Monrovia - The Ministry of Health (MOH) in collaboration with the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Food and Agricultural organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners over the weekend observed the second International Day of One Health under the theme: “Preventing the next epidemics through one health coordination and collaboration in Liberia”. The program took place in the auditorium of the University of Liberia, Capitol Hill on Friday November 3, 2017. “The Concept of One Health is to bring human health, animal health and environmental health together and work together to see how best we can share information to better be able to predict, protect and be able to respond to the situation rapidly,” he said. Also speaking, the Minister of health, Dr. Bernice Dahn said the government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to working together with other sectors using the One Health approach to ensure that human, animal and environmental health are secure and protected. To address these gaps multi-sectorial meeting was held in Buchanan, Grand Bassa to develop a joint action plan for health security,” averred.

Source: Front Page Africa November 06, 2017 03:16 UTC