One Health News
Yellow fever – Threat to Asia
March 1, 2013
Yellow fever – Threat to Asia In view of China instituting yellow fever vaccination for its aid workers traveling to Sudan, and health checks on citizens returning from there, because of the recent epidemic there, the following 2 relevant slide presentations have been uploaded to the Supercourse site http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/*: Yellow fever: threat to…
View ArticleOne Health Supporter and Former Extraordinary U.S. Surgeon General Dies
February 27, 2013
One Health Supporter and Former Extraordinary U.S. Surgeon General Dies We are sad to report that C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, former U.S. Surgeon General (1981-1989), died February 25, 2013 at age 96. Dr. Koop, a physician, was a visionary early supporter of the One Health initiative: In an email message to One Health Initiative…
View ArticleFebruary 24, 2013
Important “One Health in Action”… veterinarian, medical microbiologist and physician working collaboratively on zoonotic disease pathogen “Cat Scratch Disease”: *Much More to it than Many Thought! Neurological Manifestations of Bartonellosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A composite of reports from 2005-2012 Please see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/BreitschwerdtJNeuroparasitolReview2012.pdf Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM1, Sushama Sontakke, PhD1,2, Sarah…
View ArticleOne Health – A visionary World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Editorial
February 20, 2013
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Editorial – A visionary commentary “One Health” Sixty percent of the pathogens that cause diseases in humans are of animal origin. These diseases, known as zoonoses, can be transmitted by domestic or wild animals. Animal diseases that are transmissible to humans, such as avian influenza, rabies, brucellosis and bovine…
View ArticleOne Health in Action…Ireland Veterinarian in association with Dublin City of Science 2012 Develop Unique One Health Video
February 15, 2013
One Health in Action… Ireland Veterinarian in association with Dublin City of Science 2012 Develop Unique One Health Video An unusual, unique and most dramatic One Health Utube video was recently developed by Dr. Sean J. Callanan http://www.ucd.ie/conway/research/researchers/conwayfellowsa-z/professorseancallanan/, a veterinary medical pathologist from Ireland, “in collaboration with film students and academics/researchers in an…
View ArticleGold Headed Cane Awarded to One Health Initiative Team Member
February 13, 2013
Gold Headed Cane Awarded to One Health Initiative Team Member Dr. Bruce Kaplan receiving the 2012 American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) Gold Headed Cane Award from Dr. Charles Thoen, AVES President as Dr. Georgette Wilson (Hartz Mountain Corp. director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs) and Mr. Armando Rios, Jr. (Hartz Mountain Corp. Animal Health Category…
View ArticleOne Health Message from President of the World Medical Association (WMA)
February 9, 2013
One Health Message from President of the World Medical Association (WMA) Sent to One Health Initiative website February 5, 2013 “Following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the World Medical Association (WMA) and the World Veterinary Association (WVA) at the WMA meeting in Bangkok last October, Margaret Mungherera, MD, President-elect…
View ArticleFebruary 5, 2013
NOTICE: New One Health faculty position advertisement now posted – University of Florida (USA) https://jobs.ufl.edu/postings/37275 Job Description: The University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor faculty position in one health. Through academic training, infectious disease and toxicological research, we embrace goals of One…
View Article2nd Global Risk Forum (GRF) One Health Summit 2013 – One Health – One Planet – One Future Risks and Opportunities: November 17 – 20, 2013 in Davos, Switzerland
February 3, 2013
2nd Global Risk Forum (GRF) One Health Summit 2013 – One Health – One Planet – One Future Risks and Opportunities: 17 – 20 November 2013 in Davos, Switzerland Please see http://onehealth.grforum.org Also note: The “One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath,…
View ArticleJanuary 31, 2013
Question: “One Health in action”… who coined the phrase, when and where? Answer: One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team…
View ArticleOne Health in Action…The New United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
January 25, 2013
One Health in Action… The New United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Posted One Health Initiative website NEWS January 25, 2013 Graciously provided January 23, 2013 to the One Health Initiative website by: Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine at the U.S. Food…
View ArticlePraecipio International and One Health Initiative Team Partners
January 23, 2013
Praecipio International and One Health Initiative Team Partners Advance for Public Health via One Health See http://praecipiointernational.org/?page_id=852 Praecipio International is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing information on disruptive infectious disease events in order to promote well-informed response. Praecipio International works to enhance and improve global health and international security against biological threats…
View ArticleAmerican Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) Announces Appointment of One Health Representative
January 16, 2013
American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) Announces Appointment of One Health Representative The President of the American Association of Public Health Physicians, Virginia Dato, MD, MPH, FACPM, FAAP, recently requested that “lifetime” AAPHP member Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/LauraKahnBiography2012.pdf serve as an AAPHP “One Health” representative http://www.aaphp.org/OneHealth. Dr. Kahn has accepted…
View ArticleWorld Research and Innovation Congress – Pioneers in Healthcare – June 5th and 6th, 2013
January 12, 2013
Notice: Important Groundbreaking Event Scheduled for 2013 in Brussels, Belgium! June 5th and 6th, 2013 World Research and Innovation Congress – Pioneers in Healthcare The Steigenberger Grand Hotel Brussels, Belgium “World Research and Innovation Congress – Pioneers in Healthcare promises to provide a unique opportunity for those facilitating and effecting change within their…
View ArticleJanuary 9, 2013
Australian One Health Leader Responds to Previous One Health Initiative team’s Opinion NEWS Commentary of January 4, 2013: “Advance One Health or… Impede One Health? – An opinion” “Whilst I absolutely support your sentiments I am not sure that it is as bad as you suggest and I am equally not sure of the…
View ArticleJanuary 8, 2013
U.S. One Health Leader Responds to Previous Opinion NEWS Commentary of January 4, 2013: “Advance One Health or… Impede One Health? – An opinion” “Well said…! Over the last decade, due to the interconnectivity provided by the internet and social media, peoples expectations have dramatically changed. The new standard is that everyone expects to…
View ArticleJanuary 4, 2013
Advance One Health or… Impede One Health? – An opinion By One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH Posted One Health Initiative website NEWS page January 4,…
View ArticleDecember 28, 2012
Physician and Veterinarian Jointly Present “Introduction to One Health” at Canadian Family Medicine ForumDr. David Fisman, a physician and Dr. Erin Leonard, a veterinarian presented an introduction to One Health at the Family Medicine Forum, in Toronto, Ontario on November 15, 2012, entitled Enhancing Family Health Connections in Clinical Practice – A One Health Approach…
View ArticleOne Health Leaders: Physician and U.S. Mayor Speak at Annual National League of Cities (NLC) 2012 Congress of Cities and Exposition
December 21, 2012
One Health Leaders: Physician and U.S. Mayor Speak at Annual National League of Cities (NLC) 2012 Congress of Cities and Exposition Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, Associate Professor in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at Yale School of Medicine, delivered a presentation about One Health to the University Communities Council of the National League of…
View ArticleDecember 19, 2012
An Important One Health Dutch project – Funded by the Ministry of Health, The Netherlands OneHealth portal Zoonoses may pose a health risk to humans and animals. Signaling of a zoonosis is important for timely action can be taken in both the human and the veterinary domain. Outbreaks of avian influenza and Q fever have…
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Vaccines for zoonoses: a One Health paradigm
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SciTech Europa Vaccines for zoonoses: a one Health paradigm – Pages 227-229 (Read PDF) “One of the One Health Initiative team’s co-founders and leaders is an internationally-recognized eminent physician…
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