MPPGA Students: A Comparative Analysis of One Health Policies in Asia



UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs students Benedetta Beltramo, Soumya Kolluru, Lisa Slager, and Lindsey Wall published a report on One Health Commission exploring the implementation of One Health policies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, and Thailand. This publication emerged from the students’ Global Policy Project, where they worked closely with their client, Genome BC, to find best practices that can inform and strengthen One Health policy implementation in British Columbia.

Project Description:

One Health policies – which integrate human, animal and environmental health – are an emerging concept, gaining traction with the increase in zoonotic diseases and the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 global health pandemic. One Health policies have been shown to strengthen identification, monitoring, and prevention of infectious disease outbreaks, but in British Columbia they have yet to be extensively implemented. The purpose of this project is to obtain a deeper understanding of the various characteristics that are present in the design and implementation of existing One Health policies in Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong in order to identify best practices that can be applied to the British Columbia context. The overall goal is to inform British Columbia’s stakeholders on how they can accelerate One Health implementation within existing health frameworks.