Community-driven One Health panel at World Health Summit 2026

Join Santiago Alba-Corral, IDRC’s Vice-President of Programs and Partnerships, for “Community-Driven One Health in Action: From Locally Led Research to Sustainable Policy and Practice” at the World Health Summit 2026. 

The panel takes place on October 12, 2026, from 11:00 to 12:30 CEST (09:00 to 10:30 UTC). Attend in person at the InterContinental Berlin (Pavilion Room), Berlin, Germany, or watch live online. 

A recording will be available on the same page after the event. Interpretation will be available only to in-person participants. 

About the session

Community-driven One Health approaches deserve greater attention for their ability to generate sustainable human and animal health outcomes. IDRC’s experience suggests that successful One Health initiatives are built from the ground up, emphasizing participation, consensus-building, and co-development in defining both the challenges and the solutions. While commonly cited barriers—such as governance coordination, sectoral silos, technical integration, and inter-organizational collaboration—remain important, strong local foundations are often essential to overcoming them. 

This panel will: 

1. Highlight key features of IDRC’s One Health programming, including equitable partnerships, collaboration across sectors, and locally led research that supports sustainable, context-specific solutions.
2. Share results and lessons from our One Health investments, drawing examples from epidemic preparedness and mitigating antimicrobial resistance. 
3. Examine how program design and local contexts have enabled or hindered the use of research in policies, programs, and practices, and identify what is needed to strengthen the impact and sustainability of One Health approaches.