One Health News

A signature One Health Program… One Health Institute – University of California, Davis (USA) Working at the interface of animals, people, and the environment to solve complex problems impacting health and conservation. “The UC Davis One Health Institute is home to many Centers, programs, projects and initiatives within the School of Veterinary Medicine and beyond.…

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 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Thomas%20P.%20Monath,%20MD%20Sept%202013%20One%20Health%20Vaccine%20Article.pdf   Opinion by: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD, Jack Woodall, PhD, and Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH…

Prominent U.S. One Health Physician Leader and Public Health Authority Moves to New Location      United States One Health physician leader, Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD, MPH, has moved from Yale University School of Medicine to the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle, Washington, where he is an associate professor in the Department…

A signature One Health Program Promoting Global Health Security and Human/Animal clinical health (comparative medicine/surgery research)…   University of Missouri – Columbia, MO 65211 (USA)   “The University of Missouri offers unmatched opportunities for collaboration in animal and human health. MU is the state’s major public research university with the state’s only College of Veterinary…

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Recognizes One Health Initiative Team and One Health Initiative website   On September 11, 2013, in a letter http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Kaplan_09-11-13.pdf, the current President of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Clark Fobian, DVM, notified the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team about “… the AVMA’s public support and recognition for…

Halley Faust Comments Finding the right balance in contemporary issues   One Health: the Balance between Animal and Human Health http://halleyfaust.wordpress.com/    August 21, 2013 – 1:31 pm Categories: Animal-Human Medicine, Prevention | Post a comment     *Halley S. Faust, MD, MPH, MA President American College of Preventive Medicine 1260 Vallecita DriveSanta Fe, NM 87501…

One Health in Action…   Prominent One Health Initiative Public Health Experts Quoted in Canadian News Article   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team member Thomas P. Monath, MD http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Tom%20Monath%20Biography%20June%202013.pdf and Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/about-us/cidrap-staff/michael-t-osterholm-phd-mph, a distinguished member of the OHI Team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php, were quoted in a Canadian CTV…

Important One Health Message from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation   “Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.  Our Grand Challenges Explorations program fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our…

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team’s Proactive One Health Projects (2009-2013)   By Stephanie Crawford, BS, MPH(c), American Public Health Association (APHA), Policy Center Intern   Please see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealthInitiativeTeamProactiveProjects,2009-2013.August262013pdf.pdf   This is a partial list compiled by Ms. Crawford from a review of the One Health Initiative website while serving as an American Public…

Eminent Virologist Joins One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board     The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. Fredrick A. Murphy, a veterinarian, has accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on September 5, 2013.  He said, “It would be my great honor to accept…

Submitted to One Health Initiative website August 14, 2013 and posted September 4, 2013.   One Health approaches can lead to better preparedness in prevention and control of Zoonoses   *Delia Grace, MVB, MSc, Cert Wel, PhD; Bernard Bett, BVM, MVEE, PhD; and Steve Kemp, BSc, PhD   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/ILRI%20OneHealth%20News%20Item%20FINAL.pdf   A group of research experts…

Letter to the Editor: Missouri Medicine – [Kahn, LH.  One Health = One Great Issue (Letter), Missouri Medicine 2013;110:292.] http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/One_Health_Correspondence_JulyAugust2013_MoMed.pdf   This Letter to the Editor (see PDF link above or full text below) was submitted to and published in the July/August Missouri Medicine Journal issue in response to the outstanding One Health issue published…

Massey University (New Zealand) Updated One Health Program   Provided August 2, 2013 to One Health Initiative website by: Lachlan McIntyre, MVS (Epidemiology), BVSc, BAgrSc EpiCentre, Massey University Project Manager: MVM/MPH (Biosecurity) http://www.hubnet.asia/   Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand 4442 Barry Borman MA, PhD Center for…

American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) Physicians Endorse One Health   One Health endorsement statement provided to One Health Initiative website by ACPM President, Dr. Halley S. Faust August 18, 2013 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/American%20College%20of%20Preventive%20Medicine%20One%20Health%20Endorsement%20August%2018%202013.doc.pdf     “The American College of Preventive Medicine http://www.acpm.org/ has had a long-standing commitment in support of activities that advance the One Health…

National Academies of Practice (NAP) Elects First Veterinarian as President   Press Release submitted to One Health Initiative website August 17, 2013   For more information, please contact:   Alice Villalobos, DVM, FNAP dralicev@aol.com   cell 310-261-1015 Note: Dr. Villalobos is Chair, Veterinary Academy, National Academies of Practice (NAP)   and   Kimberly Korbel, Executive Director…

NEWS item submitted to One Health Initiative website August 6, 2013   Hospital personnel need greater awareness of animal-to-human disease threats   Clifford Warwick, PGDipMedSci, CBiol, CSci, EurProBiol, FOCAE, FSB Consultant Biologist & Medical Scientist Riverside House, River Lawn Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1EP, UK mail@emergentdisease.org cliffordwarwick@yahoo.com   Susan Corning, BA, MSc, BVSc, MRCVS, FRSPH…

 Rabies in Taiwan after 50 years — in wildlife By Jack Woodall, PhD Three ferret-badgers were found dead on the island in 2012, between May and December, but rabies tests were only carried out in June 2013.  The delay was presumably due to the extremely low index of suspicion, because Taiwan had been rabies-free since…

Important Annual Rabies in the Americas (RITA) XXIV meeting: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 27-31, 2013 “The Rabies in the Americas (RITA) meeting is an annual event that has been held since 1990. It has been hosted in many countries across the Americas. For many years, RITA has grown in popularity and prominence with delegates now…

Submitted to One Health Initiative website July 19, 2013 by Professor Anna Meredith, MA, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS, Chair, Zoological and Conservation Medicine Head of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin Midlothia EH25 9RT www.ed.ac.uk/vet/conservation-medicine  Posted July 31, 2013…

Submitted exclusively to One Health Initiative website June 28. 2013   *Aspergillus felis – One-health & Public Health Implications   **Vanessa R Barrs, BVSc(hons), MVetClinStud, FANCVSc(Feline Medicine), Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney Malcolm Richardson, PhD, FSB, FRCPath, FInstSSE, University Hospital of South Manchester (Wythenshawe Hospital), Manchester, UK Tineke van Doorn, BSc, CBS-KNAW…