WHO and France shift One Health vision to action with new high-impact initiatives

Key points

• On World Health Day, global leaders gathered in France for a milestone “One Health Summit”, where the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners announced a new wave of concrete actions to better protect people, animals and the planet from future health crises.
• Hosted by France, the Summit marks a major step forward in turning the One Health approach – which recognizes that human health, animal health and the environment are deeply connected – into real-world action.
• This year’s World Health Day theme, “Together for health.
• Stand with science,” set the tone for the announcements.
• The urgency could not be clearer.