Veterinary Services Authority: Steps towards a system for public health protection and the sustainability of ecosystem and food systems
Dr. Hamed Al -Aqsas, Chairman of the Public Authority for Veterinary Services, announced the authority’s efforts to enhance and activate the one health approach, that global approach in which human health, animal and environment, within an integrated system aimed at protecting public health and ensuring the sustainability of ecosyste and food systems. Veterinary, & nbsp, it is a belief from the authority of the importance of this vision, a set of practical and organizational steps that contribute to establishing the infrastructure were taken to implement this approach within the authority and in the veterinary directorates in the governorates. Within its various departments, with the aim of setting an institutional organizational framework that guarantees integration between technical departments and contributes to supporting the mechanisms of joint work. The directorates. Where an executive draft has been prepared for the departments of the technical body to organize and coordinate its contribution to the application of one health, in order to ensure the clarity of the roles and the integration of efforts within the authority. Coordination with the central departments. The public, where the proposal of a specialized training program was established in cooperation with the General Syndicate of Veterinary Doctors, aimed at building technical capabilities and enhancing knowledge of one health concepts and practical applications, and this includes common diseases, food safety and antimicrobial resistance. Integration, cooperation and continuous communication between all sides, indicating that the authority continues to develop its tools and build its partnerships, be guided by science and committed to serving human, animal and the environment alike.
