WHO stresses coordinated, multisectoral action to combat health threats at Botswana workshop

GABORONE, June 9– The World Health Organization (WHO) in Botswana on Tuesday emphasized the importance of coordinated, multisectoral action to combat health threats.

Speaking at the opening of Botswana’s National One Health Bridging workshop in Gaborone, Juliet Bataringaya, officer in charge of WHO Botswana, stressed that emerging outbreaks across Africa make multisectoral collaboration essential, particularly as more than 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases originate from animals.