Welcome to the Belgian One Health website!
The Belgian One Health community brings together experts from a diversity of fields, including human, animal and plant health scientists, natural and social scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and other stakeholders.
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- Join the mailing list to receive the Belgian Biodiversity Platform’s monthly Newsflash. You will be kept informed of developments, projects and events in Belgium, as well as international developments in a concise manner.
- Attend our events so you can expand your network with experts of various fields and reach out to new perspectives, get out of your comfort zone, and get the bigger picture.
- And finally, our Expertise Registry will be open for sign-ups soon! It will allow you to stay updated on events and activities, and you may be contacted as an expert to respond to ad hoc requests from Belgian and international public authorities or other stakeholder organisations.
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About / One Health
The ‘One Health’ concept is a holistic, multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary approach of health, which recognises that human, animal and environmental health are closely intertwined and interdependent.
The One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) of the Quadripartite (WHO, WOAH, FAO, and UNEP) has developed a widely accepted One Health definition, which is also subscribed by the Belgian One Health network (BeOH).
About / the Belgian One Health network
The BeOH network was launched in 2019. Its aim is to support collaboration, capacity building and communication among Belgian actors.
In 2023 it developed its vision and missions with the support of its Coordination Team, composed of experts from different research organisations as well as policy makers and other stakeholders.
Events
Since its launch, BeOH has organised several events and activities. In January 2024, there was a workshop on Innovation in sensors to detect pathogens in wastewater and air. In January 2025 a two-day event will be organised on the importance of ecosystems in One Health.
Publications
The BeOH community has published numerous papers in the context of One Health, including on COVID-19.
Partners
The founding partners of the BeOH network are the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, the Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, and Sciensano.
The BeOH network is active in several national and international One Health networks. So far it has formally partnered up with the Belgian PREZODE Expert Group, Be-cause health, and the One Sustainable Health Forum.