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“ONE HEALTH”, a significant international public health/comparative medicine paradigm shift!  Why? How?   “The One Health Initiative is a movement to forge co-equal, all inclusive collaborations between physicians, osteopaths, veterinarians, dentists, nurses and other scientific-health and environmentally related disciplines, including the American Medical Association, American Veterinary Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association,…

U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Please see: One Health: Public Health and Genomic Insights – April 15, 2015 or http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/features/one_health.htm

Reminder Notice: Historic milestone physician/veterinarian global One Health conference…   World Veterinary Association/World Medical Association GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH   Thursday, 21st May – Friday, 22nd May 2015 Madrid, Spain   Drivers towards One Health “Strengthening collaboration between medical and animal doctors”  Final program agenda http://www.wma.net/en/50events/20otherevents/80onehealth/ONE-HEALTH-2015—Final-Program.pdf     To register click here __________________________________________________________   The…

The SIAARTI Study Group in Animal Anesthesia (Naples, Italy) Issues Strong One Health Endorsement Message: Recommends Applying Comparative Medicine One Health Approach to human and animal anesthesiology   One Health, One Medicine, One Anesthesia   By *Giancarlo Vesce, DVM and **Edoardo De Robertis, MD, PhD       SIAARTIVet Study Group coordinators Provided to One Health Initiative…

A unique historical commentary from a One Health perspective… “What’s in a name?”  Plenty! Provided to One Health Initiative website www.onehealthinitiative.com April 9, 2015 by: Jan Clement, MD, Hantavirus Reference Centre, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology & Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Herestraat, 49 B-300 Leuven, Belgium (Tel: +…

One Health Zoonoses consequences Considered in “Disease Scenarios Africa” website A new website (www.diseasescenarios.org) exploring disease scenarios for four zoonotic diseases in five African countries has been launched by the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (www.driversofdisease.org). The Disease Scenarios Africa site presents the findings of workshops which posed What if … questions to experts from…

Two One Health Programs work to integrate human health into “One Health” (USA) *Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD, MPH and **Eleanor M. Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP   Provided to the One Health Initiative website www.onehealthinitiative.com on April 8, 2015   While One Health stresses the interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation between human, animal, and environmental health professionals,…

An important One Health publication…of the National Academies Press (USA):   “Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection: Workshop Summary (2015)” See: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18975/emerging-viral-diseases-the-one-health-connection-workshop-summary NOTE: Reports from the National Academies Press are free to read or download for personal use at our website, http://www.nap.edu. To download, please choose the “Download Free PDF” option. You will see…

Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC) Endorses One Health Approach March 27, 2015 – “Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC Canada) is pleased to endorse One Health Initiative for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. …” Please read complete endorsement letter to One Health…

Important Reminder…National Foundation of Infectious Diseases 18th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research – April 13-15, 2015 – Bethesda, Maryland (USA) Details: http://www.cvent.com/events/18th-annual-conference-on-vaccine-research/event-summary-3c5831a03ce8408f8c236f79ad11332f.aspx?refid=oc   The Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR) provides high-quality, current reports of scientific progress and best practices featured in both invited presentations and submitted oral abstracts and posters. The ACVR brings together…

One Health: Integrating the Veterinarian Scientist into the Biomedical Research Enterprise               National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda, Maryland (USA) April 7-8, 2015 One Health is an integrative effort of multiple disciplines working together to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. This Conference will bring together veterinarians, clinicians, and basic researchers with the…

New open-access “One Health Journal” announced… Please see http://www.journals.elsevier.com/one-health One Health Official Journal of the One Health FoundationThe mission of One Health is to provide a platform for rapid communication of high quality scientific knowledge on inter- and intra-species pathogen transmission, bringing together leading experts in virology, pathology, immunology, bacteriology, parasitology, veterinary sciences, food safety,…

Romanian Association establishes “One Health Initiative – New Medical Concept” THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BUCHAREST,. Stefan cel Mare Avenue, no. 19-21, District 2, Tel/: Fax +4 021/ 311 53 (82) (80) March 22, 2015 From: The National Forum of Comparative Medicine  Professor emeritus Dr. Nicolae Manolescu  Bucharest, Rumania   To: One Health Initiative Autonomous…

U.S. National Park Service Updates One Health Brochure   Developed by the U.S. National Park System: National Park Service Office of Public Health, Wildlife Health, Integrated Pest management, and Risk Management.   Please see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealth_brochure.pdf   Provided by:   Danielle Buttke, DVM, PhD, MPH, DACVPM LCDR, United States Public Health Service One Health Coordinator Biological…

Repeat: Important One Health approach for human protection via animal vaccinations/immunizations… Originally Posted One Health Initiative NEWS page October 9, 2013 – http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=+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 diseases (zoonoses). …” In simple…

World Veterinary Association President Reiterates Strong Endorsement of One Health Concept “The World Veterinary Association (WVA) has practiced support of the One World-One Health concept in principle since its inception in 1863 even though the name applied to One Health may have changed over the years.  However, the 21st century brings major new challenges and…

Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness Organization (USA) Endorses One Health Concept “The Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness Organization (OCSA) www.ovariancancersymptomawareness.org applauds and endorses the collaborative and synergistic efforts of the One Health Initiative.   Our organizations share the mutual goals of advancing education, public awareness, and health for women in partnership with both the human and veterinary…

“Physicians, Farmers, and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance.” – Texas A & M One Health Seminar – March 4, 2015 (USA) See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Kahn%20Flyer.pdf Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4, 2015! Co-Founder of the One Health Initiative, Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, will be giving a talk over “Physicians, Farmers, and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance.” This…

Another Outstanding One Health program… Center for One Health Illinois – USA http://vetmed.illinois.edu/initiatives/center-for-one-health-illinois/ “One Health is the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.” JA Herrmann, DVM, MPH, DACT Director, Center for One Health Illinois Director, DVM-MPH Program Clinical Associate Professor, Veterinary…

National Forum of Comparative Medicine in Romania Endorses One Health Concept February 24, 2015—On behalf of the National Forum of Comparative Medicine in Romania, Professor Dr. Nicolae Manolescu sent the following official One Health endorsement message http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Endorsment%20Letter%20One%20Health%20Initiative%20(4).pdf to the One Health Initiative team:   THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BUCHAREST,. Stefan cel Mare Avenue,…