Event | EU Health Policy Platform · 28 May 2026

One Health is embedded in BE READY’s scientific logic from the ground up

On 28 May 2026, BE READY was featured at a live webinar hosted by the EU Health Policy Platform, co-organised with PEITHO and the European One Health Alliance. The session brought together researchers, policymakers, and European Commission representatives to examine One Health approaches to emerging infectious disease threats.

Natalia Martin and Laurent Jaboeuf from ANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes presented on behalf of the partnership, covering BE READY’s goals, the integration of One Health across its scientific activities, and the approaches developed to overcome barriers to cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration.

One Health by design

The central argument of the presentation was grounded in the biology of emerging threats: because most emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, pandemic preparedness requires a framework that integrates human, animal, and environmental health from the outset.

As Natalia Martin put it during the webinar:

“The One Health component is not an add-on: it is embedded in BE READY’s strategy and activities.”

This is reflected directly in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. Priority 1 and Priority 3 both address the One Health dimension explicitly, with dedicated actions on the environmental and social drivers of pathogen emergence (Action 1.3) and on transmission dynamics and epidemiology (Action 1.4).

The presentation also drew on BE READY’s response to the ongoing Andes hantavirus outbreak as a live example of One Health scientific priorities in action. A full account of the partnership’s response is available here: https://beready4pandemics.eu/in-actions/andes-hantavirus-may-2026/.

Partners with One Health at their core

The webinar audience raised questions on which partnership members carry a particularly strong One Health profile. Three organisations were highlighted.

ANSES (France) and AGES (Austria) are national agencies whose mandates explicitly integrate animal and environmental health alongside human health. Both are key contributors to WP13 on capacity building and training, to WP18, and to WP4 on alignment of research priorities, where they help ensure One Health considerations are woven into the SRIA.

ZonMw (the Netherlands) funds and coordinates One Health and Planetary Health research and is a central contributor to the One Health AMR Partnership, building a direct bridge between the two European partnerships.

The Statens Serum Institute (Denmark) operates as a One Health institute with veterinary preparedness functions and contributes across multiple BE READY workstreams.

All four were partners in the preparatory phases of the programme. The One Health orientation of BE READY has been part of the partnership’s architecture from the beginning, and the EUHPP webinar was an opportunity to make that visible to a European policy audience.