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Stephen L M Kamara

 1/28/2026
10

"One Health coordination "

Gerald Shambira

 10/8/2025
Provided a score of  
9
  for Joseph Anderson Bunting-Graden
1   

Experience

Joseph Anderson Bunting-Graden

Work experience
  • Duties and Responsibilities include:
  • 1. Conduct strategic analysis with reference to human, animal and environmental health, targeted management of risks and resources; ensure continued partnerships strengthening/engagement of key stakeholders in the One Health family and effectively advocate for and promote One Health activities
  • Accomplishments 1 -
  • *Led initiative for the development and validation of the National One Health Policy for Sierra Leone
  • *Provided leadership and technical support to the review and validation of the One Health Governance Manual (2024)
  • *Coordinated the development and validation of the One Health Standard Operating Procedure for an inclusive and improved multi-sectorial planning, information sharing and communication in preparedness for and response to disease outbreaks
  • 2. Coordination of One Health project activities and primary project focal point for the government on One Health operational issues in the country.
  • 3. Providing a combination of technical, managerial and operational responsibilities including secretariat support to the National One Health Platform;
  • Accomplishments 2&3 -
  • Successfully operationalized and maintained the functionality of all multidisciplinary coordination and technical committees under the National One Health Platform
  • Established multi-sectorial and multidisciplinary technical working groups on integrated surveillance, zoonotic disease, AMR, risk communication, food safety, emergency preparedness and response
  • Advocated for improved political commitment and increased awareness of One Health across all levels of government including local authorities, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, the academia and private sector
  • 4. Strategic planning, budgeting, advocacy and provision of technical guidance across one health sectors;
  • 5. Supporting the planning, management and other functions of the Public Health Emergency Operations Center;
  • 6. Coordination of multi-disciplinary platforms for emergency planning, preparedness and response;
  • Accomplishments 4-6-
  • Technically supported the review of the National One Health Strategic Plan (2018-2023) and the development of a One Health Action Plan (2021-2024) and Operational Plan (2024) for enhanced inter-sectorial coordination and collaboration for detection, prevention and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks
  • Enhanced advocacy for inclusivity and institutionalization of the One Health approach in policies, planning, strategizing and decision-making in preparedness for and response to public health threats in the country
  • Led advocacy for capacity building of animal health and environmental health sector for improved performance across One Health sectors on the IHR/Joint External Evaluation (JEE) scores
  • Leadership demonstrated in periodic planning and coordination of the JEE)/country-led Self-Assessment of progress on IHR core capacities
  • 7. Providing strategic leadership for conduction of joint risk assessment, analyses and risk management;
  • Accomplishments -
  • Initiated joint-planning for response to zoonotic disease outbreaks, developed scenarios for simulations and facilitated multi-sectorial trainings of One Health Rapid Response Teams
  • Led planning and coordination of annual review meetings of technical working groups on zoonotic diseases, risk communication, emergency preparedness and response, integrated surveillance, AMR, Food and Feed Safety, Biosecurity and Biosecurity to evaluate progress on the implementation of the NAPHS as required by the IHR-2005
  • 8. Strengthening partnerships and engagement of One Health stakeholders
  • Accomplishments -
  • * Regularly facilitated high level briefing on IHR progress for the Executive through the Inter-ministerial Committee of the National One Health Platform
  • 9. Coordination of zoonotic disease prevention, mitigation and control, Anti-microbial Resistance and chemical hazards according to the International Health Regulation (IHR, 2005);
  • Accomplishments -
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  • * Successfully provided leadership and multi-stakeholder coordination for the implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) for the period 2019-2023
  • 10. Development of One Health country landscape and, use of the four-way linking framework to enhance cross-sectorial sharing of information in responding to public health emergencies
  • Accomplishments -
  • * Led initiative to establish community One Health platform to enhance collaboration between the community animal health workers, community health workers and environmental health/wildlife officers. The initiative is to improve community early warning system (EWS) on public health and threats related to climate change using the One Health approach

Stephen L M Kamara

 1/28/2026
10

"One Health coordination "

Gerald Shambira

 10/8/2025
Provided a score of  
9
  for Joseph Anderson Bunting-Graden
1