The Quadripartite collaboration on One Health – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) – has agreed to extend the implementation period of the One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) through to 2029, building on its original 2022–2026 implementation period.
As the original implementation period was due to conclude in 2026, the extension to 2029 will provide countries with sustained predictability for planning, implementing and scaling national One Health priorities under a common global framework. It also enables governments, partners and stakeholders to continue aligning their activities with the extended OH JPA at national, regional and global levels.
By maintaining the OH JPA as its shared framework, the Quadripartite will continue to support coordinated, multisectoral collaboration to prevent, detect and respond to health risks at the human, animal, plant and ecosystem interface.
The extension of the OH JPA is also aligned with the renewed Quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding (from 2025 to 2030), which reinforces the long-term collaboration between FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH.
