National One Health Mission | 13 Jul 2024

Source: ET

Recently, the Union Health Minister chaired the first executive committee meeting of the National One Health Mission.

• The National One Health Mission was approved by the Prime Minister's Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) in 2022. 
• The mission aims to coordinate across ministries in achieving overall pandemic preparedness and integrated disease control against priority diseases of both human and animal sectors.
• The mission will help in institutionalising the 'One Health' approach.
  • One Health is an approach that recognises that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment. 
• The specific efforts under the National One Health Mission include: 
  • Implementing Integrated Disease Surveillance

  • Environmental Surveillance System

    Develop Robust Outbreak Investigation Mechanisms

• Critical pillars of preparedness in the form of targeted R&D to develop important tools such as vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, clinical care, streamline data and information across sectors as well as close community participation will also be addressed by the mission. 

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