How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia
Background: Persistent challenges of fragmented, food safety management in low- and middle-income countries underscore the need for more robustly coordinated mechanisms. National food safety technical working groups, operating under a One Health framework, offer potential in streamlining coordinatio...
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| author | Lam, Steven Sinh Dang-Xuan Bekele, Meseret Amenu, Kebede Alonso, Silvia Unger, Fred Hung Nguyen-Viet |
| author_browse | Alonso, Silvia Amenu, Kebede Bekele, Meseret Hung Nguyen-Viet Lam, Steven Sinh Dang-Xuan Unger, Fred |
| author_facet | Lam, Steven Sinh Dang-Xuan Bekele, Meseret Amenu, Kebede Alonso, Silvia Unger, Fred Hung Nguyen-Viet |
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| description | Background: Persistent challenges of fragmented, food safety management in low- and middle-income countries underscore the need for more robustly coordinated mechanisms. National food safety technical working groups, operating under a One Health framework, offer potential in streamlining coordination efforts to effectively address these challenges. However, more clarity regarding their formation and functioning is important for understanding how to best establish and support such groups. The aim of this study is to systematically document the development process of established groups in Vietnam and Ethiopia.
Methods: We assess the process used to establish and support the technical working groups against six critical success factors for multisectoral collaboration: drive change, define, design, realise, relate, and capture success. To do so, we review meeting minutes, Terms of Reference, and other related publications.
Results: The analysis underscores the importance of financial and technical support by development partners in initiating working groups while also highlighting the challenge posed by the absence of legal frameworks to secure government commitment. Embedding the technical working groups within existing government structures – such as One Health platforms – from the outset could help to ensure the active participation and sustainability of such groups.
Conclusion: Both Vietnam and Ethiopia have established operational and institutionalized technical working groups to bolster national food safety efforts under a One Health framework. The approaches employed in these countries could serve as valuable models for others seeking to establish comparable multisectoral collaborative mechanisms to address emerging health risks. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1519492025-10-26T12:50:25Z How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia Lam, Steven Sinh Dang-Xuan Bekele, Meseret Amenu, Kebede Alonso, Silvia Unger, Fred Hung Nguyen-Viet food safety one health approach Background: Persistent challenges of fragmented, food safety management in low- and middle-income countries underscore the need for more robustly coordinated mechanisms. National food safety technical working groups, operating under a One Health framework, offer potential in streamlining coordination efforts to effectively address these challenges. However, more clarity regarding their formation and functioning is important for understanding how to best establish and support such groups. The aim of this study is to systematically document the development process of established groups in Vietnam and Ethiopia. Methods: We assess the process used to establish and support the technical working groups against six critical success factors for multisectoral collaboration: drive change, define, design, realise, relate, and capture success. To do so, we review meeting minutes, Terms of Reference, and other related publications. Results: The analysis underscores the importance of financial and technical support by development partners in initiating working groups while also highlighting the challenge posed by the absence of legal frameworks to secure government commitment. Embedding the technical working groups within existing government structures – such as One Health platforms – from the outset could help to ensure the active participation and sustainability of such groups. Conclusion: Both Vietnam and Ethiopia have established operational and institutionalized technical working groups to bolster national food safety efforts under a One Health framework. The approaches employed in these countries could serve as valuable models for others seeking to establish comparable multisectoral collaborative mechanisms to address emerging health risks. 2024-09-02 2024-09-02T10:27:07Z 2024-09-02T10:27:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151949 en Open Access Springer Lam, S., Sinh Dang-Xuan, Bekele, M., Amenu, K., Alonso, S., Unger, F. and Hung Nguyen-Viet. 2024. How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia. One Health Outlook 6: 16. |
| spellingShingle | food safety one health approach Lam, Steven Sinh Dang-Xuan Bekele, Meseret Amenu, Kebede Alonso, Silvia Unger, Fred Hung Nguyen-Viet How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title | How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title_full | How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title_short | How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia |
| title_sort | how do food safety technical working groups within a one health framework work experiences from vietnam and ethiopia |
| topic | food safety one health approach |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151949 |
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