Friday 20/June/2025 – 09:26 am
The Ministry of Environment participated in the one health conference … one future, which was held in the State of Tunisia, and aims to emphasize the commitment of Arab countries and international organizations to enhance the one health approach as an effective way to confront joint health threats that include humans, animals and the environment.
For her part, Dr. Sherine Fekry, Assistant Minister of Environment for Coordination and Application of Environmental Policies, stressed in a statement that this event is gaining special importance and urgent necessity due to the suffering of the developed and developing world alike from the effects that may result from the ongoing changes in this important file because of its interdependence between all sectors and direct and indirect effects on health, where steps are based on confronting this phenomenon and its repercussions on the number of Among the axes such as enhancing the elasticity of national systems, including epidemics and health security, as well as the use of clean technologies in all sectors, and the direction and international endeavors that aim to transform the green economy and green growth, as the path of green growth to get out of the crisis is important to the world in general and our Arab region, pointing out that the conference is an ideal platform for sharing ideas, which allows partnerships between different sectors.
The executive plan for one health 2024-2027
She explained, thought that the Arab Republic of Egypt has a commitment towards the one health approach, where the executive plan for one health was announced 2024-2027, which is the culmination of the Egyptian efforts made to activate the national strategic framework for one health, which was announced in April 2023, where this executive plan aims to translate the goals of the strategic framework into practical and concrete procedures on the ground, by enhancing cooperation and coordination Effective between the various sectors concerned.
The assistant minister of the Egyptian Environment for Coordination and the application of environmental policies continued that the strategic framework for one health 2023-2027 prepared by Egypt came from the deep belief in the interconnection of human, animal and the environment, and this strategic framework was developed through close cooperation between the ministries of health, population, agriculture, and the environment, with the aim of enhancing coordination between sectors, building national capabilities, improving readiness and response to health risks Common like animal diseases, antimicrobial resistance.
