A network of players mobilized for one sustainable health for all

The One Sustainable Health for All (OSHA) Foundation promotes the “One Sustainable Health” approach. This multidisciplinary and cross‑disciplinary approach aims to understand generally human, animal and environmental medicine.

The finding of an inter‑relationship between human health, animal health and the environment

The premise is based on the constant interactions between human activities and the living world (animal, plant, and environmental). The “One Health” approach invites all stakeholders to consider these issues together in order to accelerate the overcoming of the logics specific to each field and provide a coherent response that meets the challenges. The “One Sustainable Health” approach combines both the “One Health” and “Global Health” approaches, which adds universal and equitable access.

Working groups, events, a coalition

To implement this approach, the USDT Foundation wants to promote a multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach in the context of health project implementation, fostering exchanges between public and private actors involved in health (“One Health”).

This approach, with no borders between public and private, national and international actors, is operationally supported by an online platform (OSH Forum) that enables all stakeholders to interact. Six international working groups (“International Work Group”, IWG) have been meeting since July 2021 to formulate recommendations discussed during international sessions organized in Bangladesh, Lebanon, Senegal, and Brazil. An OSH Declaration, resulting from these working groups, is published at the end of 2023-beginning of 2024 in French and English.

At the same time, in February 2022, on the occasion of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, the USDT Foundation launched the “One Europe for Global Health” coalition. Objective: to integrate global health and One Health priorities into European policies, strategies, and actions by involving civil society and bringing together actors from all sectors.

A first OSH for All Conference took place in Lyon in July 2023. The event complemented the World Health Summit (WHS) in Berlin and the Global Health Forum in Geneva.

In 2024, ten themes were selected to continue the work undertaken via the IWGs: Environmental health and sustainable development; Sustainable food systems; One Health & Urban Environment; Equitable health services; Financing sustainable health; Governance and policies; Education and Communication; One Health Next Generation; One Health in the humanitarian context; One Digital Health.

All these processes lead to recommendations for public policies and the implementation of operational field actions in favor of health for all. They help to guide the public policies and operational programs of states, international agencies, companies, NGOs, and Foundations.

Participating in the development of a One Sustainable Health approach by promoting exchanges should help place the issue of global health on the 2030 SDG agenda.