One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach that acknowledges the interdependence between human, animal, and environmental systems. The concept has gained a renewed interest over the last years since some of the most pressing issues of our time – such as climate change, environmental degradation, non-communicable diseases, and emerging infectious diseases – require solutions at the human-animal-environmental interface. And the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic confirmed the urgent demand for integrated and holistic approaches.
About
The FEAM One Health Scientific Committee is an advisory board that gathers scientists with long-standing expertise in human, animal, and environmental health, Fellows of FEAM member Academies. The selection process of the nominees was based on the candidates’ proven scientific excellence.
The Committee’s missions are to identify One Health priorities for FEAM members, to advise the FEAM staff and network on future projects and to concretely collaborate on their realisation. The Committee reconvenes in person once a year and holds online meetings regularly.
The FEAM One Health Scientific Committee is chaired by Dr. André Jestin, FEAM Advisor to the Board member, and counts 11 members in total. The Committee’s makeup was set up to equally represent One Health’s pillars and in the respect of gender and geographical balance.
The Committee
Chair: Prof. André Jestin, French Academy of Veterenary Sciences
Members:
Secretariat & policy support
History
The FEAM One Health Scientific Committee was first launched on the occasion of the 2nd European One Health Conference in June 2019. In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed the importance of the implementation of the One Health approach. The renovated awareness of the topic led to a growing interest in the Committee, which need was highlighted during the FEAM workshop on HERA (January 2022) and the FEAM/IAP international conference on One Health (June 2022). In summer 2022, the Committee was revamped and its membership renewed.
FEAM & One Health
The FEAM Council, FEAM sovereign body, identified One Health as a key topic for the Federation.
FEAM activities on One Health:
