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    One Health Day || Monday, June 4, 2018   12:00 – 12:15pm || Opening Remarks [bipartisan collaboration] • U.S. Senator Tina Smith (Democrat Minnesota) and U.S. Senator Todd Young (Republican Indiana)—via video Tina Smith (MN) Todd Young (IN) Note: The One Health approach or framework is a nonpartisan issue for the benefit of all in the U.S.…

World Organisation for Animal Health International partnership to address human-animal-environment health risks gets a boost See: http://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/press-releases/detail/article/international-partnership-to-address-human-animal-environment-health-risks-gets-a-boost/ “This partnership pools the unique expertise of each organization and brings their combined weight to bear to do just that, via a ‘One Health’ approach,” said FAO Director-General, Jose Graziano da Silva. “… Advances in transportation, the rise…

SEE: https://onehealthplatform.com/iohc/programme View this email in your browser   <!– –> The program of the 5th International One Health Congress is close to final. Next to 28 parallel sessions and 8 keynote addresses, we proudly offer you seven special plenary sessions on Chronic Wasting Disease, Tuberculosis, The future of Pandemic Prevention,  Biothreat Reduction, Neglected Zoonoses,…

  Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security find that a potential global catastrophic risk-level pandemic pathogen will most likely have a respiratory mode of transmission.   “… Cultivating and maintaining expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, and pathogenicity of all classes of microbes, with explicit incorporation of a One Health approach—which incorporates and…

TWO RECENT ‘One Health’ BENCHMARK COMMENTS FROM LEADING INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION & RESEARCH VIPs   Thursday, May 24, 2018.   TWO RECENT ‘One Health’ BENCHMARK COMMENTS FROM LEADING INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION & RESEARCH VIPs       Friday, May 11, 2018      Dr. Garth Manning WONCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO)     WONCA (World Organization of Family…

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions Hearings Executive Session S.2852, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 Date held: Wednesday, May 23, 2018  Time: 10:00 AM Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building SEE: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/s2852-pandemic-and-all-hazards-preparedness-and-advancing-innovation-act-of-2018   This audio-video is 56.10 minutes   U.S. Senator Patty Murray (Democrat-Washington) spoke favorably about…

New One Health Initiative Advisory Board (Hon.) Member Announced – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), Dr. Garth Manning The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that an outstanding One Health supporter/advocate leader, physician Dr. Garth Manning has agreed to serve on the One Health Initiative…

National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Voices National Museum of Natural History New Smithsonian Exhibit Spotlights “One Health” to Reduce Pandemic Risks April 18th, 2018, 7:47AM / BY Sabrina Sholts Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2018/04/18/new-smithsonian-exhibit-spotlights-one-health-reduce-pandemic-risks/#1eYKm4GtTRH8b1w7.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

Google Alert At The Zoo, Harvard Medical Students Get A Different Kind Of Training wgbh.org Sofina is sedated, sprawled out on an examination table as four medical professionals hover over her. The 8-year-old has had Type 1 diabetes most of …   SEE https://www.wgbh.org/news/science-and-technology/2018/05/14/at-the-zoo-harvard-medical-students-get-a-different-kind-of-training “…What Exactly Is One Health? While the elective is believed to be…

Reminder…    ___________________________________________________ U.S. National Institute of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Addresses One Health “ ….We have long embraced a one-health paradigm at NIAID, especially in the realm of emerging and re-emerging diseases, most of which are zoonoses and must be studied in the context of the…

WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors [physicians]) Newsletter POSTs “One Health” member notice May 11, 2018 “WONCA http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/ and One Health WONCA is pleased to be associated with One Health, which is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment. Our…

Vaccines for Zoonoses: A One Health Paradigm SciTech Europa Quarterly (March 2018) – Issue 26 :: click here ::

World Bank One Health Operational Framework  The World Bank has released an Operational Framework for Strengthening Human, Animal and Environmental Public Health Systems at their interface (“One Health Operational Framework”). This new framework, developed in partnership with EcoHealth Alliance, aims to provide a basis for understanding and implementing a One Health approach in global and country investments. Building on…

      May 3, 2018  Urgent!   Please Take Action for One Health legislation by Friday, May 4!     Dear Doctors and all One Health Supporters/Advocates,   Your actions could help make One Health the default way of addressing emergency preparedness in the U.S.  You may have seen the United States Animal Health…

 “A months-long US Salmonella outbreak in 2016 and 2017 linked to ground beef was likely caused by contaminated dairy cows, emphasizing the need for a “One Health” approach with better tracking to prevent illness, a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has found.” http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/04/investigators-trace-2016-17-salmonella-outbreak-dairy-cows   “The collaborative mechanisms required to prevent rabies…

Former One Health Coordinator for United States Department of Agriculture Continues One Health Activities Joseph (Joe) Annelli, DVM, MS, a veterinarian formally with the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) as Senior Advisor for Agriculture and Health System viz. the One Health Coordinator retired in January 2018 after a remarkable…

Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Addthis 0Share   Celebrate #LabWeek With Us Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 04/23/2018 12:35 PM EDT Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Highlights of our recent work to prevent the spread of infectious diseases April 2018 Celebrating #LabWeek CDC is celebrating Medical Laboratory…

  WEB – Google Alert today https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/congressional-record-index/115th-congress/2nd-session/advancing-emergency-preparedness-through-one-health-act/325822   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.

“One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.” “One Health implementation will help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”  “Between animal and human medicine there are no dividing lines–nor…

Urgent call to action for all One Health supporters/advocates… The One Health Initiative team urges you to consider: 1.       On March 22, 2018, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN) introduced a bi-partisan bill, S.2615 “Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2018” which has been referred to the Senate Committee on…