Over the past years a myriad of reports were written with recommendations on “how to prevent the next pandemic”. A key recommendation in many of these reports is “Operationalise the One Health approach”. To accomplish this, One Health professionals need to be able to collaborate, share information and align their actions. The institutional, governance, policy and legal frameworks in which they work need to enable their collaboration. In practice they frequently experience contradictions or incompatibilities in for example mandates, goals, timelines or priorities for different sectors.

 

 

Carmen Bullón is a legal officer with a Masters in EU law and a specialized postgraduate training in international trade. In 2006 she commenced her work at FAO, at the Development Law Branch of the legal office. As a legal officer she has provided support to more than 70 countries on different areas related to One Health and sustainable agrifood production. At FAO she has a range of responsibilities including guiding legal revision and drafting processes at the national and regional levels, supporting FAO’s normative work on matters related to food and agriculture legislation, and participate in the development of Legislative studies and other knowledge products. Prior to working at FAO she gained experience in public administration.

Recently, Carmen has collaborated with the other Quadripartite Organizations (WHO, WOAH and UNEP) in the development of a One Health Legislative Assessment Tool for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In her spare time, Carmen researches the role of legislation for One Health.
 

  

Five selected oral presentations: In this session we welcome presentations that help identify hurdles to the One Health approach, and approaches to mitigating and taking away these hurdles. 

  

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