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University of Washington – Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Center for One Health Research Blog One Health and Planetary Health See complete article in link: http://deohs.washington.edu/cohr/blog/2017/15/one-health-and-planetary-health In 2015, the Rockefeller Foundation released a major report about the state of the planet, called Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch. This document outlines the…

In light of the preceding NEWS item from The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) http://www.cpme.eu/:   “The professional and student organisations representing the Medical Doctors, the Dentists, the Veterinarians and their students sent a letter to the Deans of medical, dental and veterinary schools across Europe inviting them to work collaboratively under the ‘One Health’ concept to tackle current…

European medical schools urged to adopt ‘One Health’ approach https://goo.gl/oN9fEt and SEE letter https://goo.gl/kxppL4 co-signed by six organisations including the Standing Committee of European Doctors and the European Medical Students Association Univadis While the One Health approach has recently gained recognition in Europe and worldwide, the organisations said its application in education needs to …  …

  Health ministers in G20 Summit commit to address antimicrobial resistance Down To Earth Magazine (press release) (registration) (blog) In accordance with the fact that AMR is a One–Health issue, the Declaration extends support to AMR-specific mandates of the WHO, Food and … See: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health-ministers-commit-to-address-antimicrobial-resistance-in-g20-summit-57914 or https://goo.gl/PQiSLc.  

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One Health 67th Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN) May/24/2017 – May/26/2017 Irving, Texas, USA   “DIN is a not-for-profit conference and serves as a forum for the presentation of epidemiological investigations, clinical case studies, basic and applied research, and other topics in emerging and current zoonotic and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases.   The…

        One Health: New Term, Ancient Concept “The One Health Initiative website has been serving as a global repository for all news and information pertaining to One Health since 2008.” By Physician Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP  See more at: http://www.americanveterinarian.com/news/one-health-new-term-ancient-concept “… To fill the communications gap between physicians and veterinarians, my…

Prominent U.S. Tuberculosis Expert and One Health Leader Dies Dr. Charles O. Thoen, a veterinarian internationally recognized for his extensive knowledge and expertise in the scientific field of tuberculosis and an avid One Health leader/advocate died unexpectedly Monday, May 8, 2017.  Notably, Dr. Thoen earned his PhD degree following a fellowship in microbiology research at…

New Online Biology Dictionary includes One Health Reference biologydictionary.net  “Biology is the study of living things. It is broken down into many fields, reflecting the complexity of life from the atoms and molecules of biochemistry to the interactions of millions of organisms in ecology. This biology dictionary is here to help you learn about all…

      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…

First Physician in History to Serve on American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) Board May 1, 2017 — The American Veterinary Epidemiology Society’s (AVES) http://www.avesociety.org/current President and Executive Director, Dr. Craig N. Carter formerly announced today that Dr. Laura H. Kahn http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/LauraKahnBiography%20Feb%202015.pdf accepted an appointment serving on the AVES board of directors.  Dr. Kahn will be…

World Health Organization (WHO) – See full notice: http://www.who.int/features/qa/one-health/en/ “One Health April 2017 What is ‘One Health’? ‘One Health’ is an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes. The areas of work in which a One Health approach…

Google Alert – One Health: Homeland Preparedness News – “New model needed for public health response, former CDC director says” Friday, April 21, 2017 by Debra Flax See: https://homelandprepnews.com/biological-threats/22100-new-model-needed-public-health-response-former-cdc-director-says/   New model needed for public health response, former CDC director says Homeland Preparedness News New model needed for public health response, former CDC director says…

EXAMPLE OF A VISIONARY “ONE HEALTH” PHYSICIAN ACTIVIST/ADVOCATE   Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Professor, Medicine, Environmental Health and Global Health Professor, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Infectious Diseases & Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina (USA) and Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore. Formerly, Director, One Health…

  A One Health viewpoint…   PHYSICIANS in the One Health Vanguard!   The international One Health movement (formerly called One Medicine) cannot flourish without medical doctors (i.e. physicians).  In reality, their leaders fostered it historically…in collaboration(s) with veterinary medical doctors (i.e. veterinarians) and other prominent health scientist-research professionals.   Notable 19th and early 20th…

  April 7-9, 2017:  8th Annual CUGH Conference COMPETITIONS, AWARDS & RECOGNITION For specific information about awards, please visit this webpage.

                                                                                                                                                                                           3 April2017      For Immediate Release   Contact(s):        Peter Costa, +1 984 500 8593 (USA), pcosta@onehealthcommission.org                               Chris Vanlangendonck, +32 475 81 38 59 (Belgium), c.vanlangendonck@onehealthplatform.com     SECOND ANNUAL “ONE HEALTH DAY” PLANNED BY THREE INTERNATIONAL ONE HEALTH GROUPS 3 NOVEMBER 2017 2016 ONE HEALTH DAY STUDENT COMPETITION…

Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs by Michael T. Osterholm (Author), Mark Olshaker (Author)   An important new book publication… “…we highlight One Health in the book as a critical element of our necessary public health priorities. In fact, I make the incorporation of a One Health approach as a point in our crisis…

One Health concept influences other important health/safety endeavors… Occupational Health and Safety in Aquaculture: Insights on Brazilian Public Policies SEE: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/7HqtgVybZ8Yhw7ehYbmM/full Pedro Keller de Oliveira, Richard Souto Cavalli, Hiran Castagnino Kunert Filho, Daiane Carvalho, Nadine Benedetti, Marco Aurélio Rotta, Augusto Sávio Peixoto Ramos, Kelly Cristina Tagliari de Brito, Benito Guimarães de Brito, Andréa Ferretto da…

“Excellent presentation and exciting day for all of us.”       —*Claire B. Andreasen, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP— Please listen to recorded session now available: https://vetmed.iastate.edu/event/one-health-lecture-physicians-farmers-and-politics-antimicrobial-resistance One Health Lecture: Physicians, Farmers, and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:30 pm  2226 Vet Med Click link to recorded session   Presented by **Laura H.…