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https://audioboom.com/posts/6079963-one-health-many-threats

Editor's note:  an excellent One Health audio presentation

 Brussels, 3 July 2017

“European Union places One Health on the top...

 Doctors, Dentists and Veterinarians welcome the new European One Health action plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)”

http://www.fve.org/uploads/publications/docs/pr_2nd_action_plan_final.pdf

Europe announces new action plan on AMR

“European officials today released a new action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that builds on efforts to address the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens in humans, animals, and the environment.

The plan, released by the European Commission, the body that devises common policies for the European Union (EU), takes a One Health approach, which recognizes that drug resistance effects not only human health, but also the health of animals and the environment.

The plan aims to establish a comprehensive framework to strengthen EU efforts to reduce the spread of AMR in humans and animals, help individual states strengthen their national AMR policies, promote development of new antibiotics and diagnostics, and establish the EU as a global leader in addressing the AMR threat.

"It's not too late to turn the tide on antimicrobial resistance, but we need to make sure that we act now," Andrea Ammon, MD, MPH, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), said in a press release. ...”

Please read full notice at http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2017/06/europe-announces-new-action-plan-amr

New Publications in the One Health Journal Veterinary Sciences — Basel, Switzerland

The new online Open Access journal Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci) published a new issue in 2017:

Vet. Sci., Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 2017)

Full text are available free of charge.

Provided to the One Health Initiative website 26 June, 2017 by:

Margie Ma

Managing Editor

Veterinary Sciences

Beef Magazine - Wes Ishmael | Jun 22, 2017

How Antibiotic overuse in human medicine impacts beef producers                                            

“While animal agriculture is the focus of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in people, the human use of antibiotics must be considered as well. Fourth of a six-part series.” ...

http://www.beefmagazine.com/antibiotics/how-antibiotic-overuse-human-medicine-impacts-beef-producers “... Today, the United States is the third-largest consumer of antibiotics in human medicine in the world, according to Dr. Laura Kahn, a physician and research scholar with Princeton University’s program on science and global security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Only India and China consume more.

“That’s total use,” Kahn emphasized. “The countries with the highest per capita use of antibiotics, for whatever reason, are Australia and New Zealand.”

One Health Initiative

Kahn is also co-founder of the One Health Initiative.

“One Health is very simply the concept that human, animal and environmental health are linked,” Kahn told participants at last year’s annual convention of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA). “And because they are linked, complex subjects such as antimicrobial resistance must be examined in an interdisciplinary way.”

Kahn put that concept to work in research highlighted in her book, “One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance.” You’ll hear more about Kahn’s research in a future article in this series.

Suffice it to say, her research dismantles the assumptions European regulators made about the presumed link between antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance in humans, an assumption that continues to drive antibiotic policy there. ...”

“Insights for One Health from Centuries and Millennia Past” -  Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana July 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. 

Saturday morning American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) convention at July 22, 2017 Keynote Brunch 10 a.m. http://atwork.avma.org/2017/01/27/keynote-speaker-paul-sereno-will-bring-the-past-to-life-at-avma-convention-2017/ at the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Paul Sereno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sereno

Keynote speaker Paul Sereno will bring the past to life at AVMA Convention 2017

Attendees at AVMA Convention 2017 will have the opportunity to join renowned paleontologist Paul Sereno at AVMA Convention 2017 for a keynote presentation exploring how the history of the animal world relates to modern veterinary medicine. His keynote brunch address, “Insights for One Health from Centuries and Millennia Past,” promises to bring a modern angle to ancient history.

New developments in genetics, ancient DNA, fossil discoveries, and research into human development are changing our perspective on what actually happened in the past. From human-animal health crises to the timing of evolutionary changes, Sereno will bring ancient history alive to inform our current veterinary work.

Paul Sereno is a National Geographic Explorer and internationally acclaimed professor at the University of Chicago who has explored the Sahara and Gobi Deserts, India’s Thar Desert and remote valleys in Tibet. His work is an exciting blend of art, history and science wrapped in adventure, and we’re excited that he has agreed to give this keynote presentation at AVMA Convention 2017.

The keynote brunch will take place on Saturday, July 22, at 10 A.M., and is open to full convention registrants including veterinarians, technicians, practice staff and students. Guests and exhibitors are invited to attend a viewing party in an alternate location.

Interested in attending AVMA Convention 2017? You can learn more about convention events and CE highlights, and book your hotel room now, at avmaconvention.org. Registration will open in February, so Follow AVMA Convention on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.

Volume 1395, May 2017; Pages 12–32; DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13355

Open Access Creative Commons

The science behind One Health: at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment (pages 12–32)

                     http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.13355/full

Michael P. Murtaugh, Clifford J. Steer, Srinand Sreevatsan, Ned Patterson, Shaun Kennedy and P. Sriramarao

Corresponding author E-mail address: murta001@umn.edu; Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Address for correspondence: Michael P. Murtaugh or P. Sriramarao, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1971 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108. murta001@umn.edu or psrao@umn.edu

Abstract

Humans face a grand quality-of-life challenge as growing demands for resources for an ever-expanding population threaten the existence of wildlife populations, degrade land, and pollute air and water. Public investment and policy decisions that will shape future interactions of humans, animals, and the environment need scientific input to help find common ground for durable and sustainable success. The Second International Conference on *One Medicine One Science brought together a broad range of scientists, trainees, regulatory authorities, and health experts from 34 countries to inform and discuss the human impacts of air quality; the complexities of water quality, access, and conflicts; the opportunities and uncertainties in precision medicine; and the role of science communication in health policy formulation. Workshops focused on the roles and development of physician–scientists and multidisciplinary teams in complex problem solving, Big Data tools for analysis and visualization, international policy development processes, and health models that benefit animals and humans. Key realizations were that local and regional health challenges at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment are variations of the same overarching conflicts and that international gatherings provide new opportunities for investigation and policy development that are broadly applicable.

Editor’s note: *The term “One Medicine” is now generally referred to as “One Health” in current vernacular.

“How Trump’s global health budget endangers Americans” June 6, 2017

Please see complete article at https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-global-health-budget-endangers-americans-78171

Pandemics – global outbreaks of infectious diseases like the 1918 influenza that killed 40 million people and the 2009 H1N1 virus, which caused up to 203,000 fatalities – are among the greatest threats the world faces. But the Trump administration wants to cut more than US$2 billion in global health funding.

As experts with diverse research and government experience, we argue that the U.S. must invest more in pandemic preparedness and on preventing outbreaks wherever they occur. The 26 percent reduction in these funds that President Donald Trump seeks would, we believe, devastate our already underequipped pandemic prevention and response system. In turn, that would undercut our ability to respond to future outbreaks.

We recommended in our recent white paper that the U.S. centralize its leadership on biodefense – that is, its response to biological threats from naturally occurring emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, accidental releases or attacks. In addition, local authorities and community leaders should do more to counter the anti-vaccine movement, and the federal government should redouble its efforts to strengthen public health institutions in developing countries.

Strengthening global health

The best way to protect Americans at home from infectious disease is to contain outbreaks before they get here.

The U.S. did that, barely, with Ebola between 2014 and 2016. That outbreak caused a humanitarian disaster in West Africa and brought about a significant scare in the U.S. without ever truly endangering the American public. The few cases that did occur in the United States were contained rapidly, preventing any sort of outbreak on American soil.

According to former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden, the world was merely days away from a global catastrophe when the Ebola virus was finally contained in Lagos, Nigeria. Previous global health spending facilitated the rapid Nigerian response. ...

Authors: Gerald W. Parker, DVM, PhD https://theconversation.com/profiles/gerald-w-parker-379348, Andrew Natsios, BA, MPA https://theconversation.com/profiles/andrew-natsios-378271 and Christine Crudo Blackburn, PhD https://theconversation.com/profiles/christine-crudo-blackburn-379350

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  One Health - An Integrative Health Risk Management Perspective

  Many emerging health issues are linked to increasing contact between humans and animals, the industrialization of food production, and environmental pollution. Global change has created new threats to the health of both animals and humans. These complex interactions impacting human health require to be dealt with by applying an integrative health risk management approach, which acknowledges the systemic interconnections of human, animal and environmental health. In addition, this approach includes the factors of prevention, intervention and recovery/rehabilitation. Being a global movement at the interface of science, society, policy and practice, One Health is, therefore, also deeply interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial.  ...

• Recent Developments in One Health

  For many years the “One Health” approach was limited to an interdisciplinary collaboration in human and veterinary medicine with substantial added value in zoonoses control and related health service provision. However One Health has evolved into a broad and holistic paradigm enabling the inclusion of an ecological dimension, and most recently the economic and social dimensions addressing equity, governance, justice, livelihood, and welfare. One Health has thus begun to move beyond the status of a mere concept, to becoming a truly global movement at the interface of science, society, policy and practice. This movement is deeply interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial and provides a fascinating, powerful framework that a variety of professional communities and social groups can adhere to. The One Health paradigm will be key in reversing the worst of current problems at the human-animal-environment and development interface, thus fostering a more sustainable way of life on our planet. Keeping in mind that more than half of the worldwide population is living in urban areas, and that the rural exodus continues to grow; One Health may become a crucial approach to successfully cope with all the drivers and consequences in urbanization dynamics