One Health News

Call for Papers – The 59th Annual James H. Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man  –  June 2 – 5, 2009 All information relevant to the conference is available at: http://diseasesinnature.googlepages.com > Tom J. Sidwa, D.V.M. Manager, Zoonosis Control Branch Texas Department of State Health Services Phone: 512-458-7111 ext 6628 FAX: 512-458-7454 Tom.Sidwa@dshs.state.tx.us…

  State Environmental Health Directors (SEHD) Endorse One Health   Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, Director of the Florida Department of Health’s Environmental Division and Chair of the State Environmental Health Directors (SEHD) advised us that SEHD has endorsed One Health.   http://www.astho.org/pubs/SEHDFactSheet_Feb08_2.pdf

Sources: Michael B. Cates, michael.cates@us.army.mil;and Ralph Richardson, 785-532-5660, rcr@k-state.eduPhoto available. Contact media@k-state.edu or 785-532-6415.News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 RETIRED BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL CATES TO HEAD K-STATE’S MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM MANHATTAN — Retired Brig. Gen. Michael B. Cates, former commander of the U.S. Army Center for Health…

ProMED-mail Adds *Link to One Health Initiative Website www.promedmail.org     December 9, 2008—Jack Woodall, PhD, co-founder and Associate Editor of ProMED-mail www.promedmail.org informed us today that ProMED has now added the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com website link to their site.  “Simply click on Links in the left margin, then Global Links, and look for…

Op-Ed Publication December 2, 2008 in Sarasota Herald-Tribune Newspaper: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081202/COLUMNIST/812020315/2080/OPINION?Title=In_age_of_pandemics__human_and_animal_health_intersect

Zoonoses Handbook Now Available – February 2008With support from Bayer Animal Health, the Center for Food Security & Public Health (CFSPH) – IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY- has published the Handbook for Zoonotic Diseases of Companion Animals. The Handbook is for veterinary and human medical professionals and addresses the etiology, prevention and liability issues for zoonoses of companion animals. It…

Colombian Non-profit Organization Endorses ‘One Health’   November 19, 2008   Attentively and according to information available on One Health  Initiative Web page, I am attaching the requested information to be a  Supporter Organization.   The Corporación RedSPVet_, Red de Salud Pública Veterinaria (Veterinary  Public health Network, RedSPVet),is a non Profit Organization, that associates Veterinary…

  National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Endorses “One World-One Health”                                                    http://www.neha.org/index.shtml   The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is a strong professional society with over 4,500 members across the nation. NEHA’s mission is “to advance the environmental health and protection professional for the purpose of providing a healthful environment for all”.   NEHA announced…

Dean Emeritus of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Comments on Comparative Medicine’s Problematic Implementation in Veterinary Medical Education   In an October 30, 2008 letter to Dr. Michael Chaddock, Deputy Director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C., Dr. J. Thomas Vaughan reflected upon the historical aspects of comparative medicine…

Great 21st Century Physician ‘One Health’ Leader Dies   Date on November 6, 2008 Ronald M. Davis, MDPast President, American Medical Association It is with tremendous sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Ron Davis, past President of the AMA and a major supporter of the One Health Initiative.  Indeed, the AMA wouldn’t have…

The Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoverers and Discoveries, Inventors and Inventions, Developers and Technologies   Frederick A. Murphy, DVM, PhDUniversity of Texas Medical BranchDepartment of Pathology, Route 0609301 University BlvdGalveston, TX 77555-0609 famurphy@utmb.edu   Dr. Fred Murphy, the famous veterinary virologist who co-discovered the Ebola virus as etiologic agent of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever,…

Exciting New Website Launched   News Tracker, Health-Humanitarian-Tech   http://www.trackernews.net/     Provided by:   J.A. Ginsburg, editoreditor@trackernews.net  

Sources: Lisa Freeman, 785-532-2844, freeman@vet.k-state.edu; BethMontelone, 7 85-532-1333, bethmont@k-state.eduNews release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu K-STATE AND KANSAS HEALTH FOUNDATION TEAM UP TO PROMOTE ‘ONE HEALTHKANSAS’ MANHATTAN — Kansas State University and the Kansas Health Foundationare collaborating to make Kansans healthier. A new venture, “One HealthKansas,” will promote awareness and understanding of theinterconnections among…

On Saturday, October 25th, 2008, Dr. Ron DeHaven, Executive Vice President of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) opened the plenary session of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)annual meeting with a presentation entitled:  “The AVMA One Medicine Initiative–Overview and Opportunities.  This keynote talk was followed by several papers on antimicrobial resistance. Reported by: Craig N. Carter,…

One Health ‘Supercourse’ Partnership Proposed                         www.pitt.edu/~super1 We propose that the One Health mission could partner with the Supercourse for broad, global distribution of education and outreach for Onehealth.   Supercourse:  The Supercourse began about 10 years ago as the result of the recognition that there has been a 25 year increase in life expectancy…

Italian Society of Preventive Medicine Announces Support for ‘One Health Initiative’ On behalf of SIMeVeP, Società Italiana di Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva (Italian Society of Preventive Veterinary Medicine), after the notice from our member Romano Zilli DVM, in my capacity of President of the society itself, I give support to the “one health initiative”.   Wishing you the best…

One Health Club at the University of Pennsylvania    Over this past summer, a One Health graduate group at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) was formed through the initiative of Catherine Brinkley (Penn Vet) and Shadia Bel Hamdounia (Penn Med).  “We wanted to foster more communication between the health professional schools and to discuss key issues that overlap…

October 21, 2008   The Institute for Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Food Safety Lazio and Tuscany Regions [Italy]  (“Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana”) has advised us that they are supporting the One Health Initiative.   http://www.izslt.it/izs/   Provided by:   Romano Zilli, DVMIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Regioni Lazio e ToscanaV. Appia Nuova 141100178 Rome…

–News Release– Colorado State University (CSU) Students Create “One Health” Club – First of its Kind “The students at Colorado State University have been keeping their fingers on the pulse of the healthcare profession and its new direction.  With the release of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s One Health Initiative Task Force report, there is…

As an alum of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dean Emeritus Allan Rosenfield, MD.  Dean Rosenfield passed away on Sunday, October 12th after courageously battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for several years. He was a leading advocate for women’s health and was a supporter…