IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map
Introduction: Stakeholders involved in the implementation of the One Health (OH) welcome support for the operationalization of the approach and advice on how to address OH collaboration challenges. The IHR/PVS National Bridging Workshop (NBW) is an operational and outcome-oriented tool approach that...
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| author | Viviane Fossouo Ndoungué Djamilla Bello Jean Marc Feussom Kameni Antoine Damou Lamtoing Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee Salla Abdou Mohamed Moctar Mouiche Mouliom Omer T. Njajou Traoré Tieblé Roland Kimbi Wango Guillaume Belot Serge Agbo Kouadio Stéphane de La Rocque |
| author_facet | Viviane Fossouo Ndoungué Djamilla Bello Jean Marc Feussom Kameni Antoine Damou Lamtoing Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee Salla Abdou Mohamed Moctar Mouiche Mouliom Omer T. Njajou Traoré Tieblé Roland Kimbi Wango Guillaume Belot Serge Agbo Kouadio Stéphane de La Rocque |
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| description | Introduction: Stakeholders involved in the implementation of the One Health (OH) welcome support for the operationalization of the approach and advice on how to address OH collaboration challenges. The IHR/PVS National Bridging Workshop (NBW) is an operational and outcome-oriented tool approach that allows animal health, human health and other relevant sectors to focus on their coordination. This paper describes how Cameroon leveraged on the NBW success factors to engage stakeholders in strengthening multisectoral collaboration. Methods: Stakeholder's engagement was implemented in two phases. Phase one consisted of engaging the multisectoral national task team for the preparation of the workshop. Phase two consisted of the bridging exercise itself during a three day workshop. The WOAH-WHO standardized IHR/PVS NBW toolkit was used throughout the workshop. Results: A total of 66 participants took part in the exercise. In total, 36% each came from human and animal health sectors with 23% and 5% from the environmental health and other sectors respectively. A total of 55% participants came from the national level and 39% from the regional level. The joint roadmap contained 55 activities and 13 objectives. Priority objectives were the establishment of a OH platform at all levels (62% of the vote) and building stakeholder's capacity on the OH approach (56% of the vote). A total of 67% of the activities required low or moderate cost and 87% would have a high impact on multisectoral collaboration. Conclusion: The NBW allowed consensus on operational activities to fill the gaps in coordination to build health security capacities. It enabled Cameroon to create a joint road map for enhanced multisectoral collaboration for health security. The output will be integrated in the National Action Plan for Health Security operational plan and support operational One Health activities. It would be crucial to develop global capacity assessment frameworks for environmental health, which could be included in the NBW, to incorporate interconnections with environmental sector. This should allow for a stronger multisectoral linkage of sectors all together for a more the robust OH approach in responding to emerging public health threats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3f580d4407746f5bfb6ef28c912ca392023-06-13T04:12:30ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142023-06-0116100552IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road mapViviane Fossouo Ndoungué0Djamilla Bello1Jean Marc Feussom Kameni2Antoine Damou Lamtoing3Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee4Salla Abdou5Mohamed Moctar Mouiche Mouliom6Omer T. Njajou7Traoré Tieblé8Roland Kimbi Wango9Guillaume Belot10Serge Agbo Kouadio11Stéphane de La Rocque12National Public Health Observatory, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Corresponding author.National Public Health Observatory, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, CameroonAnimal Disease Epidemiology Surveillance Network (RESCAM), Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries, and Animal Industries, Yaounde, CameroonMinistry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, Yaounde, CameroonWorld Health Organization, Yaounde, CameroonFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Yaounde, CameroonInfectious Disease Detection and Surveillance Project, ICF, Yaounde, CameroonTackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Program, DAI Global Health, London, UKWorld Health Organization, Dakar Hub, SenegalWorld Health Organization, Dakar Hub, SenegalWorld Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandResolve To Save Lives, New York, USAWorld Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandIntroduction: Stakeholders involved in the implementation of the One Health (OH) welcome support for the operationalization of the approach and advice on how to address OH collaboration challenges. The IHR/PVS National Bridging Workshop (NBW) is an operational and outcome-oriented tool approach that allows animal health, human health and other relevant sectors to focus on their coordination. This paper describes how Cameroon leveraged on the NBW success factors to engage stakeholders in strengthening multisectoral collaboration. Methods: Stakeholder's engagement was implemented in two phases. Phase one consisted of engaging the multisectoral national task team for the preparation of the workshop. Phase two consisted of the bridging exercise itself during a three day workshop. The WOAH-WHO standardized IHR/PVS NBW toolkit was used throughout the workshop. Results: A total of 66 participants took part in the exercise. In total, 36% each came from human and animal health sectors with 23% and 5% from the environmental health and other sectors respectively. A total of 55% participants came from the national level and 39% from the regional level. The joint roadmap contained 55 activities and 13 objectives. Priority objectives were the establishment of a OH platform at all levels (62% of the vote) and building stakeholder's capacity on the OH approach (56% of the vote). A total of 67% of the activities required low or moderate cost and 87% would have a high impact on multisectoral collaboration. Conclusion: The NBW allowed consensus on operational activities to fill the gaps in coordination to build health security capacities. It enabled Cameroon to create a joint road map for enhanced multisectoral collaboration for health security. The output will be integrated in the National Action Plan for Health Security operational plan and support operational One Health activities. It would be crucial to develop global capacity assessment frameworks for environmental health, which could be included in the NBW, to incorporate interconnections with environmental sector. This should allow for a stronger multisectoral linkage of sectors all together for a more the robust OH approach in responding to emerging public health threats.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771423000721One Health approachPerformance of veterinary servicesInternational health regulationMultisectoral coordinationMultidisciplinary collaborationCameroon |
| spellingShingle | Viviane Fossouo Ndoungué Djamilla Bello Jean Marc Feussom Kameni Antoine Damou Lamtoing Christian Emmanuel Douba Epee Salla Abdou Mohamed Moctar Mouiche Mouliom Omer T. Njajou Traoré Tieblé Roland Kimbi Wango Guillaume Belot Serge Agbo Kouadio Stéphane de La Rocque IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map One Health One Health approach Performance of veterinary services International health regulation Multisectoral coordination Multidisciplinary collaboration Cameroon |
| title | IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map |
| title_full | IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map |
| title_fullStr | IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map |
| title_full_unstemmed | IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map |
| title_short | IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop in Cameroon: An interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a One Health road map |
| title_sort | ihr pvs national bridging workshop in cameroon an interactive and participatory approach to engage stakeholders in the development of a one health road map |
| topic | One Health approach Performance of veterinary services International health regulation Multisectoral coordination Multidisciplinary collaboration Cameroon |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771423000721 |
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