PREZODE co-organizes two panel sessions during the Congress: one with the World Bank Group on September 5, and one with the World Organisation for Animal Health on the 6th. A dedicated booth will welcome our members, partners, and visitors.
Held in Lisbon, Portugal, from September 4–7, 2026, the World One Health Congress brings together experts from around the world working on One Health science and policy. The four-day program includes parallel tracks on One Health science, antimicrobial agents and resistance, and the science-policy interface, among other topics.
This flagship event for the One Health community gives PREZODE the opportunity to meet with its partners and experts and to co-organize two major sessions.
From Response to Prevention: Financing and Partnerships for Sustainable One Health Impact
Co-organized with the World Bank Group
September 5 – 12:45 – 13:45 – Auditorium I
Co-chaired by Andre Carletto, Senior Economist at the World Bank Group, and Dr. Marisa Peyre, epidemiologist and co-founder of PREZODE, this parallel session will bring together political leaders, regional institutions, scientists, and financing partners. The discussion will address the following questions:
- Why should prevention be considered a central objective and benefit of One Health implementation?
- How can countries demonstrate the economic and societal value of prevention-oriented investments?
- What financing mechanisms can support long-term, multisectoral prevention programs?
- How can partnerships between governments, regional organizations, development banks, research institutions, civil society, and the private sector generate greater impact?
- What are the lessons learned from countries that are already operationalizing prevention-focused One Health approaches?
Operationalizing One Health Prevention: Building Science–Society–Policy Interfaces from Local Action to Global Governance
Co-organized with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
September 6 – 11:00 – 12:30 – Room 1.08
This session will present practical examples of dialogue mechanisms operating at local, national, and international levels. Case studies from Senegal, Vietnam, and global One Health initiatives will illustrate how such platforms support prevention strategies across diverse contexts. These examples will highlight enabling environments, governance arrangements, community engagement, evidence-informed decision-making, and coordination of financing for prevention. The session will also explore how development partners and financial institutions, including the World Bank, can support sustainable prevention-oriented governance systems.
Marisa Peyre
Chadia Wannous
Co-chaired by Dr. Marisa Peyre, epidemiologist and co-founder of PREZODE, and Dr. Chadia Wannous, Public Health specialist at WOAH, the panel features:
Nina Jamal, FOUR PAWS International, Austria
Nina Jamal is the Senior Head of Global Affairs and Deputy Director of Lobbying & Advocacy at FOUR PAWS International. Before taking on that role and since the start of the Pandemic, Nina and the FOUR PAWS team led advocacy efforts, supporting member states in anchoring actionable provisions on prevention and One Health in collaboration with a broad coalition of animal welfare and conservation NGOs and experts.
Between 2013 and 2021, Nina led the International Campaigns on Farm Animals and Nutrition at FOUR PAWS. Nina also worked on climate campaigns and international policy within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations as well as in the private sector on sustainability and UNIDO on the implementation of international multilateral environmental agreements.
Her academic background is in Environmental Health Sciences, Public Health and International Environmental Policy.
Sadio Ba Gning, Université Gaston Berger De Saint-Louis, Senegal
Dr. Sadio Ba Gning is a lecturer and researcher in sociology at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on the influence of religion on gender relations in the informal sector, on intergenerational relations, and on health-related practices. Her research focuses on Islam in a context of religious pluralism (Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, animism) to understand the impacts of religion on gender — notably through women’s entrepreneurship, trade unionism and women’s movements, aging, and public policy
Vu Thi Phuong, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Vietnam
Vu Thi Phuong, is a National Coordinator, One Health Partnership on Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases, Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Viet Nam. She holds a 23 year-experience in managing and coordinating international cooperation programmes and ODA-funded projects in the fields of environment, agriculture and One Health. Her current responsibilities include coordinating multi-sectoral cooperation among government agencies, international organizations, development partners and other stakeholders to advance the One Health approach and strengthen collaboration on zoonotic disease prevention and control in Viet Nam.
Dr. Nitish Debnath, One Health Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Dr Nitish Debnath has broad experience in working with the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Food and Agriculture Organizations of United Nations (FAO), and Fleming Fund Country Grant to Bangladesh.
Dr Nitish Debnath has worked as a Vice Chancellor, Dean, and Professor of Microbiology and Public Health of CVASU, and Senior Technical Advisor for One Health and Veterinary Education in FAO.
Over the past few years, Dr. Debnath has been working with the Fleming Fund Country Grant to Bangladesh DAI Global as Team Lead.
He relies on a vast network of professional experts of One Health: chairing One Health Bangladesh since its inception in 2008, member of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), a member of the Technical Advisory Panel of N4H, a member of the executive board of One Health Poultry Hub, a former member of the governing board of the International Association For Ecology and Health (IAEH) and Council on International Veterinary Medical Education (CIVME), former President of Bangladesh Veterinary Council (BVC) and former alternate member of the governing board of Pandemic Fund as representative of Civil Society, South.
Nitish is a member of the Region’s College of the Steering Committee, representing Asia along with Dr. Tongkorn Meeyam.
Dr. Laure Weber-Vintzel, The World Bank Group, United States
Dr. Laure Weber-Vintzel is a Senior Livestock Specialist at the World Bank Group, where she provides technical support on sustainable livestock and One Health-related analytics and operations. Veterinarian with a master’s in animal production, she spent 17 years with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), before joining the World Bank, working in various positions both in Headquarters and Southeast Asia.
Her expertise includes animal health, surveillance and information systems, control and eradication strategy of transboundary animal diseases, AMR, crisis management, international standards setting, implementation and monitoring, evaluation of health systems, and, of course, One Health.
Jeffry Acaba, APCASO, Thailand.
Jeffry Acaba is currently Programme Manager at APCASO, an Asia-Pacific civil society network organisation working on health, social justice, and human rights. He currently manages projects related to One Health, pandemics, HIV, and TB, coordinates the Activists Coalition on TB – Asia-Pacific (ACT! AP), and serves as the monitoring and evaluation focal point for APCASO. As an openly gay migrant living with HIV and a TB survivor, Jeff brings both technical expertise and lived experience in grounding health policy advocacy, accountability, and programme design with community realities, and mobilises communities to engage more meaningfully towards a more inclusive health response.
Booth 6, Auditorium floor
Throughout the four days, we’ll be glad to meet you at booth no. 6, shared with the World Bank Group. Come and visit!