In a joint statement released today, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO), committed to strengthening multi-sectoral coordination and efforts to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals, and the environment across Europe and Central Asia.

This message was reiterated in a virtual event of the regional Tripartite members represented by Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, Budimir Plavsic, OIE Regional Representative for Europe, and Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.