One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals, and Livelihoods (HEAL)

Between 150,000 - 215,000 people in hard-to-reach areas will benefit from integrated One Health service delivery and health promotion activities.

Up to 1,000 - 1,500 service providers in public health, veterinary, environmental protection institutions, and community platforms will benefit from capacity strengthening, reaching an estimated population of about 1.2 million in the target areas across the Horn of Africa.

• Communities are empowered to make informed decisions about their health, their animals, and their environment.
• One Health Units provide integrated, gender-responsive, adaptive, and cost-effective services.
• The public and private sectors have institutionalized and invest in recognized One Health Units.

Risultati principali attesi:  

• Scaling-up to 2 new regions in Somalia and 1 new zone in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, along intervention corridors of RCPHoA 2026-29;
• Strengthen and establish new Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Platforms and One Health Units;
• Enhance government allocations to service delivery in target areas;
• Support One Health Units for efficient management of resources, and effective crisis response;
• Strengthen joint advocacy to institutionalise the One Health approach by local government counterparts.
• Market study to explore private sector engagement for One Health service delivery.

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

The HEAL project facilitated an innovative bottom-up, community-led approach for joint basic health, veterinary, and environmental services delivery in (agro-)pastoralist areas of the Horn of Africa: Key achievements of phase 1 are:

• Establishement of 38 community Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Platforms for facilitating integrated service delivery. Ca. 40% of the members are women.
• 14 One Health Units piloted for integrated service delivery in the 3 countries, and 146 service providers, 312 local government representatives, and 744 community-based actors trained on the principles and practices of One Health.
• 50,447 households reached with emergency response interventions in the project locations through the crisis modifier.
• Formation of One Health Taskforces at district and zonal levels.
• Key recommendations for Phase 2 from the mid-term evaluation in 2024: i) joint advocacy for investment in One Health Units with governments, ii) explore and strengthen opportunities for partnership with private sector actors, iii) strengthen environmental component of One Health service delivery.

University of Liverpool, CEDA, TRiM, as associated HEAL partners.

SDC projects in the same area (JOHI, RLP; Rapid+, LSS), and other One Health actors as collaborating partners.