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WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors [physicians]) — E-Update Friday 18th October 2019 FEATURES ONE HEALTH FELLOWSHIP FUND in this issue (see below) WONCA News – October 2019 The latest WONCA News (October 2019) has been published and can be accessed at  https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/email%20Newsletters/19Octpdf One Health: Fellowship Fund https://onehealthplatform.com/wohc/more/fellowship-programme *WONCA is pleased to be affiliated with One…

Indo-Dutch coop against anti-microbial resistance showcased Outlook India The ”One Health” approach also looks at environmental factors that … C-CAMP is an initiative of Dept of Biotechnology, under India”s Ministry of … SEE: https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/indodutch-coop-against-antimicrobial-resistance-showcased/1641233 “…One of the key areas of joint efforts has been tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) through the “One Health” approach. The Summit featured…

  $85M to Develop a One Health Workforce for the Next Generation UC Davis The U.S. Agency for International Development will award up to $85 million over the next five years to the University of California, Davis’ One Health … SEE: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/85m-develop-one-health-workforce-next-generation   

  advancing emergency preparedness through one health act Congress.gov The Congressional Record Index lets you use keywords to search or browse the official record of debates of the U.S. Congress. SEE: https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/congressional-record-index/116th-congress/1st-session/advancing-emergency-preparedness-through-one-health-act/379610?s=1&r=76&q=%22A%22   

One Health concept/approach helps ALL regardless of political affiliations (USA)! Stent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stent:“Though several doctors have been credited with the creation of the stent, the first FDA-approved stent was invented by Cesare Gianturco and Gary S. Roubin and approved in 1993.[9]“ The coronary artery stent was recently used to treat a heart attack (myocardial infarction) in…

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health The Nagoya protocol and research on emerging infectious diseases “…The One Health approach, where human, animal and environmental health are considered as inevitably linked, is widely accepted as a pillar of public health….” https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(07)01082-0/fulltext SEE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560375/ Bull World Health Organ. 2019 Jun 1; 97(6): 379. Published…

Texas Medical Center (USA) Outbreak, a Smithsonian exhibit about epidemics, spreads to The Health Museum CURATED: The Intersection of Arts and Medicine See: https://www.tmc.edu/news/2019/10/outbreak-a-smithsonian-exhibit-on-epidemics-spreads-to-the-health-museum/ “…The main message of the exhibit is that humans, animals and bacteria are all connected. “The secondary message of the exhibit is about working together,” Sholts said. “We have to work…

DUKE (USA) ONE HEALTH Newsletter – ISSUE 18 October 2019   One Health Leaders Highlight the Need to Bring Animal Agriculture Industries into the Conversation   In a commentary published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Professor Greg Gray of Duke University’s One Health team and Professor Jonna Mazet of the University of California at Davis’s One Health Institute…

U.S. One Health Coalition forming in support of the One Health Act of 2019 Urgent Action Needed! “Recently, H.R. 3771/S. 1903 the Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. This legislation would require USDA [United States Department of Agriculture] and HHS [Health and Human…

Auburn University’s One Health program prepares professionals to take on growing environmental health threats PR NewswireSeptember 26, 2019 AUBURN, Ala. (USA), Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Health-related interactions among people, animals and the environment have a profound influence on disease risk, transmission and prediction efforts. SEE complete news release at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/auburn-universitys-one-health-program-prepares-professionals-growing-190000191.html  Auburn University’s School of Forestry…

US pushes global effort to fight antibiotic resistance at UN meeting SEE: https://www.axios.com/antimicrobial-resistance-antibiotics-un-alex-azar-5881018f-4540-47f8-b06a-ef4c58c4cd67.html Axios The bottom line: Other experts in the field tell Axios they agree there’s an urgent need to focus on the AMR Challenge’s “one health” approach to target … “The bottom line: Other experts in the field tell Axios they agree there’s an…

Important Implications to One Health… “…The big idea is to gradually build a global atlas of most of the planet’s naturally occurring potentially zoonotic viruses by systematically creating the missing maps. Broadening the knowledge base on viral sequences, geographical ranges, and host distributions would provide vital intelligence about humanity’s formidable microbial enemy. The three specific…

Please see “Animal Lovers and Zoonotic Diseases: 5 Things to Know” [https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918142#vp_1?src=par_cdc_stm_mscpedt&faf=1] Published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s (CDC) One Health Office in collaboration with MedScape, September 20, 2019 … Provided by: Laura (Smith) Murrell, MA, Health Communication Specialist, Health Communication Science Office & One Health Office, National Center for Emerging…

One Health in Action… “…Two themes appear throughout the book. The first is that influenza is a quintessential One Health pathogen that can only be understood when studied in humans and other animals but especially in both its wild and domestic bird reservoirs. Throughout his career, Webster has championed this approach, which has led to…

A Significant One Health example (USA) … with Worldwide relevance! Louisiana One Health in Action                    https://www.louisianaonehealthinaction.org Louisiana One Health In Action is a community of advocates who not only want to spread the One Health Initiative in Louisiana, but also raise public awareness … Beating Bartonella Color Run Louisiana One Health in Action-Beating Bartonella Color Run.…

One Health support announced by U.S. Skin Care products Company… THE F.C. STURTEVANT COMPANY SUPPORTS THE ONE HEALTH CONCEPT AND APPROACH

One Health support and recognition continues it’s worldwide expansion… Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association NEWS – October 01, 2019  https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/191001h.aspx JAVMANewsSubsection And now, the US surgeon general – Posted Sept. 11, 2019 U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams addressed an audience of veterinary professionals Aug. 3 during the opening session of AVMA Convention 2019…

  Study finds factors at national level more influential to combat antibiotic misuse Kansas University (KU) Today USA That echoes the approach the World Health Organization has called for in its One Health Initiative, which advocates for health professionals, … http://today.ku.edu/2019/07/29/study-finds-factors-national-level-more-influential-antibioitc-misuse-individual   “…That finding is significant in that media campaigns have long focused on raising awareness…

An important historical link between vaccination(s) and the One Health concept… Donald Ainslie Henderson was an American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort that eradicated smallpox throughout the world and launched international childhood vaccination programs. From 1977 to 1990, he was Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.…

DUKE (USA) ONE HEALTH Newsletter – ISSUE 18 September 2019 … Duke One Health Team Members Publish a Commentary on Zoonotic Influenza Viruses in Domestic Animals  Recently, Duke One Health team members Laura Borkenhagen, Mai-Juan Ma, and Greg Gray and Professor Mo Salman (Colorado State University) published an important review article in the in the International Journal…