- Research as the basis for science and academia, policy advice, recommendations for interventions including donor investments
- Capacity development to strengthen national competencies in One Health including education and training programs, communication interventions for behaviour change
- Development of strategies and action plans to control zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance
- Support of public campaigns to control and/or eradicate zoonotic and foodborne diseases and promote rational use of drugs.
1. Control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases
Prioritization of diseases according to their health and economic burden; consideration of tuberculosis, brucellosis, rabies, Rift Valley fever among other zoonoses; development of information and communication technologies
2. Emerging infectious diseases
COVID-19 diagnostics and control; pandemic prevention
3. Food safety and informal markets
Risk assessment and identification of critical control points; improved occupational health and hygiene during food processing in informal markets; hygiene and waste management; risk communication
4. Prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance
Rational/prudent use of antimicrobials; antimicrobial resistance at the human-animal-environment interface; the role of livestock production in antimicrobial resistance; reduced and targeted use of drugs; improved data availability
An advisory committee of 10 representatives from institutions working on One Health will provide the centre with advice and guidance, with special attention to the specific needs of the African context.
Cross-cutting themes and interdisciplinarity
Project partners and stakeholders
Prospective partners
- African Science Partnership for Intervention Research Excellence
- Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut), Germany
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- FoodBerlin
- Vétérinaires Sans Frontières, Germany
- Other CGIAR centres (the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in the context of aflatoxins)