One Health News

Reminder: North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) – 2011 (USA) – ONE HEALTH Program  January 15 – 19, 2011—Orlando, Florida (USA)   A “One Health” program section is planned for Monday, January 17, 2011 at the Marriot Hotel Crystal Salon G1 and requires conference registration: 8:00 a.m. to 4:50 P.M. (EST).   Please see December 7, 2010…

One Health Leader, Veterinarian Dr. Jean Blancou Dies Obituary: Jean Blancou (1936-2010) Dr. Jean Blancou, former Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) from 1991 to 2000, died in Paris on 10 Nov 2010 at the age of 74. Son of wildlife expert Lucien Blancou, Jean qualified as a veterinarian from the…

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Presents Thoughts on ‘One Health’   http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/2010_one-health.html Thoughts of FAO on ‘One Health’ The number of emerging infectious diseases and pandemic threats at the animal-human interface is increasing. In recent past the world has witnessed the emergence of novel diseases such as Nipah virus in Malaysia,…

American Nurses Association Supports and Endorses One Health     The One Health Initiative website team was notified on December 9, 2010 that the president of the American Nurses Association www.nursingworld.org, Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN supports the One Health concept.  The following is President Daley’s endorsement statement:   “Nurses recognize all forms…

A fourth good reason to attend the … “One Health” Session Scheduled for the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), in Orlando, Florida (USA) Monday, January 17,  2011 www.navc.com By scrolling down, you can read about the first three good reasons to attend.  These were described and prepared by Dr. Kate Hodgson (posted November, 29, 2010);…

Annual Conference of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), April 11 – 14, 2011   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Contact: Teres Lambert December 1, 2010                                                                                847-838-2966 tlambert@animalagriculture.org     National Conference to Identify Consumers as Stakeholders in Today’s Food Production   COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – By most estimates, food production must double…

One Health Initiative website team establishes Honorary Advisory Board   The following outstanding One Health supporters/advocates have graciously agreed to participate on the One Health Initiative website’s honorary advisory board.      One Health Initiative Website Advisory Board (Hon.)   Established: December 1, 2010     Larry R. Anderson, DVM, MD – Sumner County Family…

“One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.”  One Health Initiative Website NEWS Statistics:    Serves as Website’s “LINKS PAGE”      The autonomous pro bono One Health Initiative website has been operational since October 1, 2008.  Since…

A third good reason to attend the … “One Health” Session Scheduled for the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), in Orlando, Florida (USA) Monday, January 17,  2011 www.navc.com By scrolling down this One Health website NEWS page, you can read about the first two good reasons to attend that were described about and by speakers Drs. Kirsten…

Outstanding USA Motivational Educator and One Medicine (One Health) Advocate Dies *By Dennis Thompson, DVM, MPVM,  Ronald D. Warner, DVM, MPVM, PhD, James L. Alexander, DVM, MPVM, Thomas L. Cropper, DVM, MPVM, James H. Wright, DVM, MPVM Margaret E. Meyer, PhD (1923-2010), died on October 8th, 2010, after a long, distinguished career as a microbiologist…

  Highly Successful One Health Sessions Reported from United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) 114th Annual Meeting The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians  (AAVLD 53rd Annual Conference) in conjunction with the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) held their first ever One Health Sessions on Saturday November 13th, 2010 and Monday…

Reprinted (Text only) from One Health Newsletter Fall Issue http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php   The One Health Initiative through a 50-Year Lens   Robert E. Dedmon, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM           ‘There are no passengers on spaceship Earth. We are all crew.’                                                                    – Marshall Mcluhan   The ‘50-year lens’ refers to my 50-plus years in medicine…

Jack Woodall, PhD, member of the One Health Initiative Website team, giving a One Health Initiative poster presentation at the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) www.astmh.org – 59thAnnual Meeting – in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) on Friday, November 5, 2010.  The poster presentation by Dr. Woodall was held in conjunction with an important and successful…The One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination…

One Health focused Training Opportunity offering PhD at Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio (USA)   The Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University located in Wooster, Ohio is offering a training opportunity leading to a PhD degree in Veterinary Medicine, Food Science or Public Health. …

Reminder: Upcoming IMPORTANT ONE HEALTH MEETING SESSIONS Sample Abstracts for Upcoming One Health Meeting (Go to the meeting, there are other excellent talks): November 11-17, 2010 United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)114th Annual Meeting – Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) http://www.usaha.org/meetings/2010/ American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)53rd Annual Conference For more information on AAVLD programs, please…

Press announcement  10 November, 2010   Immuno Valley [the Netherlands] is funded €1.5 Million [$2.09 Million USA Dollars] to concert the combat against infectious diseases of animals and humans   Life Sciences network Immuno Valley announces to receive over  €1.5 Million [$2.09 Million USA Dollars] of funding to roll-out their viPps program 2011-2014. Immuno Valley…

Canadian Physicians Publish Outstanding “One Health Editorial” in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases   A notable “One Health Editorial” was published in the current edition of The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Autumn 2010, Volume 21 Issue 3 entitled “The One Health paradigm: Time for infectious diseases clinicians to take note?”.    The…

One Health   By Lynn Lauterbach, BS Science teacher and curriculum coordinator Loveland, Colorado (USA)   I’ve heard it said that “none of us are as smart as all of us.” My role as a teacher reinforces this each day in the triumphs of successful moments and the failures when cooperation falls short. Additionally, this…

Reaction from Prominent Nigerian Virologist/Educator to Death of One Health Leader, virologist Dr. Graham Kemp   By Oyewale Tomori, DVM, PhD       Redeemer’s University, Redemption Camp,       Km. 46 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State       P. O. Box 7914, Ikeja, Lagos State       TEL: 234 1-7931780,      website:www.run.edu.ng   The news of Graham’s death is another…

Last Reminder: You won’t want to miss this one! The One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) – 59th Annual Meeting – www.astmh.org November 3-7, 2010 Marriott Atlanta Marquis Hotel Atlanta, Georgia (USA)   A symposium organized jointly by members…