The project supported the One Health concept, which emphasizes the links between animal health and human health and emerging animal and human diseases. One Health provided a platform for unprecedented integration of animal, human and ecosystem health issues to fight the threat of avian influenza. The systematic collaboration of technical agencies across disciplines, such as FAO (veterinarians) and WHO (medical doctors) and civil society organizations (community health workers) supported by the project has promoted this concept since the beginning of the project. ADB's financial and convening power and its high flexibility and responsiveness under the project helped build up links and strengthen collaboration between World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and World Organization for Animal Health.
Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Asia and the Pacific