The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) held the inaugural meeting on Guyana’s One Health Initiative yesterday at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre.
A Ministry of Health press release said that initiative is geared at preventing and preparing for current and future health challenges at the human-animal-environment interface, through collaboration and coordination across governance frameworks of human, animal, plant and environmental health programmes. The meeting focused on the process of developing Guyana’s One Health Policy, reviewing the concept of One Health, its benefits and possibilities of implementation in Guyana and the strategic perspectives for upcoming One Health activities across the country.