ACDC, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; AFROHUN, Africa One Health University Network; AMR, Antimicrobial resistance; AMU, Arab Maghreb Union; AU, African Union; AU-IBAR, African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; Africa; Animal health; Antimicrobial resistance; BMGF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; BSL-3, Biosafety level 3 laboratory; CEMAC, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa; CILSS, Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel; COCTU, Control of Trypanosomiasis in Uganda; COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa; COVID-19, Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2) disease 2019; EAC, East African Community; ECCAS, Economic Community of Central African States; ECOWAS, Economic Community of West African States; Emerging and re-emerging diseases; Environment health; FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; FELTP, Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program; Food safety; GARC, Global Alliance for Rabies Control; GHSA-ZDAH, Global Health Security Agenda's Zoonotic Diseases and Animal Health in Africa; GIS, Geographic information system; HPAI H5N1, Highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1; IGAD, Intergovernmental Authority on Development; ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute; IRA, Institute for Resource Assessment; ISAVET, Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training; KEMRI, Kenya Medical Research Institute; M & E, monitoring and evaluation; MALF, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries; MRU, Mano River Union; MoH, Ministry of Health; NISCAI, National Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on Avian Influenza; NTCAI, National Technical Committee on Avian Influenza; OH, One Health; OIE, World Organization for Animal Health; One health (OH); PMP, Progressive Management Pathway; Public health; RECs, regional economic commissions; RVF, Rift Valley fever; SACIDS, Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance; SACU, South African Customs Union; SADC, South African Development Community; SSA, Sub-Saharan Africa; SWOT, Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; Toxicosis; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; UNSIC, United Nations System Influenza Coordination; USAID, United States Agency for International Development; WAEMU, West African Economic and Monetary Union; WHO, World Health Organization; ZDU, Zoonotic Disease Unit.; Zoonosis