Dr. Heba Mahrous is a veterinary epidemiologist, who holds a Ph.D. degree at Microbiology. Dr. Heba is working as a One Health Technical officer at WHO-EMRO since 2018 where she is responsible for providing technical guidance to WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region countries (EMR) to strengthen their capacities to be better prepared and respond to high threat pathogens of zoonotic origins and other threats at the human-animal-environment interface by development and implementation of operational tools, training materials and guiding documents such as Joint Risk Assessment, Multisectoral Coordination Mechanism, One Health operational framework for EMRO in close collaboration with the WHO (HQ and regional), FAO, WOAH and CDC at all levels. In addition, Dr. Mahrous has been an active member of a series of missions to support National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) within EMR countries, including developing and costing One Health-related activities such as food safety, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, surveillance, and national laboratories. Dr. Heba participated in the development of a One Health operational framework for EMR countries and helped many countries to develop their country specific One Health framework, operational plan and curriculum. She also contributed to the organization and facilitation of a number of technical expert meetings among WHO, FAO and WOAH and other partners and contributed to manuscripts for international meetings and peer-reviewed publica