2nd Quadripartite One Health Workshop for the Pacific

One Health is an integrated, transdisciplinary approach to safeguarding health at the human–animal–plant–environment interface. In Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), health threats are uniquely intensified by fragile ecosystems, geographic isolation, and the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution making the One Health approach especially critical for the region.

The Regional Asia Pacific Quadripartite together with the Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized the first Quadripartite-Pacific Community One Health Workshop in Nadi, Fiji, in August 2024 where PICTs were introduced to Quadripartite’s One Health activities including the One Health Joint Plan of Action (OHJPA), which serves as a blueprint for guiding One Heath actions at all levels (global, regional, national and subnational).

Building on the outcomes and recommendations of the 2024 workshop, this second workshop aimed to sustain momentum on multisectoral coordination, advance implementation of the OHJPA, and strengthen regional advocacy for One Health across the Pacific.

Objectives

The workshop aimed to:

• Approximately 70 participants representing human, animal and environment sector from 15 PICTs, namely, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Naoero, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu attended.
• Regional and country-level partners, research institutions, and international experts;
• Representatives from regional and sub-regional organizations engaged in One Health work in the Pacific.