Ahead of the last rounds of negotiations for the Pandemic Agreement, PREZODE organized a webinar alongside FOUR PAWS and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to highlight the existing efforts on One Health governance and the operationalization of prevention activities already in place in countries worldwide.
As the last currently scheduled round of negotiations on the Pandemic Agreement, INB13, resumes on 7 April 2025, it is essential to re-emphasize the importance of the One Health approach for effective prevention to facilitate reaching a consensus. Co-hosted with FOUR PAWS and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the session advocated for a Pandemic Agreement that supports and expands existing efforts and integrates the One Health Approach to enable sustainable and effective prevention of zoonoses. PREZODE presented the results of its study on One Health governance and implementation at country level.
Speakers
Moderated by Barbara Stocking, Chair of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention, the webinar brought together:
Dr. Soawapak Hinjoy, One Health expert from the Ministry of Public Health Thailand and Vice Presidentof PREZODE.
She also serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the School of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University, as an academic advisor of the Field Epidemiology Training Program, as a member of the Committee on Centers of Rabies Control and Prevention in Thailand, and of the local committee of International Health Regulation. She has been a speaker in various international programs.
Previously, Dr Soawapak Hinjoy was the Chief of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Section, Division of Epidemiology, after having held the position of principal investigator on the One Health Phase II Project.
A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Dr Soawapak Hinjoy holds a Doctorate in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also holds a Master of Public Health from Tulane University and a Master of Science (Veterinary Public Health) from Chulalongkorn University.
Nina Jamal, International Head of Pandemics & Campaign Strategies at FOUR PAWS International, to expose findings’ implications on the Pandemic Agreement.
Before taking on that role and, since 2013, she 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.
Dr. Alexandra L. Phelan, Associate Professor, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Johns Hopkins.
She is an internationally recognized expert in global health law, specializing in international law and infectious diseases and the impact of global change events on health, including planetary health issues like biodiversity loss and climate change. She/they advises international organizations and governments on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, and serves on international and national expert advisory bodies on global public health and law. Dr Phelan has previously worked with the World Health Organization and Gavi, and is admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia.
Dr. Chris Walzer is the Executive Director of Health at the Wildlife Conservation Society
Board-certified wildlife veterinarian. A tenured professor of Conservation Medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, he bridges veterinary practice, academia, and conservation action. With over 130 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters, Chris is an internationally recognized expert in One Health, human-livestock-wildlife interactions, and zoonotic disease research. His career spans leadership roles and research across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Notably, he spent two decades in Mongolia’s Gobi region, contributing to the conservation of the Przewalski’s horse and Asiatic wild ass while linking wildlife health with broader ecological goals. His recent work focuses on zoonotic pathogens, environmental encroachment, and the wildlife trade. Chris has also spearheaded large-scale EU-funded ecological connectivity and biodiversity projects in the Alps and has received multiple awards, including Mongolia’s Distinguished Environmentalist Award, for his efforts to protect the nation’s rare species. Through his diverse expertise, Chris continues to drive impactful solutions at the intersection of health and the environment.
Dame Barbara Stocking, Chair of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention.
Dame Barbara Stocking has spent much of her working life in healthcare, including as a member of the top team of the NHS for eight years. She was requested to Chair the Panel which assessed WHO’s performance on Ebola in 2014 and, more recently, is currently Chair of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention. Her other main commitment was to international development as Chief
This webinar was organized in collaboration with Born Free Foundation, Health Diplomacy Alliance, Phoenix Zones Initiative, Proyecto ARPA, World Animal Protection, Wildlife Conservation Society and World Federation for Animals.
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