One Health in Humanitarian Settings (IWG 9)
The International Working Group 9, One Health in Humanitarian Settings, tackles global humanitarian, environmental and health crises with systems thinking, collaboration and tools that help humanitarian groups better manage disasters using One Health approaches.
A transdisciplinary group connecting One Health and humanitarian action
The International Working Group 9 (IWG 9) brings together experts and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines (e.g., public health, ecology, social sciences) and sectors (e.g., academia, humanitarian, conservation) to facilitate the implementation of climate and health policies—linking the health of people and animals, climate, and humanitarian action.
We share frontline experiences, foster dialogue and collaborations, and co-create solutions to address the climate-health nexus driving today’s humanitarian emergencies.
Towards Operationalising One Health in Humanitarian Settings
Humanitarian crises (e.g., natural disasters, armed conflicts) continue to affect millions, with severe impacts on ecosystems, food systems, livelihoods, and human and animal health.
One Health and Nature-based Solutions are drivers for hope, offering practical, cost-effective ways to improve health outcomes, build resilience, and promote climate adaptation.
Yet, One Health often remains too theoretical and at the higher policy level, lacking practical applications and tools to promote their operationalisation in the field.
Roadmap: research, policy, and practice
Recommendations and Actions for humanitarians, researchers, policy makers and donors
Humanitarians should recognize the interdependence between the health of people, domestic and wild animals, plants and ecosystems in humanitarian settings, promoting actions based on evidence and transdisciplinary collaborations.
Researchers should conduct transdisciplinary and operational research to identify, measure the burden, and understand the determinants of complex public health issues affecting people, animals, plants and ecosystems. They should equip humanitarians with methods and tools for better cross-sectoral collaborations and evidence on the incremental benefits of these collaborations.
Share your experience and join the map
Our goal is to collaboratively create the first participatory map of local, national, regional and global projects, programs, and initiatives related to One Health, Planetary Health and Nature-Based Solutions in humanitarian settings.
IWG 9 Experts members
Co-chair
Dr. Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, PhD
Institute of Global Health & Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; InZone
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Co-chair
Dr. Isabelle Bolon, DVM, PhD
Institute of Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Co-chair
Dr. Davide Ziveri, PhD
Humanity & Inclusion
Fédération Handicap International
Uchenna Anyanwu (University of Geneva), Muhammad Asaduzzaman (University of Oslo), Chantal Autotte Bouchard (Premiere Urgence Internationale), Olivia Carolan (University of Melbourne), Lucile Cornet-Vernet (La Maison de l’Artemisia), Valerie Doze (Health Diplomacy Alliance and Princeton University), Amanda Fine (Wildlife Conservation Society), Isabelle Floreani (Médecins du Monde Suisse), Akul Gapta (University of South Florida), Margherita Gomarasca (Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International), Julie Gramont, Fiona Harris, Janaka Jayawickrama (Shanghai University), Yushan Li (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Juan Fernando Lucio (PASO Colombia), Duha Mahgoub (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Sila Monthe, Nicole Niederberger (Médecins du Monde Suisse), Guillaume Noailly (Bioport), Carmelo Ortega Rodríguez (Universidad de Zaragoza), Diego A. Quintana Licona (Columbia University), Alexandre Robert (Climate Action Accelerator), Emmeline Saint (Premiere Urgence), Elaine Scudder (International Rescue Committee), Rafi Siddique, Sarah Shultz (University of Geneva), Francisco Javier Valbuena Ruiz (Fundacion Pondera), Doris Zjalic (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore- Roma / University Rotterdam)
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