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Four Landmark One Health Textbooks of the early 21st Century: 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.…

Outstanding 21st Century One Health Pioneer and Leader Joins One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. Roger K. Mahr, a prominent One Health veterinarian, has graciously accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on December 8, 2014. …

Notable One Health Program…  Public Policy Drivers During Global Public Health Emergencies: Focus on Ebola Tuesday, November 11, 2014 5:30 – 7:30 PM – Texas Tech University Law School – Lanier Auditorium (USA) See Program Flyer http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/HSC%20Flyer%20-%2011-11-14.pdf Facilitator Annette Sobel, MD, MS – Associate Professor of Medical Education; Executive for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Health…

Join Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (IEE) Journal in advancing the one health research agenda … “Infection Ecology & Epidemiology – The One Health Journal http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee is aiming to be a truly international forum for the free exchange of original, cross-disciplinary, high quality papers from researchers in multiple medical and ecological disciplines engaged in describing the complexity of zoonotic infections…

Colorado State University (USA) Director of Center for Comparative and Integrative Medicine Issues Strong One Health Endorsement “I am delighted that the One Health Initiative is leading the charge of fostering collaboration and communication among all branches of health care.  The time has come to make this happen.  We need to bridge the gap between…

 A One Health related Ebola Epidemic Chronology project – Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh (USA) The NIH-funded MIDAS Informatics Services Group (ISG) has released the Ebola Epidemic Chronology.   The Ebola Epidemic Chronology is a collection of machine-interpretable representations of information about Ebola epidemics.  The Chronology contains representations of 27 Ebola epidemics, both historical…

8th One Health Veterinary Record article available… British (United Kingdom) Veterinary Journal Publishes another Article of One Health Series 2014 One Health and emergency preparedness Veterinary Record 2014;175:422-425 doi:10.1136/vr.g5246 1.          Kendra E. Stauffer, DVM, DACVPM1 and 2.          Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, DACVPM2     Author Affiliations 1.       1USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Emergency Coordinator, Gainesville, Florida, USA…

Texas A & M (College Station, Texas-USA) Dean Endorses One Health Initiative team activities November 11, 2014 Dear One Health Autonomous Pro Bono Team, It is an encouragement to see your teams’ persistent effort in the promotion of the One Health message. Your relentless effort to garner support and solicit endorsements from leaders in health care for…

Health Initiative Targets Exotic Pet Keepers TONBRIDGE, England, November 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —   “In response to the burgeoning exotic pet trade, and subsequent increased risk to human health, the Emergent Disease Foundation, One Health Initiative, Worldwide Veterinary Service, and UNISON have collaborated in the launch of a new leaflet containing important hygiene measures concerning…

Last important international One Health reminder – it is not too late…please register NOW (no charge)!   1st International Who’s Who in One Health Webinar – November 10, 2014 – 1st Notice Posted One Health Initiative website Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Learn more about One Health worldwide from U.S. and international guest commentators…November 10, 2014…

Please see http://www.worldvet.org/news.php?item=169 WVA/WMA GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH – SAVE THE DATE May 21 & 22, 2015 – Madrid Spain The World Veterinary Association and the World Medical Association in collaboration with the Spanish Medical and Veterinary associations are preparing a Global Conference on ‘One Health’ Concept. The Global Conference on ‘One Health’ Concept…

“Can We Stop Ebola?” is posted on the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (CEEZAD) website: SEE www.ceezad.org/resources/index.html Also see attached PDF for distribution http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CAN%20WE%20STOP%20EBOLA%20website%202.pdf   Provided to One Health Initiative website by: Robert E. Kahn, PhD Education Consultant College of Veterinary Medicine Kansas State University rs_kahn@hotmail.com   Dr. Kahn is a longstanding…

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association website features One Health oriented TB book publication “Charles O. Thoen, DVM, Ph.D. (M 1971) has, with colleagues, edited the third edition of Zoonotic Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria, a comprehensive review of the state of the art in the control and elimination of infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex…

Important International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) One Health survey request… October 22, 2014 Dear Colleagues and readers of the One Health Initiative website, Your assistance is greatly needed to help identify gaps in capacity, information, and networks with regard to One Health Surveillance (OHS) approaches to disease surveillance.  International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS)…

Learn more about One Health worldwide from U.S. and international guest commentators…November 10, 2014 1st International Who’s Who in One Health Webinar Notable comments to consider: “Future generations will judge us by how well we – physicians, public health professionals, veterinarians, other health professionals and social science experts – took a One Health approach to…

Wake up call to governmental and political leaders…a must read book: Whos in Charge? Leadership during epidemics, bioterror attacks, and other public health crises. By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, co-founder of the One Health Initiative team and website http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Charge-Leadership-Epidemics-International/dp/0275994856  The book is highly relevant for all elected officials and public health professionals to…

Important One Health REPEAT reminders…why “One Health” approach is essential for the 21st century!   Posted Wednesday, October 09, 2013 on One Health Initiative website NEWS page: 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…

One Health Newsletter (USA) now under University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) Sponsorship “The One Health Newsletter is a collaborative effort by a diverse group of scientists and health professionals committed to promoting One Health.  This quarterly newsletter was created to lend support to the One Health Initiative and is dedicated to enhancing the…

American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) Endorses One Health Approach September 26, 2014—In a letter to the One Health Initiative team, American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) President Steve Mulligan said, “…The One Health Initiative provides the ideal platform for this exchange of ideas and can serve as a transformative model for researching and discovering new methodologies…