CDC Reveals New Plan To Boost Public Health Preparedness

The first National One Health Plan presents a framework to protect people, animals, and the environment from shared health threats.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alongside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) released the first National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States.

One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach that seeks to improve the health of humans, animals, and the environment by recognizing their close connections. The One Health approach provides a framework to navigate health threats shared between people and animals, such as COVID-19, mpox, avian influenza, Ebola and other shared One Health issues.

At the direction of Congress in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, CDC, USDA, and DOI developed the framework to address zoonotic diseases and advance public health preparedness in the United States. CDC, USDA, and DOI are responsible for protecting public health, domestic animal health, and wildlife and environmental health, respectively, and as such are representatives of key One Health sectors for the U.S. government. All three agencies historically address One Health issues and work to help control zoonotic diseases that affect both people and animals. The framework seeks to inform One Health collaboration across the U.S. government for the next five years, describing a common vision, mission, and goals for key federal partners involved in implementing the One Health approach to address zoonotic diseases within the United States.

In developing this framework, the U.S. government’s goal is to set the groundwork for effective disease response in the future.

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