Taking stock of digitalisation in the field of in One Health: Tools, stakeholders and country examples

Commissioned by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) m4h researched and inventoried digital tools in use in One Health as well as all stakeholders involved in their development, implementation and funding.

The challenge

Across the globe, governments, researchers and clinicians are increasingly becoming aware of the interlinkages between human-, animal- and environmental health, captured in the One Health concept, and of their relevance for disease outbreaks and their prevention. Digitalisation supports data collection, analysis and surveillance in, and increasingly across, all three fields and is key for effective responses to pandemic threats. However, an overview of existing digital tools in One Health and who develops, implements and supports them is hard to come by.

The assignment

This is why Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) commissioned m4h

• To take stock of digital tools currently in use or in development in One Health
• To identify stakeholders developing, implementing or funding such digital tools
• To prepare country case studies on such digital One Health tools
• To provide technical advice on related questions to GIZ sector initiatives and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

The results

The assignment yielded the following results:

1. A database with details on 62 digital One Health tools and 118 stakeholders in digital One Health is ready for integration into a suitable publicly accessible website.
2. Case studies on perspectives for the digitalisation of One Health twere completed for Vietnam and the Selva Maya region.