Our 2024

Happy 2025!  

In celebrating the new year, we want to reflect on what we accomplished in 2024 and provide some exciting updates on what’s to come in 2025. In 2024, we made advancements in new and ongoing projects and initiatives; published impactful, policy-driven reports, communications, and peer-reviewed articles; co-hosted major events to elevate evidence for improving global health; and participated in vital conversations on the global stage.

Our Research

Our researchers contributed to 31 peer-reviewed journal articles and communications, co-authored 3 reports, and served as reviewers and editors for various publications. We covered major issues across the One Health spectrum, including sustainable access to effective antibiotics, the value of vaccines, the economic impact of non-communicable diseases, social determinants of health, climate change, sustainable food systems, zoonoses, pandemic preparedness, and more.

Our work was published in well-renowned and impactful journals, including, Science, PLOS One, Nature Communications, PNAS, CMI Communications, and Vaccine, among others. Our publications, events, and projects were covered in more than 120 media publications from around the globe. Media outlets that covered our work and featured our experts in 2024, include The New York Times, Newsweek, Smithsonian Magazine, Nature, El País, The Hindustan Times, The Guadian, Scientific American, and more.

Events 

2024 was a big year for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and our team contributed significantly to elevating the discourse and evidence base on interventions that address AMR. In collaboration with partners, we hosted several events and convened diverse audiences, promoting awareness, providing a platform for experts and other stakeholders, and presenting important evidence on the impact of interventions.

In March, we co-hosted a policy briefing in Washington, D.C., for policy-makers and staff on the growing threat of AMR. We discussed the progress made so far and provided policy recommendations highlighting the need for change. Later the same month, we co-hosted a workshop in Bangalore, India, on the intersections of AMR, gender inequity, caste, and climate change. Our team invited researchers and stakeholders from various disciplines to discuss the disproportionate impact of AMR on marginalized communities and strategize how to integrate gender, caste, and climate considerations into healthcare, environmental, economic, and labor policies related to AMR control and surveillance.

In May, on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, our team co-hosted the Launch of the Lancet Series on AMR: Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics. The evidence gathered, and policy recommendations made in the series heavily influenced the formation of the 2024 United Nations resolution on AMR.

In September, culminating more than a year of planning, we co-hosted an event to kick off the UNGA week ahead of the High-level Meeting on AMR in New York City. The event convened experts, policymakers, and government and civil society organizations in an evening full of discussions of the journey so far and the challenges and commitments that lie ahead. Influential speakers included the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, chair of the Global Leaders Group on AMR; and Ambassador Vanessa Frazier of Malta and Ambassador François Jackman of Barbados, the two ambassadors who led the write-up of the 2024 UN resolution on AMR which was passed by all 193 United Nations member states on September 26.

Throughout the year, we co-hosted workshops and webinars for the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) network in Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda, and Vietnam. The workshops brought together local stakeholders in AMR mitigation and immunization to explore the role of vaccines as a core component of AMR mitigation strategies in unique national contexts.

Communicating Science

To bring awareness and disseminate research on One Health issues to diverse audiences, our communications team published 34 weekly digests and 26 podcasts. Our digests summarize all the latest research news and important recent publications in the field. One World, One Health – our interview-style podcasts with our host, Maggie Fox – brought on experts to discuss a wide range of topics, including coral reef preservation, the relationship between pollution and maternal outcomes, what’s happening with bird flu and other potential pandemics, AMR survivor stories, and more.

In 2025

While we’ve closed 2024, our work continues. We have many publications in the pipeline providing new insights on global challenges at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health. We expect an expansion of our National Medical Oxygen Grid to improve health system capacities not only in India but in other regions of the world. Our GARP network continues to grow in countries in Asia and Africa, and we will soon publish several reports with context-specific policy recommendations to leverage vaccines in the fight to control AMR. This year, we look forward to welcoming the second cohort of our joint PhD program in Data Sciences for Global Health with BITS Pilani in India.

Finally, in 2025 we are excited to open our new headquarters for One Health research, education, and action – Nimai Valley – nestled in a breathtaking valley surrounded by forest and farmland in Nandi Hills in Karnataka, India. Nimai Valley will be a space for reflection, inspiration, writing, laboratory research, fieldwork, events, community engagement, and more. We can’t wait to share more about our new home as the inauguration approaches.

Cheers to a new year and the work and accomplishments that lie ahead! Thank you for supporting and joining us in our mission to promote health and well-being worldwide.