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Press Release
4 Nov 2025
One Health. One Planet. Our Responsibility
Time for action: A Joint Statement of the EU Cross-agency One Health Task Force and the European and Central Asia Quadripartite on One Health
3 November 2025: As wildfires, heat waves, floods, and other interconnected crises intensify in 2025, recognising the link between human, animal, and environmental health – and acting across sectors – is absolutely essential.
Through dedicated cooperation and proactive measures, the EU Cross-agency One Health Task Force and the European and Central Asia Quadripartite commit to implementing the One Health approach. We invite all partners to join us in this essential endeavour for the health of people, animals, and the planet.
Signed: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), European Environment Agency (EEA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) for the WHO European Region and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
NOTES TO EDITOR
[1] EU One Health Task Force: A joint initiative of five agencies of the European Union that have a technical and scientific mandate in the areas of environmental sustainability, public health and food safety. Members include European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Medicines Agency (EMA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Environment Agency (EEA) and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) with the contribution of the European Commission/DG SANTE as observer.
[1] Quadripartite: The Regional One Health Coordination Mechanism for Europe facilitates cooperation between the regional offices of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and World Health Organization (WHO) for the WHO European Region to address risks at the human-animal-ecosystem interface and mainstream the One Health approach.
[1] Source: https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-bulletins
[1] Source: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and-activities/natural-and-man-made-hazards/fires/current-wildfire-situation-europe_en https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and-activities/natural-and-man-made-hazards/fires/current-wildfire-situation-europe_en
v Source: Current evidence of the economic value of One Health initiatives: A systematic literature review - ScienceDirect
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Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/time-action-joint-statement-eu-cross-agency-one-health-task-force
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