๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บโ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐บ.
Moderated by Dr. Carlo Panelo, the Vice President of Culion Foundation, Inc., the panel titled โThe One Health Landscape in the Philippines: Risks, Gaps, and Opportunitiesโ gathered key voices from government, international agencies, civil society, and academia. Dr. Panelo opened with a warning: the next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when. He emphasized that One Health requires intersectoral collaboration beyond individual disciplines.
Panelist Rowena Capistrano, the Technical Officer of the World Health Organization Philippines, cited that while the Philippines has pioneered One Health initiatives like the Philippine Inter-agency Committee for Zoonoses (PhilCZ), implementation remains fragmented and underfunded. Amandeep Singh, the Senior Social Sector Specialist at the Asia Development Bank, highlighted the lack of engagement from the agricultural and private sectors, stressing the need to shift from awareness to action. Dr. Remil Galay, the Director of UP Los Baรฑos Zoonoses and Vice President of Philippine One Health University Network (PhilOHUN), pointed to gaps in animal health and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), adding that academic programs like the PhilOHUN are training future experts but need greater support. Dr. Jerome Montemayor, the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, linked ecosystem degradation to zoonotic risks and highlighted regional efforts to involve businesses in conservation financing.
All panelists agreed on the private sectorโs critical role in funding, innovation, workforce development, and resilient infrastructure. They urged companies to integrate One Health into their ESG strategies, not just CSR.
Dr. Mary Ann Lansang, a trustee of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society Inc., and Clinical Professor of UP-PGH Clinical Epidemiology Unit, closed the discussion by urging unified private sector involvement in shaping and supporting the governmentโs National Action Plan on Zoonoses. She emphasized the 4Cs: Coordination, Collaboration, Commitment, and Co-ownership, as pillars for a stronger One Health future.
Dr. Panelo concluded that One Health must become a long-term, collaborative model to effectively address emerging health threats.
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