The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has recently organised a national workshop in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean to address the "One Health" approach, an integrated, unifying tool for joint assessment and control of zoonotic diseases.

The two-day workshop discussed the concept of the "One Health" approach, which requires combining the efforts of multiple sectors involved in combating zoonotic diseases to achieve optimal health for both humans and animals while also protecting the environment by assessing the risks associated with such diseases to lessen and control their effects.

Chaired by Dr. Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Public Health Sector, the workshop was held in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and targeted workers in the healthcare, environmental health, and animal health sectors. Several representatives of local health authorities were present.

The workshop shed light on the role played by the tripartite alliance "the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation" in promoting the One Health approach by coordinating local and global efforts to avoid the spread of infectious diseases.