One Health Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020

The One Health Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020 is a national cross-sectoral plan of the United Republic of Tanzania. Its main objectives are to enhance awareness on One Health for professionals, policy-makers and the community; to increase awareness on One Health to 80% of at risk population from identified priority zoonotic diseases areas at all levels, by June, 2020; to increase the knowledge base focused on One Health initiatives in 80% of pre-service and 30% of in-services trainings by July 2018; to increase awareness about One Health to 100% of policy and decision makers by July 2020; to strengthen preparedness planning and improve the ability to respond to zoonotic disease outbreak at all levels (community, District, Regional and National); to develop a framework for improving capacity for preparedness to respond to Zoonotic disease outbreak to all levels by 2016; to strengthen the coordination of emergency preparedness and response to zoonotic disease outbreak among relevant ministries and agencies by 2020; to improve the health of human, animal and environment through evidence based research; to enhance Institutional collaborative Research projects on One Health by 60% in 2020; to coordinate the setting of One Health research priorities among all institutions by 2020; to enhance communication linkages between One Health researchers and policy makers by 2020; functional and quality integrated human and animal health systems to reduce the burden of zoonotic diseases; to promote and strengthen integrated surveillance, prevention and control of zoonotic diseases in 12% of the districts annually by 2020; to enhance zoonotic disease diagnostic capacity at national (100%), zonal/regional (60%) and district (30%) levels by 2020; to strengthen institutional framework to support One Health implementation; by July 2016, a cost effective and efficient One Health coordinating Unit involving 80% of stakeholders established in the Disaster Management Department of the Prime Minster’s Office; and by 2020, establish a mechanism to facilitate and collaborate One Health activities with the relevant ministries, agencies and other organizations by average of 60%.