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“The United States is committed to doing its part to prepare for, and respond to, the next health emergency in four key ways: Expanding bilateral health security partnerships with countries around the world, to collaborate on ways to improve disease detection capabilities, strengthen laboratory systems, train health workers, enhance One Health, and improve biosafety and…

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Clinical and Translational Science Award One Health Alliance  The goal of these Summits is to promote interdisciplinary research that advances both human and companion animal health, and to incorporate veterinary clinician scientists into translational research teams. SEE: Upcoming COHA Translational Summit on Coagulopathies across Species   | COHA (ctsaonehealthalliance.org) https://www.ctsaonehealthalliance.org/resources/upcoming-coha-translational-summit-coagulopathies-across-species

“The report emphasizes that antimicrobial resistance (AMR), where microbes become resistant to antimicrobial agents, is a significant global public health threat with far-reaching consequences for people, animals, and the environment. Without stronger One Health action involving people, animals, agri-food systems, and the environment, AMR levels are expected to remain high for at least the next 25 years.” SEE: One…

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the draft National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the United States: A Framework for One Health Coordination and Collaboration…

A message from the One Health Commission Based in the US, working globally to Connect, Create, & Educate for One Health https://www.onehealthcommission.org/ SEE: https://conta.cc/3ZmByMF

“The cost of inaction to tackle AMR is high,” the report states. “Results from the OECD analysis demonstrate that policy action that is grounded in a One Health approach is urgently needed to tackle AMR.” “Scaling up investments in One Health packages of actions against AMR is affordable, with a return on investment significantly greater…

One Health: Connecting Humans, Animals and the Environment The six-week mentored course starts on 09.10.2023. If you’ve ever wondered whether physicians and veterinarians could work together more closely, join the open online course produced by the University of Basel and Swiss TPH. You’ll see that collaboration makes a lot of sense, saving more human and…

Published: Sep 12, 2023 WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is awarding 36 research awards totaling more than $56 million to support One Health surveillance and coordination. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach – working at the local, regional, national,…

Abstract Humans have experienced a long-lasting pandemic of COVID-19 going on since the year 2020. Such events have recently increased the demand for a competent disease outbreak response system, more precisely, a One Health platform. The interaction between humans, animals, and ecosystems is inevitable. It is a known fact that the interface between these three…

[Formerly American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES), 1965-2023] August 2023 The American Veterinary One Health Society (AVOHS) hereby states its longstanding recognition of and strong endorsement for continued ProMED-mail national and international operations. Notably, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). ProMED was launched in 1994 as…

AFRICA Africa Press Release September 7, 2023 “On the 29 and 30 August, 2023, in Machakos, Kenya, over 50 cross-sectoral and multistakeholder participants including government, civil society, the private sector and international partners  met to prioritize national investments in One Health. …” SEE: Kenya: Investing in One Health for people, animals, plants and the environment (african.business)

  One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked. “ [Food and Agriculture Organization] FAO promotes a One Health approach as part…

The White House      SEPTEMBER 05, 2023 “… In support of the May 2023 ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on One Health, USAID supported ASEAN’s development of the ASEAN One Health Network, which is leveraging animal, environmental, and public health expertise across ASEAN. …” SEE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/05/fact-sheet-u-s-asean-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-one-year-on/

September 5, 2023  — For Immediate Release A One Health approach is needed now more than ever!!!  “Launched in April 2016, One Health Day has for the past 7 years provided a mechanism and reason for organizations, groups and individuals around the world to hold hundreds of events that raise awareness about the One Health approach* to complex…

Abstract Our twenty-first century is a time of heightened risks and benefits for humans, animals, plants, and environmental health. The prospects for successfully addressing such considerations are pursuing a One Health approach. This is the right moment to consider opportunities to apply some or all aspects of the One Health approach. Richard Seifman, & Ulrich…

 “…The European Union gave information on proposals around plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, which sets out rules for the use of such plants as part of EU sustainability initiatives. The EU also reported on recommendations to combat antimicrobial resistance as part of the One Health approach. …” Sponsored by Marler…

Science The University of Arizona is getting millions in state funding to develop the program. The first task is communicating what it is. “Starting this year, the University of Arizona (UA) will receive $3.6 million in state funding annually until 2025 to grow its One Health model—which considers the correlation of human health to environment…

The university is gathering multidisciplinary talent to reduce cancer’s toll with a vision to rise as a top 100 global research institution SEE: Virginia Tech outlines ambitious strategy to spearhead cancer research and elevate university’s global standing | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech (vt.edu) https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/cancer-bov-0825.html    

                              BIODEFENSE SEE: A New One Health Platform for Emerging Infectious Diseases (globalbiodefense.com) https://globalbiodefense.com/2023/08/23/a-new-one-health-platform-for-emerging-infectious-diseases/ There’s never been a stronger need to advance scientific knowledge related to the connections between humans, animals, plants and their shared environment. Climate change with extreme weather…