6th International Health and One Health Conference: a global perspective to tackle emerging health challenges

The event brought together healthcare professionals to address the major challenges posed by global health in a context marked by the successive emergence of infectious diseases.

During the conference, the need for a flexible and coordinated response to threats such as influenza A, Ebola, Zika, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, SARS-CoV-2 and monkeypox was highlighted. Experts stressed that the current epidemiological reality is shaped by factors such as zoonoses, climate change, migration and global health inequalities, which create a complex and constantly evolving scenario.

The programme included presentations on:

• Are we what we eat? Overfishing and migration in Senegal and Gambia – Noemí Fuster (ICM-CSIC)
• Nutrition, health and immigration – Saba Mohamed (ISGlobal)
• The impact of cuts in international aid – Stephanie Drezer (MSF Brussels)
• Emerging STIs, a global issue – Martí Vall (Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions)
• Climate change and global health – Tomàs Molina (TV3)

The conference was framed within the One Health concept, which integrates human, animal and environmental health as interdependent pillars to prevent and control diseases.

The coordinators of the conference were Dr Xavier Vallès, researcher at the Foundation; Dr Sílvia Roure, head of the Foundation’s International Health line; and Dr Lluís Valerio, specialist physician (ICS Metropolitan North).