Malawi and Ghana are developing costed plans to coordinate public health, animal health and environmental services under a One Health approach, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported on November 5.

In Malawi, a third national workshop in Lilongwe in September 2026 focused on turning priorities in the country’s One Health National Action Plan into an implementation plan. Earlier assessments identified gaps in legislation, surveillance, workforce capacity and coordination.

Participants prioritised 82 activities across six action areas. One proposal is a shared data platform for zoonotic disease surveillance, linking institutions responsible for public health, animal health and the environment.

The work is intended to improve early detection and joint responses to diseases that can pass between animals and people. WOAH described planning activities; the report does not say that the proposed surveillance platform is already operating nationwide.