OHRI’s work is built on the belief that human health, animal health, environmental health, mental wellbeing, and climate resilience are inseparably connected.
Our focus areas reflect the breadth of challenges communities face and the integrated solutions needed to build a resilient future.
One Health, AMR & Integrated Disease Prevention
We advance a holistic One Health approach that protects people, animals, and the environment. Our interventions address:
We engage communities, farmers, and health actors to reduce disease threats and strengthen long-term public health resilience.
We improve the wellbeing of women, children, and vulnerable groups by promoting:
By supporting PHC facilities and community health actors, we reduce preventable illnesses and strengthen everyday wellbeing.
Rising temperatures are already endangering lives. We offer communities:
Our focus is to protect those most affected by heat: women, children, elderly people, outdoor workers, and displaced families.
We confront hazards that are harming urban and rural communities generator fumes, cooking smoke, open burning, traffic pollution, and waste mismanagement. Our programs promote:
Healthy ecosystems protect lives. We support communities to safeguard:
Our initiatives promote sustainable practices that help communities adapt to climate impacts and protect their livelihoods.
We work with communities to protect biodiversity and restore natural habitats that support food systems, environmental stability, and public health. Our efforts focus on:
By mobilizing community action, we reduce biodiversity loss and enhance environmental resilience.
Climate change and environmental stress affect the mind as much as the body. We address:
Through awareness and psychosocial approaches, we strengthen community resilience and promote healthy coping mechanisms.
Resilience begins with empowered communities. We train:
We equip them with the knowledge, leadership skills, and tools to drive climate-health and environmental solutions from within their communities.
We bring community voices into decision-making. Through evidence-based advocacy, coalition-building, and engagement with government and partners, we influence policies on:
We ensure that national progress reflects community realities.
We support institutions and community structures to deliver sustainable climate-health and One Health outcomes. Our work strengthens:
We build strong systems for long-term resilience.
We generate data and actionable evidence that guide decisions on climate change, public health, AMR, One Health, mental health, and environmental risks. Our research activities include:
Evidence fuels our advocacy, strengthens program design, and ensures every intervention responds to real community needs.
One Health Resilience Initiative (OHRI) is a Nigerian non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the wellbeing of people, animals, and the environment through integrated action.
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