The 1st International One Health Forum will focus on strengthening the public health practice of national public health institutes (NPHIs) in Africa by assembling representatives from existing One Health initiatives and networks. Substantial work on building consensus for One Health public health practice has already been done by WHO, FAO, OIE, US CDC, and other partners. In addition, many African countries have conducted disease prioritization workshops and initiated programmes for surveillance and control of specific zoonotic diseases.

Raising awareness on AMR to community of Rwanda needs go choose a giid target population who is going to inspire others and make them fight AMR and understand well the concept of One Health.Women ,elementary school children and Teachers perform a big role in the development of families and community at large.

In 2019 the One Health Warriors from the University of the Free State are spreading the message about One Health in Kroonstad, a town in the central plateau region of the country. This year we aim to raise awareness of two common zoonotic diseases, rabies and brucellosis. Farm workers are at risk of contracting brucellosis due to their occupation. Rabies is transmitted from infected animals such as dogs and mongoose. Hence anyone who comes into contact with infected animals is at risk.