Bassirou Bonfoh holds a DVM and a PhD in epidemiology. He worked for 5 years (1995-2000) in West Africa as a livestock development program coordinator for Vétérinaires Sans Frontières. He went for a 4 year (2000-2004) epidemiology postdoctoral fellowship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). He subsequently led for 4 years (2004-2008) a research group in the Horn Africa, West Africa and Central Asia where he contributed to validate the One Health concept. Between 2009-2018, he was the Managing Director of CSRS where he led the North-South science partnerships and diplomacy. He is since 2009 to date the Director of the consortium Afrique One contributing to the capacity development in One Health research. Bassirou is a guest lecturer at University of Liège (Belgium), University of Kara (Togo) and at the Pan African veterinary school (Senegal) where he is also the chair of the scientific advisory board. He is member and chair of most One Health initiatives. He is author and co-author of more than 220 scientific peer reviewed papers and fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. He is currently supporting ECOWAS in the development of the One Health coordination mechanism with an adapted regional One Health governance manual. In the agricultural sector, he is promoting “Farmer dual training” models in Côte d’Ivoire and Togo that will help to codesign with the IPNET-School of Technology, Togo, the Guaranteed Minimum Agricultural Wage for sustaining farmer health insurance scheme.