Caribbean Community Secretariat

Documentation Centre

Providing access to the publications, records and institutional knowledge of the Caribbean Community.

Search the Catalogue

Operationalizing the One Heath approach : the global governance challenges

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2013Action note:
  • 11/22/13 SANDRAW
Summary: Presents the One Health approach which calls upon the human, animal and environmental health sectors to cross professional, disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and to work in a more integrated way. Notes that while there has been wide-ranging commitment to this initiative, its operationalisation has proven challenging. Argues that work is hindered by dysfunctions characterising current forms of global health governance (GHG), viz., institutional proliferation, fragmentation, competition for scarce resources, lack of an overarching authority, and donor-driven vertical programmes.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Presents the One Health approach which calls upon the human, animal and environmental health sectors to cross professional, disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and to work in a more integrated way. Notes that while there has been wide-ranging commitment to this initiative, its operationalisation has proven challenging. Argues that work is hindered by dysfunctions characterising current forms of global health governance (GHG), viz., institutional proliferation, fragmentation, competition for scarce resources, lack of an overarching authority, and donor-driven vertical programmes.

11/22/13 SANDRAW

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.










Contact Us

CARICOM Secretariat
Turkeyen Georgetown
Guyana
Email: documentation.centre@caricom.org
Telephone: +1 (592) 222-0001