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools and Universal Health Coverage in Mozambique
Mozambique is among 14 countries most affected by tuberculosis (TB) in the world with 97,093 cases of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 2020 and 12,400 TB-related deaths each year. Additionally, the World Health Organization, the National TB Program, the TB reference laboratory, and district administration are of the unanimous opinion that improving TB diagnosis is the area most in need for Mozambique’s TB response.