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The first State and Union Territory (UT) Engagement Workshop under National One Health Mission (NOHM) concluded on 9th June 2025, charting a collaborative path forward for strengthening India's integrated One Health approach.
Chaired by Prof. Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, the workshop brought together a diverse array of stakeholders, including state government officials, representatives of all the stakeholder departments, and other agencies.
During the inaugural session, PSA launched the Youth Engagement Programme for One Health mission. This programme is an initiative to actively engage with the youth of the nation through existing national platforms and state machinery to leverage their involvement in the mission.
Additionally, a dashboard on One Health initiatives by states, central ministry/departments and multilaterals was launched and is accessible through the Office of PSA website (https://www.psa.gov.in/oneHealthDashboard). This dashboard is in development and currently hosts the various initiatives by the respective agencies.
Prof. Sood as a way forward called on all the states/UT’s to consider creating their own One Health dashboards and websites and link it with the central dashboard/website. He further said that there should be focus on capacity building and courses/modules can be developed on platform like iGoT Karmyogi for One Health. He also empathised on the need of data standardisation, youth participation through One Health hackathons.
