One Health is fast emerging as the new default setting, but it won’t be easy

One Health has emerged as a contemporary rage in public health discourse following the COVID-19 pandemic, and is increasingly central to the organisation of health services and disease control programmes. The mission seeks to develop a “unified pandemic preparedness plan” to address priority ‘One Health diseases’ through cross-ministerial coordination as well as to engage with non-governmental stakeholders including academia, the private sector and international agencies for “better disease control and preparedness.” India’s G20 Presidency provided a further fillip to these initiatives with the first G20 Health Track — Health Emergencies Prevention, Preparedness and Response —focussing on One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance. Identification and involvement of local champions and utilising local knowledge in framing the One Health governance framework will result in collaborative ownership. Multisectoral collaboration: Global, regional, national and local level coordination and communication are vital to the One Health governance framework and intersectoral coordination and communication. Resource allocation: One Health has not received adequate investment; adequate resource allocation and optimum utilisation across sectors need to be addressed at the outset of the development of the One Health governance framework.