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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 to improving the health of both people and animals. The close co-existence of people and animals has created an environment of confluence in many areas including their health issues. Approximately 60% of human diseases are due to multi-host pathogens characterized by their movement across species lines and over the last 30 years approximately 75% of the newly emerging human infectious diseases have been zoonotic. One Health Education Initiatives serve to increase awareness of the health issues created by this confluence and ultimately improve animal and human health. The One Health Conference is a regional educational effort dedicated to enhancing this awareness and strengthening collaboration among all health professionals, especially the veterinary and human medical professions to optimize the health of people and animals. ...”

Program Agenda

7:00 AM Registration and Coffee

7:50 AM Welcome and Introductions

Dr. Kristy Bradley, State Epidemiologist, OK Dept. of Health

8:00 AM Keynote Address – “One Health: A Concept for the 21^st Century”

Dr. Laura Kahn, Research Scholar, Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Princeton University  ...

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