In rapidly growing cities in Africa and Asia, the sanitation needs of the very poorest are often neglected – to the detriment of public health. By visualising how excreta is managed as it moves through a city, Shit Flow Diagrams can help municipal authorities to prioritise investments where they are needed most.
One Health has traditionally focused on collaboration between human and animal doctors. Panellists at the World Health Summit argued for a paradigm shift to put communities and their natural environments at the center. Four concrete One Health projects show what this can look like in practice.
At GIZ in Berlin Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen and Karin Kortmann in conversation about three global crises
‘One day our children will ask us: What did you do in 2021?’ Mehr lesen
In an interview with Healthy DEvelopments in March 2021, Dr Maria Flachsbarth outlined in some detail the thinking and motivations behind the One Health approach pursued by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Emerging infectious disease outbreaks like Ebola, Zika or the new Coronavirus cast a glaring light on the dangers of ‘zoonoses’ – infectious diseases transmitted between animals and humans
One Health: BMZ’s new commitment to tackling a multidimensional crisis Mehr lesen
Not long ago in Nepal, like in many other lower-middle income countries, healthcare waste – from personal protective equipment, such as gloves and gowns, to used swabs and bandages, expired drugs, needles, laboratory reagents and chemicals – was simply dumped behind health facilities, mixed with general waste and sent to landfills, or openly burned.
Tackling healthcare waste on the top of the world Mehr lesen
A simple approach to monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene standards is triggering action
Cambodian schools aim for the stars Mehr lesen
At the World Health Summit 2020, BMZ firmly commits to a One Health approach
A time to deliver: Towards One Health Mehr lesen
Transforming healthcare waste management for a healthier, more sustainable Nepal
Hot off the press: ‘No time to waste’ in Nepal Mehr lesen
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