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Global health has reached a decisive turning point. Climate change, biodiversity loss, antimicrobial resistance, and the rising risk of zoonotic pandemics showed that the traditional reactive model of health governance was no longer sustainable. The deep interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health had become unmistakable. One Health offered a pathway toward prevention-focused, systemic solutions that addressed the underlying drivers of global health threats.
This World Health Summit 2025 Global Health Lab session – co-hosted by FOUR PAWS, the German Interministerial Network for One Health, and PREZODE – explored how One Health could serve as a catalyst for transforming global health governance. The session was moderated by Helen Clark (Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response). It examined how integrating human, animal, and environmental health could strengthen collaboration, close critical gaps, and support more coherent global action.
Speakers Marisa Peyre (PREZODE), Björn Kümmel (Federal Ministry of Health, Germany), Nina Jamal (FOUR PAWS), Ethel Maciel (Special Envoy for COP30, Brazil), Anne-Claire Amprou (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France), Wanda Markotter (OHHLEP; University of Pretoria), Mikael Garnier (The Pandemic Fund), Christian Drosten (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Georg Kippels (Federal Ministry of Health, Germany), Luciana Carla D’Abramo (FOUR PAWS), and Stella Chungong (WHO) shared perspectives from research, policy, multilateral institutions, civil society, and government.
The session highlighted how One Health could shift global health systems from crisis response to true prevention. It emphasized the importance of multisectoral collaboration, stronger governance, and improved environmental and animal health as essential foundations for protecting human health.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more: worldhealthsummit.org
Global health has reached a decisive turning point. Climate change, biodiversity loss, antimicrobial resistance, and the rising risk of zoonotic pandemics showed that the traditional reactive model of health governance was no longer sustainable. The deep interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health had become unmistakable. One Health offered a pathway toward prevention-focused, systemic solutions that addressed the underlying drivers of global health threats.
This World Health Summit 2025 Global Health Lab session – co-hosted by FOUR PAWS, the German Interministerial Network for One Health, and PREZODE – explored how One Health could serve as a catalyst for transforming global health governance. The session was moderated by Helen Clark (Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response). It examined how integrating human, animal, and environmental health could strengthen collaboration, close critical gaps, and support more coherent global action.
Speakers Marisa Peyre (PREZODE), Björn Kümmel (Federal Ministry of Health, Germany), Nina Jamal (FOUR PAWS), Ethel Maciel (Special Envoy for COP30, Brazil), Anne-Claire Amprou (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France), Wanda Markotter (OHHLEP; University of Pretoria), Mikael Garnier (The Pandemic Fund), Christian Drosten (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Georg Kippels (Federal Ministry of Health, Germany), Luciana Carla D’Abramo (FOUR PAWS), and Stella Chungong (WHO) shared perspectives from research, policy, multilateral institutions, civil society, and government.
The session highlighted how One Health could shift global health systems from crisis response to true prevention. It emphasized the importance of multisectoral collaboration, stronger governance, and improved environmental and animal health as essential foundations for protecting human health.
The World Health Summit is the leading global platform bringing together science, politics, civil society, and the private sector to catalyze collaborative and innovative solutions for key health priorities. Learn more: worldhealthsummit.org
