One Health Approach Response Planning During COVID-19: During Action Review and Tabletop – Bangladesh

From the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Bangladesh built upon its strong One Health foundation to work across sectors in the pandemic response. This case study brings to light how IEDCR employed a ‘One Health’ approach to evaluating COVID-19 pandemic response using a unique methodology, the ‘During Action Review and Table-top Exercise (DART)’. DART allowed IEDCR to review readiness and resiliency to COVID-19 from retrospective and prospective perspectives. The summary report will share the importance in taking a One Health approach to evaluate COVID-19 pandemic response. DART facilitated participant-led identification of opportunities for further transdisciplinary expert collaboration and provided a means to the government for improving understanding of challenges faced within each sector. Specifically, IEDCR the lead agency for pandemic response under Director General Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of