Project timeline: 1st January to 31st May 2024
Collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health systems is essential to tackle global health threats, as well as to make progress towards income security, food security and to end environmental destruction. Yet, the historic underinvestment of animal health systems hinders the operationalization of One Health. India has embraced the One Health concept, and the same was exemplified in its agenda of the One Health One World concept during its recent leadership of the G20.
This study was commissioned by Brooke Hospital for Animals
for
Action for Animal Health Coalition (AFAH)
It aims to provide an overview of available evidence in the form of a case study to describe and make recommendations for further improving India’s animal health system, resting on five pillars advocated by AFAH:
(1) Support for community engagement and equitable access to animal health services
(2) Increase the number and improving the skills of the animal health workforce
(3) Closing the veterinary medicine and vaccine gap
(4) Improving animal disease surveillance
(5) Enhancing collaboration amongst institutions for One Health.
The report of the case study gives an overview of animal health systems in India using the 5 ‘I’ framework: infrastructure, Institutions, Investments, impediments, and Initiatives. It shares insights about policy implementation and institutional reforms focusing on the animal health dimension of One Health. The discussion, in the form of situational analysis and recommendations, is based on a desk review and an experience survey and is structured to cover the five AFAH-recommended pillars mentioned above.
The report recommends where to invest nationally to strengthen the animal health system.
Report – to be published soon
