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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…

One Health Day 2016 World Veterinary Association and World Medical Association – A GLOBAL EXAMPLE FOR ONE HEALTH APPROACH  SEE: http://www.worldvet.org/news.php?item=301 and http://www.worldvet.org/uploads/news/docs/wva_wma_ohday_2016.pdf The WVA and WMA are celebrating today the One Health Day to highlight the importance of the One Health Concept as the integrative effort of multiple disciplines working together to attain optimal…

November 3, 2016 November 3, 2016   TODAY IS ONE HEALTH DAY! Overview/Summary and Regional Highlights            See:  http://conta.cc/2fyVauu Over 130 One Health Day Events are Happening in 37 Countries

What’s New One Health Our recent work to connect human, animal, and environmental health in the US and around the world. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – November 2016 What you need to know about CDC & One Health SEE: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCDC/bulletins/16f98c1 In today’s connected world, a coordinated public health approach is needed to…

1 NOVEMBER 2016   For Immediate Release please See: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/1%20NOVEMBER%202016%20%20%20For%20Immediate%20Release.pdf   Contact(s):  Peter Costa, +1 984 500 8593 (USA), pcosta@onehealthcommission.org                       Chris Vanlangendonck, +32 475 81 38 59 (Belgium), c.vanlangendonck@onehealthplatform.com   ONE HEALTH DAY CALLS FOR TRANS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH                    Over 110 events being celebrated around the world    An evening of…

2nd International Who’s Who in One Health Webinar November 4, 2016, 7:45 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eastern Time SEE: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Free-Webinar–2nd-Int-l-Who-s-Who-in-One-Health–NOV–4.html?soid=1121110857318&aid=GgCo1SXOYV4 Perhaps you remember the 1st  International Whos Who in One Health Webinar hosted by the One Health Commission in November 2014. Over 1000 people from over 40 countries participated in that event. (Listen to recordings…

American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting – October 29 to Nov. 2, 2016 – Denver, Colo. (USA) 2016 Annual Meeting Theme – Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health “One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance” presentation by One Health leader *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP https://apha.confex.com/apha/144am/meetingapp.cgi/Session/46670 Scheduled for session…

ONE HEALTH DAY –  November 3, 2016 Please see www.onehealthday.org “The goal of One Health Day is to build the political will necessary for a sea change in how planetary health challenges are assessed and addressed. One Health Day will bring global attention to the need for One Health interactions and allow the world to ‘see them in action’. The One…

Contacts: Ashley Berke, Penn Vet, 215-898-1475/berke@vet.upenn.edu Greg Richer, Penn Medicine, 215-614-1937/gregory.richter@uphs.upenn.edu Ed Federico, Penn Nursing, 215-746-3562/efed@nursing.upenn.edu Beth Adams, Penn Dental, 215-573-8224/adamsnb@dental.upenn.edu For Immediate Release Drs. John Farrar, Elliot Hersh, and Rosemary Polomano to Receive 2016 One Health Award Recipients honored for interdisciplinary pain science and practice course for nursing, dental, and medical students at the…

Extraordinary Scientist, Admired One Health Supporter-Activist-Leader Dies London, U.K., October 24, 2016 — Jack Woodall, PhD (John Payne Woodall) 1935 – 2016, a viral epidemiologist, scientist and visiting Professor and Director (retd.) Nucleus for the Investigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de…

Prominent Israeli Physician Accepts Country Ambassador Role in Global ‘One Health Day’ Plans   Prof. Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, PhD, https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/webprogram/Person276636.html, a physician and recently appointed associate Director General of the State of Israel’s Ministry of Health www.health.gov.il accepted serving as Israel’s “One Health Day” Country Ambassador on October 16, 2016.  A longstanding One Health…

In light of the previous October 12, 2016 One Health Initiative NEWS item regarding an Important One Health Publication…International Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination “Reservoir-Targeted Vaccines as a One Health Path to Prevent Zoonotic Disease”, the One Health Initiative team is reposting a pertinent “One Health” NEWS item from 2013: see below and links http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Important+Reminder%3A+Posted+Wednesday%2C+October+09%2C+2013+on+One+Health+Initiative+website%3A+A+potential+large+scale+%93One+Health+in+Action%94+…+another+dynamic+case+for+implementing+One+Health%21…

Important One Health Publication… International Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination “Reservoir-Targeted Vaccines as a One Health Path to Prevent Zoonotic Disease” Permission to post on One Health Initiative website October 12, 2016 granted by:   Steve Zatechka, PhD, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, US Biologic, Inc, 20 Dudley, Suite 900, Memphis, TN 38103, USA, Tel: 901-755-6868 E-mail…

REMINDER: PLANNED ‘ONE HEALTH DAY’ EVENTS WORLDWIDE – November 3, 2016 Inaugural One Health Day …  “The goal of One Health Day is to bring attention around the world to the need for One Health interactions and for the world to ‘see them in action’. The One Health Day campaign is designed to engage as…

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, It might have been.”          —John  Greenleaf Whittier   Worldwide adoption of a ‘One Health’ approach for Global Human Health care now and in future can certainly help avoid the above commentary… See some previous examples https://goo.gl/CBsqMr   Note: Many international and national…

  Portrait of a Dedicated U.S. One Health Leader   Steven Webster Atwood, VMD, MD, MPH, direct descendant of the American orator and statesman Daniel Webster, is the founder of Animal Health Care Associates, Ltd., a mixed-animal general practice located on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.   Dr. Atwood graduated from the University of Wyoming in…