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From: hetq online http://hetq.am/eng/about/ U.S. Embassy Hosts “One Health” Master Class Workshop for Armenian Medical, Scientific Experts Please SEE: http://hetq.am/eng/news/64057/us-embassy-hosts-one-health-master-class-workshop-for-armenian-medical-scientific-experts.html December 2, 2015 Coming together, we are stronger. That was the message during a One Health master class, organized by the U.S. government held in Yerevan on December 1 and 2, 2015. The two-day workshop,…

Important for One Health advancement… 19th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research  (http://www.cvent.com/d/9rq50c?refid=spcoc) April 18-20, 2016, Baltimore, MD (USA) DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstract submissions must be received by no later than 5:00 PM ET on December 11, 2015. View additional information.          “The Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR) provides high-quality, current reports of scientific progress and best…

ANNOUNCING the Twelfth “One Medicine Symposium” – December 9-10, 2015 – Durham, North Carolina (USA) http://www.onemedicinenc.org/ Registration is now open for the Twelfth One Medicine Symposium entitled “Teaming Up Against the Flu: A One Medicine Approach to Influenza at the Human-Animal Interface.” Dates: December 9-10, 2015 Location: Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Durham, NC…

Important for One Health advancement… 19th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research  (http://www.cvent.com/d/9rq50c?refid=spcoc) April 18-20, 2016, Baltimore, MD (USA) Earn up to 19.0 Continuing Education Credits (CME) Also see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/ACVR%202016%20Abstracts%20Flyer.pdf and http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/2016%20ACVR%20Postcard.pdf The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) welcomes abstract submittals for oral or poster presentation at the 2016 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR),…

USDA Embraces One Health Approach for Solving Problems Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance Posted by Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, on November 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM See more at: http://blogs.usda.gov/2015/11/16/usda-embraces-one-health-approach-for-solving-problems-associated-with-antimicrobial-resistance/#sthash.JcFLLELU.dpuf This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and USDA remains focused on prolonging the usefulness of…

33 Prominent U.S. and international individual and organizational One Health Endorsements (multidisciplinary) – June 2011 to October 2015 Posted One Health Initiative website – NEWS page (scroll back) See Complete list: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealthEndorsementsJune2011toOctober2015.pdf

A “must see” comprehensive One Health audio/video viewpoint [1 hour] for physicians, veterinarians, health scientists and researchers, political leaders, media and laypersons worldwide…especially human cancer patients (past, present and future)! Keynote Presentation One Health Challenges For The 21st Century [Cancer etc.] Published on Jun 22, 2015 “On April 7-8, 2015, the Office of Research Infrastructure…

Livestock Models in Translational Science    “This issue of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal focuses on livestock models in translational medicine [One Health approach]. Livestock models of selected human diseases present important advantages as compared with rodent models for translating fundamental breakthroughs in biology to useful preventatives and therapeutics for humans. Livestock…

One Health approach implementation supported… Hudson Institute Report NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR BIODEFENSE:AND MAJRORM BIPARTISAN REPORT OF THE BLUE RIBBON STUDY PANEL ON BIODEFENSE Released October 28, 2015 Report in full: http://www.biodefensestudy.org/SiteAssets/Pages/default/1425-2139_BRSP_Report_100815b%5b1%5d%5b6%5d.pdf  TABLE 1: RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION ITEMS Integrate animal health and One Health approaches into biodefense strategies. Recommendation 7 a Institutionalize One Health. b Develop…

A Critically Relevant One Health/PUBLIC HEALTH approach – revisited…       New vaccines needed for pathogens infecting animals and humans: One Health – Dr. Thomas P. Monath Note: Thomas P. Monath, MD http://paxvax.com/about/executive-team/thomas-p-monath-md; http://paxvax.com/sites/default/files/pdf/vaccinenation-2014-most-influential-people-in-vaccines.pdf, an eminent physician virologist/vaccine developer, is also a co-founder of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team (OHI) and the One…

MediLabSecure Endorses One Health Please see http://medilabsecure.com/public.aspx?page=one_health_initiative   …The MediLabSecure project aims at consolidating a Laboratory Network on the emerging viruses that are pathogens for humans and/or animals. It will represent a cluster for awareness, risk assessment, monitoring and control of these vector borne diseases. This cluster will require the interaction of four laboratory sub-networks,…

A timely One Health issue today (2015) as it was in 2014… Bella Moss Foundation’s – Antibiotic Resistance “Speakers from the One Health Conference 13th October 2014 Royal Society of Medicine” Beginning with prominent Public Health/One Health physician, David L. Heymann, MD – Editor, Control of Communicable Diseases Manual and Director, U.K. Health Protection Agency (United…

Human Bone Cancer ONE HEALTH model using dogs… Vet. Sci. 2015, 2(3), 210-230; doi:10.3390/vetsci2030210 Comparative Aspects of Osteosarcoma Pathogenesis in Humans and Dogs Timothy M. Fan, DVM, PhD http://illinois.edu/ds/search?search_type=userid&search=t-fan&skinId=333  and Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD https://ccr.cancer.gov/chand-khanna   var elements = document.getElementsByClassName(“toEncode”); for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i) { var item = elements[i]; var…

Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (CEEZAD) – http://www.ceezad.org/ World News An Exciting Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology October 12, 2015 “The 2015 Nobel Prize awards in Medicine and Physiology are exciting for many reasons. The three recipients-two microbiologists and a pharmacologist-all working with natural compounds, developed therapies to fight various parasites,…

New Director Appointed for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s ONE HEALTH OFFICE (USA) Posted One Health Initiative website’s NEWS page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php October 9, 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=New+Director+Appointed+for+Centers+for+Disease+Control++Preventions+ONE+HEALTH+OFFICE+USA   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CaseyBartonBehraveshDirectorCDCOneHealthOffice_9302015.pdf   Captain Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM, a veterinarian, is the new Director for the CDC One Health Office http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dhcpp/one_health/. She is a Captain in…

Ravenswood Media Newsletter Publishes Second One Health Article http://www.ravenswoodmedia.com/a/newsletter/newsletter2015/rmnewsletter.html Current One Health article: October 2015 – One Health in Action “The One Health concept promises to take human health and conservation into a better future.”  See http://www.ravenswoodmedia.com/a/newsletter/newsletter2015/rmnewsletter.html#one-health The June 2014 – Issue #16 of the Ravenswood Media Newsletter published a first One Health article.  Please see…

Veterinary Science Journal. 2015, 2(2), 69-83; doi:10.3390/vetsci2020069: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci   Governance and One Health: Exploring the Impact of Federalism and Bureaucracy on Zoonotic Disease Detection and Reporting Heather A. Allen, PhD, MPA <!– var elements = document.getElementsByClassName("toEncode"); for (var i = 0; i Center for Food Security and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State…

Last Notice: 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015 Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for global public and animal health October 4-7, 2015 – Davos, Switzerland http://onehealth.grforum.org/ and  Updated September 24, 2015 http://grforum.bmetrack.com/c/v?e=7EFEB8&c=A1E4&l=2DBED01&email=iTrabEs%2FrmEUMY3%2BW1fpIgi72yrq%2BZfs&relid=A0B0F1B  Endorsed by One Health Initiative team and others—see: http://onehealth.grforum.org/partnership/endorsing-partners/ (scroll down) http://onehealth.grforum.org/about/scientific-and-technical-advisory-group/

 Notable One Health Commentary: A Physician’s View of One Health: Challenges and Opportunities By Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD Vet. Sci. 2015, 2(1), 23-25; doi:10.3390/vetsci2010023 See: http://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/2/1/23 and read complete commentary http://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/2/1/23/htm Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Published: February 16 2015 (This article belongs…

Posted One Health Initiative website September 25, 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php Note: There have been many inquiries requesting an accurate historical account of the “One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team” and the One Health Initiative website… History of the One Health Initiative team (April 2006 through September 2015) and the One Health Initiative website since October…