Integrating One Health Surveillance Networks
Summary: Advised a country on establishing a national One Health laboratory strategy. Diag-Net built collaboration platforms connecting human, animal, and environmental laboratories. This unified surveillance framework, including a One Health Technical Working Group (TWG), now facilitates data sharing for zoonotic disease early warning and response.
Background:
With rising zoonotic disease threats, Diag-Net worked with a country’s public health agency to implement a One Health surveillance strategy integrating human and animal labs. The approach aligns with CDC’s One Health concept of collaborative cross-sector efforts[4].
Approach:
- Stakeholder Coordination: Formed a One Health Technical Working Group including the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, and Environment.
- Data Integration: Linked human lab data with veterinary and wildlife disease labs via a shared information system.
- Training Workshops: Conducted joint training on outbreak investigation and data sharing protocols.
- Policy Development: Advised on national guidelines for One Health laboratory surveillance.
Outcomes:
The One Health TWG now routinely shares data across sectors, providing early warning of zoonotic outbreaks. In one instance, simultaneous data from animal and human labs enabled a rapid response to a viral outbreak. Diag-Net’s integrated framework has since become a model for neighboring countries, addressing complex health threats at the human-animal-environment interface.