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Speaker Treasure Trove at 2nd International Conference on One Medicine One Science, April 24-27, 2016 – University of Minnesota (USA) http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php?query=2nd+International+Conference+on+One+Medicine+One+Science+-+April+24-27+2016   Ann Bancroft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bancroft and http://www.britannica.com/biography/Ann-Bancroft will be the noon speaker at the conference on Tuesday, April 26. She is the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and South Poles.…

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH) Launch of the ‘One Health Global Think-Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-being’ – 2030 (GHW-2030) SEE: http://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/114 Professor Ulrich Laaser, Dr. George Lueddeke, Dr. Joanna Nurse Abstract The central mission of the GHW-2030 multi-sectoral think tank is to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development…

Another Prominent One Health Leader Becomes President of American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) Craig N. Carter [DVM, PhD] Named President of American Veterinary Epidemiology Society Reprinted primarily from Coldstream Research Campus – University of Kentucky (USA) http://www.uky.edu/coldstream/News/craig-carter-named-president-american-veterinary-epidemiology-society LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2016) —*[Dr.] Craig N. Carter, a veterinarian director and professor of epidemiology at the University of…

Tuberculosis in Animals and Humans: A One Health Approach :: Click here to see the 24 minute audio/video film :: By Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhDProfessor of Microbiology & Preventive MedicineIowa State University, College of Veterinary MedicineAmes, Iowacthoen@iastate.edu     Permission granted to post on the One Health Initiative website April 7, 2016 by Dr. Charles…

2nd in a series: Interesting Influenza Historical perspective … Submitted to One Health Initiative website April 1, 2016 by: *Steve A. Berger, MD Director of Geographic Medicine Tel Aviv Medical Center Tel-Aviv, Israel Almost 100 years have passed since Rose Cleveland (and over fifty-million other humans) died from the paradigm One Health Disease: “Swine flu”,…

Major U.S. Company (US Biologic) Strongly Endorses One Health See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/US%20BIOLOGIC%20-%20One%20Health%20Initiative%20Endorsement%20Letter%204%205%202016.pdf April 5, 2016   Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP; Bruce Kaplan, DVM; Thomas P. Monath, MD; Jack Woodall, PhD; Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:   Re:     US BIOLOGIC endorsement of the One Health Initiative  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/US%20BIOLOGIC%20-%20One%20Health%20Technology%20Platform%204%204%202016.pdf According…

U. S. One Health Commission Chair, A Notable “One Health” Leader Joann Lindenmayer, DVM, MPH, a veterinarian and outstanding One Health leader, serves today as Chair of the Board https://www.onehealthcommission.org/en/leadership/ of the One Health Commission (OHC) https://www.onehealthcommission.org/.  In the recent planning stage for establishing a Global “One Health Day”, Dr. Lindenmayer played a key role…

    April 1, 2016   For Immediate Release Contact(s):    Peter Costa, +1 984 500 8593 (USA), pcosta@onehealthcommission.org                         Chris Vanlangendonck, +32 475 81 38 59 (Belgium), c.vanlangendonck@onehealthplatform.com   GLOBAL “ONE HEALTH DAY” PLANNED BY THREE INTERNATIONAL ONE HEALTH GROUPS – NOVEMBER 3, 2016 Three leading international One Health groups, the One Health Commission, the One Health…

Achieving the UN [United Nations]-2030 Sustainable Development Goals through the ‘One World, One Health’ Concept (Extending ‘Community of Life’ Chances in an Era of Complexity, Uncertainty and Instability)    http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Mar_25_2016_-R-_One_Health_Article_US_version.pdf   *George Lueddeke, PhD Co-Chair, One Health Education Task Force, One Health Commission [USA] United Kingdom  Preamble The recently agreed UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

Fame and Zoonosis Submitted to One Health Initiative website March 21, 2016 by: *Steve A. Berger, MD Director of Geographic Medicine Tel Aviv Medical Center Tel-Aviv, Israel Diseases acquired from animals have repeatedly shaped human history; but the influence of zoonoses on well-known leaders in science, politics, war, religion, art, industry or even crime is…

 Save the date 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/STD%202%20GCOH.pdf 10th – 11th November 2016 Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach Following the successful Global Conference on One Health (GCOH) that was held in Madrid in May 2015, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World…

Sen. Franken Pushes Bill to Establish National Plan for Fighting Diseases Like Zika & Ebola National One Health Act Will Help Top Agencies Understand, Prevent, and Respond to Animal Disease Outbreaks See http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3385   Friday, March 4, 2016 U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has introduced legislation that would establish a coordinated national plan to fight…

One Health News Letter released during inauguration of 16th Indian Veterinary Congress February 27-28, 2016 http://www.worldvet.org/events.php?item=130&view=item INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF VETERINARY RESEARCH (IAAVR) Please see PDF attachment http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Newsletter%20%20One%20Health.pdf Provided by: *Prof. (Dr.) Rishendra Verma, ARS B.Sc.,B.V.Sc. & A.H., M.V.Sc., M.Sc. (Immunol,UK),M.V.M. (Biosec, NZ), Ph.D, Dip. Journalism (Mysore), F.I.A.A.V.R.,F.I.A.V.P.H.S.,F. A.P.H.V.,F.I.S.V.I.B., F.N.A.V.Sc.,F.N.N.A.Sc.,F.N.A. Sc, FAO (Fellow) CHAIRMAN, Expert Group (VET),I.P.…

Outstanding United States One Health leader News… U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’ Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Director Dunham to Leave Agency for New Opportunity in Academia February 29, 2016 – http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm488331.htm *Dr. Bernadette Dunham, DVM, Ph.D., director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, announced today…

GIDEON and One Health – February 24, 2016 Provided to One Health Initiative website February 22, 2016 by: *Steven A. Berger, MD Director of Geographic Medicine Tel Aviv Medical Center Tel-Aviv, Israel As of 2016 humans are subject to 354 generic infectious diseases, distributed in a seemingly haphazard fashion among 231 countries and regions.   307…

First ‘One Health’ Conference held in Israel – February 4, 2016 Israel just had its first One Health conference in a hospital! The one day event took place on February 4th, 2016 at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, and was supported by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) http://www.health.gov.il/english/Pages/HomePage.aspx.  *Professor Peter Rabinowitz, [MD, MPH], the director…

Want to publish your “One Health” article(s)? Consider Four Available Outstanding Journals for doing that http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/journals.php One Health Journals – Open Access: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology The One Health Journal (Sweden) http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee Veterinary Sciences (Switzerland) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci International Journal of One Health (India) http://www.onehealthjournal.org/ One Health Official Journal of the One Health Foundation http://www.journals.elsevier.com/one-health

One Health Inter-Regional European Conference Date:  22nd – 23rd – 24th of September, 2016 Location Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania For complete information see: http://www.onehealth.ro/en/ or http://onehealth.ro           General presentation           Dates and Venue           Fees, Deadlines and Papers           Conference Program           Scientific committee           Contact General presentation General presentation of the conference Organising this…