The One Health approach encourages collaboration between
sectors to address the complex challenges that exist at the nexus
of human, animal and environmental health. In collaboration with
our partners, we identify challenges pertaining to the sharing of
data and information when operationalising the One Health
approach and to reduce the complexity, we identify concrete use
cases with our partners and stakeholders. For instance, combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), predicting and controlling
zoonotic and vector-borne diseases like rabies, yellow fever or
malaria are examples of specific use cases of relevance to Africa.

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• Africa

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• The poor
• Remote and rural communities
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Children between 5 and 12
• Elderly
• Pregnant women
• The whole community to better harness technology

The process to identify use cases, like Rabies in Malawi can be replicated. We started by assessing the data and digital ecosystems at different sectors(animal, human and the environment), highlighting the data avaiable, the operating digital systems and tools, the policies, opporunities and limitations. Then, we listed the One Health issues that the partners see as main priority, then we aligned the efforts to dive deeper into one use case based on the needs, and given the budget and timeline avaiable. Rabies was assessed thoroughly, which type of data exist, who is sharing this data, how, and then how can integrate the data and generate analysis for policy makers and better management. This is all documented and will be circulated at the end of the project as a standard methodogly to improve One Health data sharing.

All the One Health use cases are identified based on partners´ needs. This political willgness helps to mobilze further resources to combat these diseases and implement digital tools that based on avaiable resources. The program is also support the One Health Anayltics capacity development program to capacitate 20 professionals working on 5 different One Healthd diseases.

This project promotes WSIS values by leveraging digital health solutions and cross-sector data sharing to better improve One health approaches, targetted disease surveillance as well as collaboration across Africa. It fosters interoperability, evidence-based decision-making, and capacity building, ensuring inclusive digital transformation in line with WSIS Action Lines.