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“ONE HEALTH” at International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) Atlanta, Georgia - USA August 26, 2015—One Health was featured in many of the presentations at the ICEID in Atlanta http://www.iceid.org/ this week (August 24-26, 2015).  Presentations ranged from water sanitation, avian influenza, microbial resistance and Ebola: See program schedule http://www.iceid.org/images/2015/ICEID2015_3-49.pdf and Poster and Oral Presentation Abstracts http://www.iceid.org/images/2015/ICEID2015_50-300.pdf. There was also a well attended session on the concept of One Health and opportunities for using this approach for policy development and research and in the training of medical, wildlife and enviromental professionals with Carol Rubin, DVM, MPH, Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH and Cheryl Stroud, DVM, PhD as featured speakers. Dr. Rubin, a veterinarian, was formerly with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) One Health Office (OHO) http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dhcpp/one_health/index.html; Dr. Gray, a physician, is Professor, Infectious Diseases Division, Global Health Institute, & Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC and a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php; and Dr. Stroud, a veterinarian, is Executive Director of the U.S. One Health Commission https://www.onehealthcommission.org/.  Reported to One Health Initiative website by: Carina Blackmore, DVM, PhD Florida Department of Health http://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/personnel/faculty-2/carina-blackmore-ms-vet-med-phd/ Note: Dr. Blackmore, a veterinarian, is also a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.