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Call for Information on One Health Research and One Health training and education activities in Western Europe

We are asking for your help to complete an overview of previous, current, and planned One Health (OH) research and training activities, including antibiotic resistance (ABR) in Western Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal , Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, UK). This overview is to be published as a review in a special issue of OH review articles for Current Clinical Microbiology Reports and will focus on One Health in infectious disease research and training.

We designed a short and simple questionnaire [see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OH%20researchtraining_questionnaire.pdf], that we hope you can complete to aid us in compiling a complete overview of relevant OH activities in infectious disease research and training/education. It is a very nice opportunity to promote the One Health concept and any One Health activities that you may be involved in that are currently in place or that are planned for the future.

Contact: Reina Sikkema, DVM, MSc

PhD candidate Emerging Infectious Diseases, department Viroscience, EMC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

r.sikkema@erasmusmc.nl

Dr. Sikkema is a One Health Supporter http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php (scroll down).

Questionnaire to collect previous, current, and planned One Health (OH) research and training activities in Western Europe

Name:

Email address:

Institute:

Country:

Definition of One Health in the context of this questionnaire

The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment.1

1 Kaplan et al. The brewing storm Monograph about One Medicine - One Health concept. http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2009/45_1/9.pdf

2 Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy Iceland, , Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal , Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, UK

The review of One Health research and training activities will have a focus on infectious diseases (zoonoses) and includes training and research in the area of antibiotic resistance.

1. OH training opportunities

a. Which OH training opportunities are you involved in or do you know of in your country/region (please list institute+ training activity+ website if possible):

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b. Which OH training opportunities do you know of in (other) Western European2 countries (please list institute+ training activity+ website if possible):

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2. OH research activities.

a. Which OH research are you involved in or do you know of in your country/region (please list institute+ contact person/website+topics if possible):

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b. Which OH research do you know of in (other) Western European countries 2 (please list institute+ contact person/website+topics if possible):

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 c. Which international collaborations, involving institutes from Western Europe2, in the area of OH do you know of (please list institute+ contact person+topics if possible):

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3. Research funding opportunities

a. Which OH research funding opportunities do you know of in your country/region (please list name grant+funding agency+ website if possible):

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b. Which international OH research funding opportunities do you know of (please list name grant+funding agency+ website if possible):

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4. Governmental support for OH

a. Does your government support the One Health concept? Can you explain how? (please provide evidence if possible)

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