Capacity, Collaboration and Capital: AU-IBAR Showcases Digital One Health Innovation for Future-Ready Veterinary Services
Paris, France, 19 May 2026 — AU-IBAR continued its engagement on key animal health issues at the 93rd General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health, with today’s focus zeroing in on digital and institutional capacity as critical foundations for stronger animal health and One Health coordination.
A key engagement took place at the capacity-building kiosk titled “Capacity, Collaboration and Capital: Veterinary Services for the Future by Leveraging 20 Years of Performance of Veterinary Services Insights.” Represented by Dr Mary Mbole-Kariuki, AU-IBAR used the platform to showcase the African Union Digital One Health Platform, a continental tool designed to transform One Health data into intelligence for coordinated prevention, preparedness and response to health threats.
The AU Digital One Health Platform is strongly aligned with the kiosk theme, as it demonstrates how capacity, collaboration, and capital can translate into practical systems that strengthen Veterinary Services. Through its digital learning, data-sharing, and decision-support functions, the platform supports institutional capacity, promotes collaboration across the animal, human, and environmental health sectors, and generates evidence to guide planning, investment, and resource allocation.
The platform is being advanced under the African Union One Health Data Alliance Africa initiative, with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and technical cooperation through GIZ.
The kiosk drew on two decades of lessons from the Performance of Veterinary Services Pathway, focusing on how stronger Veterinary Services depend on sound governance, effective legislation, sustainable financing, continuous training and improved service delivery. The discussion reinforced that future-ready Veterinary Services require stronger institutions, cross-sector collaboration and strategic investment.
AU-IBAR’s participation demonstrated how digital One Health systems can support Member States in strengthening preparedness, responding to transboundary animal diseases and zoonotic threats, and improving coordination across sectors.
The engagement also provided an important networking opportunity between AU-IBAR, the World Organisation for Animal Health and AU-PANVAC. In the picture, AU-IBAR Director Dr Huyam Salih is joined by Prof. James Wabacha, Dr Mary Mbole-Kariuki, Dr Rahul of the World Organisation for Animal Health, and Dr Bodjo of AU-PANVAC, reflecting the value of institutional collaboration in advancing resilient, future-ready animal health systems across Africa.