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  The One Health “big picture” view via the “One Health Umbrella” graphic developed by One Health Sweden in collaboration with the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team:  

Signature One Health Leader, Veterinary Medical College Dean and Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Joins One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. Lonnie J. King, a veterinarian, has graciously accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary…

One Health Newsletter – Fall Issue 2013 – Volume 6, Issue 4  Please see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/FallOHNL2013.pdf http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-from-animals/one-health-newsletter/index.html

Report Submitted to the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team December 16, 2013 – Posted OHI website December 19, 2013   One Health Sweden steering committee visit to Florida (USA) December 2013 Sweden Björn Olsen, MD, senior physician, professor in infectious diseases, Uppsala University, Uppsala Lotta Berg, VMD, senior lecturer, associate professor in animal…

NEW One Health Journal Announcement – Basel, Switzerland   The new online open access journal Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci) will focus on publishing original studies and reviews with species comparisons of physiology, disease pathogenesis and/or treatment. Therefore, its editorial staff aims to attract publications about zoonotic diseases as well as spontaneous and experimental animal…

One Health Project 2013 – Report   Northeast Branch of the American Society for Microbiology in association with The Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine of Tufts University and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University   “One Health is:…

New 2013 One Health textbook available… Zoonoses: Protecting People and Their Pets Please see: http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Products/zoonoses-protecting-people-and-their-pets.php?lang=en First Edition, 2013: The Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH) – Iowa State University, USA Edited by: Glenda Dvorak, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPM James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, DACVM Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA Bruce Kaplan, DVM…

Outstanding “One Health” program at Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine (USA) One Health explores efforts to address the links between animal health, human health, and our environment. At Ohio State, the concept of one health allows us to address a triple threat to health in an integrated way. The College of Veterinary Medicine recognizes the…

Extraordinary One Health Comparative Medicine Researchers and Visionary One Health Leaders Honored by Puccini Foundation   October 29, 2013—President and Founder of the Puccini Foundation Puccini Foundation in New York City (USA), Linda Cohen Wassong, BS, honored two extraordinary cancer researchers, a veterinarian Philip J. Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD and physician Jedd D. Wolchok, MD,…

President and Founder of the Puccini Foundation in New York City (USA) Endorses and Supports One Health   “The Puccini Foundation has a mission centered upon the One Health approach, and is dedicated towards eliminating cancer of all types in both people and animals through educational outreach and providing support towards comparative oncology research programs. …

Dean of Major U.S. College of Veterinary Medicine Endorses One Health   One Health Initiative – University of Florida (USA)   As most of us would agree, the ‘One Health’ concept is a global strategy to enhance human, animal, and environmental health from an interdisciplinary perspective.  It recognizes and seeks to leverage the synergies between…

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) welcomes abstract submissions for oral or poster presentation at the 2014 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR), scheduled for April 28-30, 2014 in Bethesda, MD COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH), One Health Initiative, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists The 2 ½…

In Memoriam, James H. Steele, DVM, MPH:  Dr. Steele, a One Health leader, died November 10, 2013    James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, considered by many as the doyen of veterinary medical public health in the 20th and early 21st centuries, died November 10, 2013 in Houston, Texas.   Dr. Steele received his Doctor of…

National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                               November 14, 2013                                                                                              Contact: Teres Lambert  970-689-3653 lambert@animalagriculture.org   Antibiotic Resistance Complex, Open to Misinterpretation   KANSAS CITY, MO.—The sharing of science-based antibiotic use and resistance information continued among experts and leaders from the animal, human and public health communities during the “Bridging…

One Health Leader At University of Florida (USA) Receives Fogarty Framework Innovations Grant   Fogarty Framework Innovations Grant Thursday, October 31, 2013 One Health Leader At University of Florida (USA) Receives Fogarty Framework Innovations Grant http://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/framework-innovations.aspx   Project Information: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8598747&icde=17876817   ONE HEALTH INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASE RESEARCH IN MONGOLIA – Announced October 30,…

  CANCER Investigations for animals and humans…One Health in Action at University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. (USA)   “…. Founded in 1884, Penn Vet is the only veterinary school developed in association with a medical school. The school is a proud member of the One Health Initiative, linking human, animal, and…

The Animal Medical Center and Zoobiquity author endorse One Health (USA)   “The Animal Medical Center www.amcny.org and Zoobiquity http://zoobiquity.com/ support the One Health concept.  One Health draws together experts in human, animal and environmental health.  As the interface between these three constituencies becomes blurred through globalization, loss of wildlife habitats and emergence of new…

A signature One Health Program in the United Kingdom   The University of Edinburgh – The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/vet/studying/postgraduate/taught-programmes/one-health/about     “The University of Edinburgh was the first United Kingdom University to address the need for One Health professional training. This [One Health] Master of Science (MSc) draws together Edinburgh’s multidisciplinary…

The Drivers of Disease Consortium   Five new important research updates published by Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium…   Please see:  http://steps-centre.org/2012/blog/latest-publications/ SEPTEMBER 2013 – “The Drivers of Disease Consortium has published five research updates, one for each of its case study countries. Each update outlines the background to the case study disease…

Important Reminder: Posted Wednesday, October 09, 2013 on One Health Initiative website: A potential large scale “One Health in Action” … another dynamic case for implementing One Health!   Vaccines against diseases transmitted from animals to humans: A one health paradigm “This review focuses on the immunization of animals as a means of preventing human…