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Operationalizing One Health: Observe, Analyze, Communicate

Mon 23 October from 13:30 to 16:00 in Meridian C

One Health is an approach for developing and sustaining multi-disciplinary collaborations and partnerships to address complex health issues at the environment, human and animal interface for the early identification, prevention and mitigation of health risks. One Health is critical to effectively addressing complex global challenges holistically, including those in the GEO Societal Benefit Areas. 

As in the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) framework, One Health emphasizes the interactions of systems – biological, social, and ecosystemic – and the benefits of bridging traditional silos.  International One Health networks can facilitate data and information-sharing and inspire effective solutions to problems that transcend national boundaries. This side event would define and motivate the use of the One Health approach within a GEO Plenary context, to aid decision making by the GEO Member governments and GEO Participating Organizations. It would also contribute to representing the Earth Observation for Health (EO4HEALTH) GEO community activity at the GEO Plenary Meeting.

The Arctic will be used as an illustrative example throughout the session.  The Arctic is a region of the world where One Health has long been recognized in local communities and where international One Health networks are becoming increasingly active.  The progression of the program will be:

Introduce participants to One Health approaches and the use of observations for better public health outcomes – highlighting the three-step cycle of:

  1. observation (including local observer networks and remote observation systems),
  2. expert/knowledge holder analysis, and
  3. communication (including communication with the general public, as well as feedback to the observers – remote or local – themselves) 

Facilitated discussion among participants on how this three-step cycle is applied to events where a One Health approach is needed.  Participants will examine the ways that local observer networks and remote sensing capabilities (e.g., from satellites and weather stations) in the Arctic region could mutually benefit from deeper connectivity and integration with one another.

Facilitated discussion among participants addressing the ways that the Arctic example aligns with the broader GEO endeavor.  Specifically, we will discuss:

  1. the merits and limitations of the three-step cycle (observe, analyze, communicate);
  2. the relevance of the three-step cycle to session participants’ daily work;
  3. applicability of the three-step cycle in areas beyond the Arctic

*The results of this facilitated discussion could be captured in writing for further dissemination, as appropriate

Speakers: Speakers would be drawn from an interagency group that has focused on Arctic One Health under the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council.  The interagency group includes:

  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • U.S. Department of the Interior

Other participating entities may include experts and knowledge holders from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, One Health practitioners, representatives of indigenous groups from Alaska, and representatives from other Arctic nations.

Organizers

U.S. Department of State

Contact

Joshua Glasser (glasserjl@state.gov)

 
 
 
 
 

Group on Earth Observations
earthobservations.org

Group on Earth Observations
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