One Health News

SEE: Announcement 2022 applications and Soulsby Fellowships 2022 A5 poster The Soulsby Foundation recognises the importance of linking human health with animal health as well as the underlying social, structural, economic and environmental factors that determine health and well-being outcomes around the globe. As human populations grow, we live in closer contact with animals giving more…

NewsNational The concept of One Health is now widely embedded in the life sciences community. It brings in a range of disciplines to improve the health of people, as well as animals and the environment. “It is a mixture of different aspects, concepts and ideas,” says Professor Bruce Whitelaw, interim director of the University of…

Opinion Options for a Global Pandemic Treaty — Thirty two ministers of health “… we must recognise the importance of One Health. Our health is a continuum across human, animal, plant, and planetary health. To reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases in the future, the human, anima and environmental health sectors must cooperate more closely.…

United States Senator Diane Feinstein has submitted to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2022, a reasonable and very useful amendment CREC-2021-11-01-pt1-PgS7542.pdf (congress.gov), see SA 4087 that would essentially help strengthen our nation’s public health security by: Establishing a One Health Center of Excellence at the FDA to develop programs and enhance strategies to research, monitor, prevent, and respond to…

“A collaborative effort among state agencies could bring a new laboratory campus to Jefferson City. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture are working together on a project proposal that would create multi-agency labs focused on human, animal and environmental testing. Specifically, the research campus is…

“The COVID pandemic has raised more awareness of how closely our health is interconnected with animals and the environment, the chief scientist of EU’s Food Safety Agency (EFSA) told EURACTIV. Last week, we sat with Marta Hugas, who is leading the scientific team at EFSA, for an exclusive interview for EURACTIV’s Health Brief. We spoke…

NOVEMBER 15, 2021 – SEE: https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/preparing-next-pandemic-what-will-it-take “ … The World Bank, though IDA and IBRD, has a strong track record in providing the long-term, predictable, sustained financing that countries need to prepare for pandemics, often requiring multi-sectoral interventions. For example, using a One Health approach, that recognizes the linkages between human and animal health, and…

SEE: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/NASA_Handout_OneHealth_Oct2021.pdf  Developed by *Helena Chapman, MD PhD, Associate Program Manager, Health and Air Quality Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program (helena.chapman@nasa.gov).   *Dr. Chapman is a member, One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ *Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH…

Press release 11-12-2021 01:29 PM CET | Energy & Environment Press release from: Therme One Health “… Through the incorporation of the diverse resources of the partners, the One Health Research Centre will conduct research projects on the interactions and correlating elements in the health of humans, animals, and the environment (“One Health”). The aim of the One…

November 8, 2021 Events, Internationalization, One Health On November 3, ICBAS celebrated the International One Health Day. The “1st Porto One Health Day” brought together experts from various areas of health to discuss the One Health approach. An event that featured a diverse range of experts from various areas of health (human, animal and environmental): from food safety,…

A visionary unanimous worldwide institutionalization of One Health is the goal.  This would significantly and exponentially “help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”

LAUNCH OF ONE HEALTH TEACHING RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATORS (and the world) In October 2016 the U.S. Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) included One Health in the Accreditation Criteria for Schools of Public Health and Public Health Programs. On pages 16, 30, 33 and 35 of that year’s accreditation criteria updates is noted…

“Today’s TRIP launch and strategic tree planting is an approach to further healthy environments through the One Health Initiative. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral approach to address health challenges that affect people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.” SEE: https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/news/2021/11/5/financial-assistance-available-to-tennessee-streamside-landowners.html

The One Health Initiative team received the following welcomed letter from physician neurologists, Drs. David O. Wiebers, Valery L. Feigin and Andrea Winkler November 2, 2021: Thank you for your kind remarks about our recent paper entitled “Brain Health, One Health and COVID-19” (DOWNLOAD FULLTEXT PDF) and for all of the outstanding work that you and…

ONE HEALTH and “vaccine hesitancy” addressed cogently in: The Vaccine Ecosystem  (Economist’s Vaccine Ecosystem Initiative) The Economist Group’s Vaccine Ecosystem Initiative aims to promote a sustainable vaccine ecosystem by examining and reimagining elements critical for vaccine development, deployment, and adoption. As the development and deployment of covid-19 vaccines unfold around the world, we will take a comprehensive…

Joint G20 Finance and Health Ministers Meeting Communiqué “ … We are determined to advance pandemic, prevention, preparedness and response, as well as to prepare the way for stronger post-pandemic recovery, in line with the comprehensive One Health approach, taking into account work of the Tripartite and UN Environment Programme and their newly established One…

Two new positions at University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas)Both will have an emphasis on One Health research and training:  Laboratory Supervisor, Infectious Disease ?Galveston, Texas, United States ? Clinical Laboratory ? Univ. of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and Senior Research Associate, Internal Medicine – Infectious Disease ?Galveston, Texas, United States ? Research Academic…

One Health Workforce Overview (usaid.gov) OR SEE: https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1864/OHW_Overview_Handout_2016-ct-508-1.pdf

THE WHITE HOUSE   The White House BRIEFING ROOM Fact Sheet: New Initiatives to Expand the U.S.-ASEAN Strategic Partnership “ … Transform ASEAN states’ health workforces and university public health curricula and train the next generation of health professionals through multi-disciplinary approaches through the One Health Workforce – Next Generation project. …” SEE:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/26/fact-sheet-new-initiatives-to-expand-the-u-s-asean-strategic-partnership/

“The College of Veterinary Medicine launched its new Department of Public and Ecosystem Health Oct. 25 after extensive campus consultation. This is the college’s sixth academic department and its first new department in more than 20 years. “This department unites the programs and activities at the College of Veterinary Medicine that already leverage a One…