{"id":59627,"date":"2025-11-21T19:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=59627"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:39:29","slug":"national-one-health-mission-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/21-11-2025\/national-one-health-mission-assembly","title":{"rendered":"National One Health Mission Assembly and Calls For Unified Response to Future Health Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The National One Health Mission Assembly 2025 showcased India\u2019s integrated approach to health security under the theme <strong>\u201cOne Earth, One Health, One Future.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>National One Health Assembly 2025<\/strong><br>&#8211; It is being hosted by the Department of Health Research (DHR) under the aegis of the National One Health Mission.<br>&#8211; It brings together ministries, departments, academicians and experts to highlight India\u2019s leadership in the One Health approach.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>One Health\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The \u2018One Health\u2019 approach integrates the health of people, animals and the environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is crucial for addressing complex health challenges such as zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Need and Objectives\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has one of the world\u2019s largest livestock populations, diverse wildlife, and a dense human population, making it highly prone to cross-sectoral disease transmission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outbreaks like COVID-19, Avian Influenza, and Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle highlight the interconnectedness of health sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One Health ensures holistic governance, collaboration, and communication, enabling better preparedness against pandemics and safeguarding food security, livelihoods, and biodiversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Challenges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Health, agriculture, environment, and wildlife sectors often work in silos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Limited surveillance systems for zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resource constraints in rural and peri-urban areas where human-animal interactions are intense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unilateral trade measures (e.g., carbon border mechanisms) and global inequities can undermine fairness in implementing One Health strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps Taken in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National One Health Mission (2021) proposed to institutionalize cross-sectoral coordination for zoonotic disease prevention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ayushman Bharat &amp; eSanjeevani telemedicine platforms\u00a0 Expanding access to healthcare, including preventive services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mission Indradhanush strengthening immunization campaigns to reduce disease burden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The government released the BSL-3 Laboratory Network SOP Compendium to standardize high-containment lab practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00a0Way Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One Health is vital for India\u2019s resilience, requiring a national framework, stronger surveillance, and capacity-building across health sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It calls for community awareness, use of advanced technologies for outbreak prediction, and global cooperation to ensure equitable access to finance, technology, and resources for developing countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/j-p-nadda-opens-national-one-health-mission-assembly-calls-for-unified-response-to-future-health-threats\/#:~:text=Union%20Health%20Minister%20J.%20P.%20Nadda,health%20security%20and%20pandemic%20preparedness.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DD<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The National One Health Mission Assembly 2025 showcased India\u2019s integrated approach to health security under the theme \u201cOne Earth, One Health, One Future.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>One Health\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The \u2018One Health\u2019 approach integrates the health of people, animals and the environment<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is crucial for addressing complex health challenges such as zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/21-11-2025\/national-one-health-mission-assembly\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59645,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627\/revisions\/59645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}