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  Safely celebrate the holidays with your pets Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 12/19/2016 12:17 PM EST Saving Lives, Protecting People. Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. What’s New One Health Our recent work to connect human, animal, and environmental health in the US…

DUKE UNIVERSITY – DUKE ONE HEALTH What is One Health? With rapid transportation of people, animals, and food, now the norm in many world economies, we are facing new complex zoonotic diseases and food safety problems on a scale never seen before. To respond to and control these problems, we will need new approaches. One…

  Announcement: 5th International One Health Congress travels to Canada in June 2018   Join the One Health research and policy community at the 5th International One Health Congress, which will be held in Saskatoon, Canada, on 22 – 25 June 2018. The congress is organized by the One Health Platform and the University of…

Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 49, 08 December 2016 News http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22666 New version of the Epidemic Intelligence Information System for food- and waterborne diseases and zoonoses (EPIS-FWD) launched CM Gossner 1 , DVM, MSc, MBA, PhD + Author affiliations 1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence: Celine Gossner ( celine.gossner@ecdc.europa.eu) Citation…

Special One Health meetings in Washington, DC (USA):   The One Health Academy promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among health professionals, industry, and policy makers by promoting public health, as well as environmental, food, agricultural, and economic protection.   Our monthly events serve to unite: Federal governmental departments Non-governmental organizations Private industry leaders to promote collaboration through…

  Date: December 7, 2016     1. One Health Education Pre-Conference Survey   As you know, a One Health Education survey has been shared with those who responded with interest to our June 16 press release. Thank You to those who have already completed it. We took responses received by November 4 to prepare…

International One Health Congresses Since 2011, three International One Health Congresses have been organized on a biennial basis. The fourth edition will be held in Melbourne, Australia, December 3-7, 2016…beginning tomorrow! More information is available at http://oheh2016.org  

REVIEW ARTICLE One Health training, research, and outreach in North America Cheryl Stroud, DVM, PhD1*, Bruce Kaplan, DVM2, Jenae E. Logan, MScGH3,5 and Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA3 1One Health Commission, Apex, NC; 2One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team, Sarasota, FL, USA; 3Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Global Health Institute,…

A Plea for Global Health Action Bottom-Up – A One Health issue… A recent article (Please read link https://goo.gl/kMHEcS), A Plea for Global Health Action Bottom-Up’, appearing in Frontiers in Public Health (authors: Prof Ulrich Laaser, Dr. Stephen Dorey, Dr. Joann Nurse) may be especially timely and relevant for those engaged in implementing the UN 2030 Sustainable…

***An Extraordinary “One Health” educational plan: One Health kansas – At Kansas State University (USA) Connecting animals, people and their environment through education… K-12 Education and Public Outreach Resources ***One Health General Information List of Ten One Health Resources for Teachers Activities CDC’s Solve the Outbreak Application for iPad MedMyst Web Adventures an Online, Interactive…

Notable One Health Comparative Medicine NEWS item in the spirit of the “One Health Umbrella” graphic http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/OneHealth2:                           Contacts: Ashley Berke, Penn Vet, 215-898-1475/berke@vet.upenn.edu  Ashley Moore, CHOP, 215-630-4683/MOOREA1@email.chop.edu For Immediate Release Specialized Pet Therapy Brings Together Canine Craniofacial Patients and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Craniofacial Patients During “Best…

Must see/listen to Outstanding Antimicrobial “One Health approach” presentations … see links from: The 2016 NIAA Antibiotic Symposium (USA) – Working Together For Better Solutions—also view previous Nov17, 2016 One Health Initiative website NEWS item https://goo.gl/MShq1F.   1. Presentation by Dr. Bernadette Dunham –  Building a Coalition for a One Health Approach to Preserving Antibiotic…

Panel – Q&A Building a Coalition for One Health Approach to Preserving Antibiotic Effectiveness Please see: http://www.swinecast.com/panel-qa-building-a-coalition-one-health-approach-preserving-antibiotic-effectiveness Q&A Building a Coalition for One Health Approach to Preserving Antibiotic Effectiveness – Panel, with Dr. Bernadette Dunham, Visiting Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and Dr. Amanda Beaudoin, Director, One Health Antibiotic Stewardship,…

Recent One Health Approach expansion News reports from Africa and Asia-Pacific countries… Nov15, 2016: “West Africa adopts ‘One Health’ approach to disease control” Read more at http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/west-africa-adopts-one-health-approach-disease-control/ Nov14, 2016:  “African leaders pledge to improve emergency preparedness and response at West African Regional Conference on One Health” Read more at http://gnnliberia.com/2016/11/14/african-leaders-pledge-improve-emergency-preparedness-response-west-african-regional-conference-one-health/ Nov14, 2016: “In wake of…

EIN News – November 10, 2016 One Health technical and ministerial meeting opens in Dakar ‘The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’ “The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), jointly with other international and regional partners, promotes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to advocate for the much needed One…

2nd Global Conference on One Health: the World Veterinary Association (WVA), World Medical Association (WMA), Japanese Medical Association (JMA) and Japanese Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) Held in Japan – November 10-11, 2016 “During the Closing Ceremony of the 2nd Global Conference on One Health, the World Veterinary Association (WVA), World Medical Association (WMA), Japanese Medical…

PREVENTING OBESITY IN PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS: A ONE HEALTH APPROACH   Vision: A world where regular activity, a balanced diet and healthy weight are part of every family’s life.   NOVEMBER 9–11th, 2016    For details see www.wsava-obesity.com  

Photo by Joseph L. Murphy, MD Important “One Health” 21st century History: June 2007– American Medical Association Meeting during “One Health” resolution testimony.  Historic resolution subsequently adopted. (see https://goo.gl/UeLlte)   Left to right: the late Ronald M. Davis, MD, President AMA, Roger K. Mahr, DVM, President, American Veterinary Medical Association and Laura H. Kahn, MD,…

A valuable concise view of “One Health”… From: Smithsonian Insider A Planet in Peril: Q&A with Suzan Murray of the Smithsonian Global Health Program   7 November 2016 – Interview with veterinarian Suzan Murray, DVM, Program Director, Smithsonian Global Health Program https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation/suzan-murray-dvm-daczm By physician David J. Skorton, MD, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian https://www.si.edu/about/secretary-david-skorton  Share to…

ProMED-mail Viral Diseases Moderator Becomes Manager One Health Initiative Team Website’s “ProMED Outbreak Reports” November 7, 2016—Thomas M. Yuill, PhD, a longstanding and highly respected ProMED-mail www.promedmail.org Viral Diseases Moderator, became manager for the One Health Initiative team’s website “ProMED Outbreaks Reports” page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/promed.php today.  Dr. Yuill is continuing the program of posting pertinent One…