STRENGTHENING ONE HEALTH WORKFORCE IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

The Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) project, in collaboration with the Quadripartite (FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH), organized a joint training in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 21 March 2025. The training aimed to equip participants with key resources, tools, and methodologies to strengthen One Health workforce capacity in 12 Eastern and Southern Africa countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). Academia and government representatives explored the databases of the Workforce Development Operational Tool (WFD OT) and the Global One Health Search Tool (GOHST). They also learned how to use the Monitoring and Evaluation Operational Tool (M&E OT) to measure the progress and impact of their One Health initiatives.