One Health News

One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board Joined by U.S. Food and Drug Administration Official April 16, 2012 — Today we proudly announce that among the current outstanding One Health supporters/advocates and recognized leaders, Bernadette Dunham, DVM., PhD, has graciously agreed to serve as a participating member.   Dr. Dunham has served admirably as the Director,…

One Health PhD Program at University of Florida (USA) Click here to download a flyer describing the new One Health Concentration At the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, the Department of Environmental and Global Health is growing rapidly and developing a broad portfolio of training programs. ·                                 Certificate in Emerging Infectious Diseases Research ·                                …

International One Health & Public Health Leader Honored on 99th birthday     James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, a renowned public health authority and One Health leader worldwide, was honored by many on his 99th birthday April 3, 2012 in Houston, Texas (USA).  On April 4, 2012, the 20th Annual James H. Steele Lecture series…

Important & Unique One Health Publication discussing legal considerations… One Health, One World—The Intersecting Legal Regimes of Trade, Climate Change, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, and Migration†   Kelli K. Garcia and *Lawrence O. Gostin Article: One Health, One World—The Intersecting Legal Regimes of Trade, Climate Change, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, and Migration Laws 2012, 1(1), 4-38;…

Excellent One Health resource available…   Zoonosis Updates   “The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has placed on the AVMA website a series of articles titled AVMA Collections:     Zoonosis Updates that the organization has made open access (anyone may read/download these at no cost, although they are not to be reproduced/redistributed without permission). …

One Health commentary…   One Health and Tickborne Diseases   *Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH and Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP     Most of the country (USA) experienced a relatively mild winter this year. This combined with wet weather provides ideal conditions for ticks to thrive.  Large tick populations increase the chances of people…

Important One Health (public health) information proposed…   Seasonal Influenza Immunization Pilot Project for Pork Producers on Prince Edward Island, Canada   Daniel Hurnik, DVM, MSc1, Tim W. Seeber2, Lucie Verdon, DVM, IPSAV3 1University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown PE, Canada. E-mail: hurnik@upei.ca 2PEI Pork, Charlottetown PE, Canada.  3Canadian Swine Health Board, Ottawa ON, Canada…

North Carolina (USA) One Health Collaborative NEWS & Upcoming Events Speakers   Please see the new and expanding website for the North Carolina One Health Collaborative at http://nconehealthcollaborative.weebly.com/index.html Also note Upcoming Events speaker events planned by this outstanding collaborative: Weekly One Health Intellectual Exchange Group Sessions / Course: Philosophy to Practical Integration of Human, Animal,…

One Health Informational Section Established on American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Website One Health – It’s all connected “One Health is the integrative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. Together, the three make up the One Health triad, and the health of…

NEW “Animal Diseases & Humans” feature on One Health Initiative website Home Page   Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/animalHumans.php   For the busy One Health visitor to the One Health Initiative website: A very concise recommended list of “Important informational links” and “Pertinent textbook references” relative to Animals Diseases & Humans is now provided.  This is currently located…

New Chief Editor Assumes Leadership of Internationally Popular One Health Newsletter (USA)   March 8, 2012—The One Health Newsletter’s editorial board announced that Elizabeth Radke, MPH has assumed the Chief Editor position.  Ms. Radke has been serving as Assistant Editor of the newsletter with Chief Editor Mary Echols, DVM, MPH.   Ms. Radke, an epidemiologist,…

ONE HEALTH CONFERENCE – Tickborne Diseases and Rabies Physician One Health Expert *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP to be Keynote Speaker *Dr. Kahn is a co-founding member of the One Health Initiative team Thursday, April 5, 2012, Tulsa Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA) “The One Health Conference is an inaugural regional educational effort dedicated…

Exciting and Important One Health degree program…   MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN CONSERVATION MEDICINE DEGREE PROGRAM   Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Tufts%20MS%20in%20Conservation%20Medicine%20flier%20-currently%20used%20version.pdf   “Conservation medicine focuses on health relationships occurring at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment, and seeks to develop and apply health management practices, policies and programs that sustain biodiversity and protect…

Worth revisiting…   FREE One Health ‘MedMyst Magazine’ – An Important Unique Educational Publication to assist young people with their early education   Produced by Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, Houston, Texas (USA) in partnership with Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas.   Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/MagDiseaseDiscovery.pdf   Also…

Important and unique One Health paper submitted to the One Health Initiative team/website February 25, 2012…   GIDEON and One Health   *Steven A. Berger, MD Director of Geographic Medicine and Clinical Microbiology Associate Professor of Medicine University of Tel-Aviv School of Medicine Tel-Aviv, Israel   As of 2012 humans are subject to 347 generic…

One Health Initiative website team’s Honorary Advisory Board Joined by New Member February 29, 2012—The One Health Initiative honorary Advisory Board was established on December 1, 2010. Today, we are pleased to announce that among the current outstanding One Health supporters/advocates and recognized leaders, Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, editor of Clinician’s Brief http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/, the official…

Important One Health Endorsement Statement provided to One Health Initiative team/website February 24, 2012   PRIMATOLOGY CAN PROVIDE CRITICAL LINKS FOR THE “ONE HEALTH INITIATIVE” *Joseph M. Erwin, PhD, and **Patrick R. Hof, MD Humans are primates, and detailed studies of the health and behavior of human and nonhuman primates across the life span, in…

First Worldwide One Health PhD Degree Program Announced (USA)   February 24, 2012 –- The first known PhD degree program in the world with a concentration in One Health was announced today by the department of environmental and global health, college of public health and health professions at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (USA). …

Important Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC.ca) Radio One Health News message … Please listen to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC.ca) radio’s recent podcast containing an excellent One Health News item.  Click on http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/twtw.xml and then where it says “The World this Weekend Sunday February 19, 2012” you will see: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:00:00 AM | podcasting@cbc.ca…

VERMONT VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (USA) proudly present ONE HEALTH SPEAKER   Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH, DACVPM   Thursday, June 21, 2012, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm The Essex, Essex VT (USA)   One Health: Where Humans, Animals and the Environment Overlap   Stories from the field: the critical role of preparedness in practice Emerging…