The Department of Biotechnology has launched a ‘One Health’ consortium.
This is the First ‘One Health’ project of the DBT.
One Health Consortium has been empowered to carry out surveillance of important viral, bacterial, & parasitic infections of zoonotic and transboundary pathogens in India.
This project will also look into the use of existing diagnostic tests and the development of additional methodologies to conduct surveillance and understand the spread of emerging diseases.