One Health News

HEALTH, POLITICS & FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOCIETY SEE: https://impakter.com/g7-recognizing-one-health/

SEE: https://www.miragenews.com/26-international-experts-to-kickstart-one-576500/ Recognizing the complex and multidisciplinary issues raised by the interface of human, animal and ecosystem health (“One Health”) that require enhanced coordination and collaboration among sectors and agencies, nationally and internationally, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World…

News & Media G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting, communique, Oxford, [Published] 4 June, 2021 G7 Statements & Communiques   [strong endorsement for applying One Health approach – see below]  “ … 5. We commit to continue to support science-based responses to COVID-19, and to promote high quality, interdisciplinary research and development that is not limited to medical…

SEE:    https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/13652672/homepage/callforpapers.html We would like to encourage your group to consider submitting an original paper or a review article for a Special Issue focused on One-Health meets Omics: the way forward to investigate zoonosis. Zoonoses are diseases or infections that can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. Overall, they represent up to…

Monday, 7 June 2021 Press Release: FAO   SEE: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2106/S00086/on-world-food-safety-day-adopt-a-one-health-approach-to-ensure-food-is-safe-to-consume.htm “On World Food Safety Day, Everyone From Growers To Supply Chains To Consumers Across Asia And The Pacific Must Adopt A One Health Approach To Ensure Food Is Safe To Consume”

With a vision to expand the One Health Program, the Faculty of Science, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (One Health) brought their expertise together to develop and officially launch the undergraduate One Health Major in the fall of 2021. Students will be required to complete…

Open Access News Health & Social Care News “ … The Chair will be integrated into the SACIDS Foundation for One Health, an institute of Sokoine University of Agriculture on behalf of member institutions from the SADC region that founded SACIDS in 2008, initially as a regional programme, until 2018 when it was transformed into its current status.…

Open Access News Research & Innovation News SEE: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/focus-on-one-health/111953/ “ … A greater focus on One Health One Health is a concept that recognises the interconnections between human, animal and environmental health, and that policies should be developed with these at front of mind. As an example, many governments in countries where rabies is endemic…

June 1, 2021 … “China agrees with the reports’ concept of building ‘One Health’ surveillance system and the ‘whole of government, whole of society’ pandemic response approach, which aims at improving the IHR and other international legal systems,” he said. … SEE: http://www.ecns.cn/news/2021-06-01/detail-ihamvkwq9614301.shtml

D.A.Henderson, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity, U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor. Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Pier IV Building, Suite 210, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 April 22, 2007 Dr. D. A. Henderson, legendary leader of…

… “AAD is a great example of the ‘One Health’ perspective,” said Nandini Mendu, senior director of agriculture sector development for the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. One Health is a collaborative effort among different disciplines of medicine, including human, veterinary, and environmental. …     SEE: https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/05/25/morrisville-animal-health-firm-raises-7m-for-move-into-the-human-diagnostic-realm/

TOP NEWS – Tuesday, 25 May, 2021, 08 : 00 AM Geneva/Paris/Rome International organisations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. The panel will advise four international organisations – the World Health Organization (WHO), the…

Source: Xinhua| 2021-05-22 01:50:12|Editor: huaxia  “… Welcome high-level political leadership for preparedness and response in relation to health emergencies. Note proposals on a possible international instrument or agreement with regards to pandemic prevention and preparedness, in the context of the WHO, and efforts by the WHO, World Organisation for Animal Health, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United…

EALTH, POLITICS & FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOCIETY May 21, 2021 SEE: https://impakter.com/anti-science-anti-vaxxers-cause-covid-deaths/

May 20, 2021 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The World Health Organization and three other international bodies have formed a team of experts to help develop a global plan to prevent the spread of diseases from animals to humans, the WHO said on Thursday. The One Health High-Level Expert Panel was an initiative launched by France and…

Inside Development  Global Health: Tech and Innovation By Catherine Cheney // 17 May 2021 SEE: https://www.devex.com/news/this-nonprofit-is-helping-communities-stop-pandemics-in-their-tracks-99890 “… Because most emerging diseases are zoonotic — jumping from animals to humans — the organization takes a “one health” approach, which brings together disciplines focused on people, animals, plants, and their shared environments. Ending Pandemics partners across sectors in its efforts to prevent,…

MARTIEN VAN NIEUWKOOP MONIQUE ELOIT |MAY 12, 2021 See link: We must invest in pandemic prevention to build an effective global health architecture (worldbank.org)  “ … At the core of their appeal is the establishment of a new treaty intended to commit countries to better tackling diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola, influenza and SARS —…

To Prevent Future Pandemics, Start by Protecting Nature World Politics Review  ” … Given these linkages, pandemic prevention efforts must be grounded in a “One Health” approach that recognizes the intimate interconnections among human, animal and environmental health. …”  

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Animal Emotions Humans are largely responsible for the alarming increase in zoonotic diseases. Posted May 6, 2021 |  Reviewed by Davia Sills SEE: What the COVID-19 Crisis Is Telling Humanity | Psychology Today Canada KEY POINTS Two physicians with impeccable credentials tell us in an easy-to-read essay what we need to know and do…

SEE Learning Module on Continuing Environmental Education (CEE) at: https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/4238 View of Special Volume No. 1, 2021: The Global One Health Environment (seejph.com) Short overview: The learning module has been prepared by members of the Working Group 1HOPE-GPA (Governance, Policy, and Advocacy), part of the One Health for One Planet Education (1HOPE) Initiative to support…