Zoonotic Disease Action Package (ZDAP)

The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Zoonotic Disease Action Package (ZDAP) aims to support its members to develop and strengthen their capacity and capability to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to zoonotic disease threats, using a One Health approach.

The ZDAP community seeks to implement guidance and models on behaviors, policies, and practices to minimize the spill over, spread, and full emergence of zoonotic disease into or out of human populations proper to the development of efficient human-to-human transmission.

Mission Statement

All members of our ZDAP community have one common and unifying goal – to improve singularly and collectively our capacity to prepare, prevent, detect, and respond to zoonotic diseases. We do this by working and learning together, in a community that embraces inclusivity and collaboration at its core, to strengthen every link in the global health security chain.

Develop and Strengthen

Develop and strengthen coordination, communication, multi-sectoral engagement, and information sharing among member countries involved in the ZDAP community.

Technical Capacities

Strengthen the technical capacities of animal, human, wildlife and environmental health services to support zoonotic diseases prevention, detection, and response activities, using a One Health approach.

Improve Cooperation

Improve national, regional, community and global cooperation and collaboration in prevention, detection, and control of zoonotic diseases.

Zoonotic diseases or zoonoses are infectious diseases transmissible from animals to humans through direct contact or through indirect contact via food, water, and the environment. Approximately 60% of pathogens that cause human diseases originate from animals, and include examples such as rabies virus, zoonotic influenzas and Salmonella spp.

Interactions at the interface between humans, animals, and our shared environments can be a source of known zoonoses, as well as drive the emergence or spillover of new zoonoses. These infections can directly and indirectly impact the health of the at-risk human and animal populations, as well as causing wider ramifications to the social and economic well-being of humans, and significantly adversely affecting our environment. The One Health approach supports increased collaboration, communication, coordination and capacity building at the human-animal-plant-environment interface to address shared health threats.

The One Health definition developed by the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) states [1]:

One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and inter-dependent. The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at varying levels of society to work together to foster well-being and tackle threats to health and ecosystems, while addressing the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food, taking action on climate change, and contributing to sustainable development.

Figure 1. The One Health approach schematic definition developed by the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) [1].

1 https://www.who.int/news/item/01-12-2021-tripartite-and-unep-support-ohhlep-s-definition-of-one-health

ZDAP aims to support its members to develop and strengthen their capacity and capability to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to zoonotic disease threats, using a One Health approach.

Contributing Members

Contributing Members

ZDAP 2023 Chair
The United Kingdom (UK Health Security Agency and the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs)

ZDAP Leadership Support Group
Indonesia, Senegal, Việt Nam

Activity Prioritisation Working Group
The Netherlands, Mozambique, the United Kingdom, and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC)

ZDAP Monthly Meetings  

February 2023 – Thailand’s recent experience undergoing IHR – JEE 3.0

March 2023 – Pandemic Prevention presentations and discussion

April 2023 – Presentation from the One Health Poultry Hub

May 2023 – Bangladesh’s Nipah virus surveillance program and Rift Valley Fever in Southern Africa

Contact Us

Interested in joining ZDAP? Please fill out the contact form with your information.

Email: ghsa.zdap@gmail.com