INDOHUN recently established a valuable collaboration with Bogor Agriculture University (IPB University), an internationally recognized and reputable higher education institution located in West Java. Together with IPB University, INDOHUN established the world’s first Global Health Agromaritime One Health Collaborating Center (GHA-OHCC IPB), which recognizes important interdependencies across the domains of animal, environmental, and human health. GHA-OHCC IPB will play a role in integrating holistic approaches regarding the use of and interaction with natural resources vis-a-vis One Health in tackling global health issues. 

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On 26 January 2023, GHA-OHCC IPB was established with the support of the Rector and Dean of School of Veterinary Medicine at IPC University. A breadth of One Health partners and stakeholders from across Indonesia attended the launch events, including the Secretary of the Directorate General of Higher Education from Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. Participants from stakeholder institutions provided positive feedback on the future of the GHA-OHCC IPB and look forward to the organization’s ability to mitigate the impacts of emerging communicable and non-communicable diseases, especially at the intersection of climate change, animal and human health ecosystems in Indonesia. The GHA-OHCC IPB will work to increase One Health awareness through multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaborations to ultimately address complex and dynamic One Health-related challenges in Indonesia.