One Health News

Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences   One Health—One Medicine: unifying human and animal medicine within an evolutionary paradigm Article first published online: 8 AUG 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06138.x © 2011 New York Academy of Sciences.   By Russell W. Currier, DVM, MPH and James H. Steele, DVM, MPH,   Readers have free complimentary full…

  Important One Health Conference:   Plan to attend … Global Risk Forum (GRF) One Health Summit 2012One Health – One Planet – One FutureRisks and OpportunitiesFebruary 19-23, 2012 in Davos, Switzerland The Integrative Health Risk Management Perspective: Today’s human health management requires to be dealt with from a holistic “One Health” perspective that acknowledges…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       August 15, 2011                                                           National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)  Contact: Katie Ambrose 719-538-8843  katie.ambrose@animalagriculture.org   National Forum to Focus on Antibiotic Use in Food Animal Production   COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The use of antibiotics in the production of food animals elicits polarizing opinions across the media today as consumers become more…

One Health and the “55-Word Story”- New website feature offered   One Health supporter/advocate Ronald D. Warner, DVM, MPVM, PhD, a veterinarian, recently proposed a unique method of promoting “One Health”.  Dr. Warner discovered “a feature periodically published in Families, Systems, & Health, a journal of the American Psychological Association.”  The idea is for authors…

Respiratory Virus Report – Summer 2011: Emerging “One Health” Principles   International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV) http://www.isirv.org/   “…Cross training, exchange programs and fellowships in “One Health” were noted as possible ideas to pursue.   Meeting attendees agreed to assume responsibility for outreach and educational endeavours, within the context of their…

University of Florida (USA) Environmental and Global Health Department Works to Develop Progressive, New “One Health” Degree Programs:   College of Public Health and Health Professions Published August 8, 2011 — The Department of Environmental and Global Health is working to develop several new graduate degree programs with a One Health concentration. The One Health…

Chatham House Meeting Summary   Consideration of an International Society for One Health (ISOH)   Prepared by Professor Martyn Jeggo and Professor John Mackenzie   July 2011 [meeting conducted in London, England]   http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Global%20Health/0611summary.pdf   “The mission of Chatham House is to be a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on…

Florida Medical Association (USA) Adopts One Health Resolution   “The Florida Medical Association (FMA) http://www.flmedical.org/HomePage.aspx adopted a resolution on Sunday July 31, 2011 in support of One Health”, according to John J. Lanza, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP of the Florida Department of Health.  Dr. Lanza is the Director of the Escambia County Health Department www.EscambiaHealth.com, Pensacola, Florida…

One Health Articles Published in Australian New South Wales (NSW) Public Health Bulletin Issue   The latest issue of NSW Public Health Bulletin (volume 22, no 5–6, for May–June 2011, published online on Monday 25 July 2011) contains several articles on ‘One Health’ approaches to recent public health issues in New South Wales, Australia. Each…

Making Sense of One Health Cooperating at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Health Interface April 2011 By Aline Leboeuf, PhD Download the document Or click on link below:http://www.ifri.org/?page=contribution-detail&id=6553&id_provenance=88&provenance_context_id=13⟨=uk “This study aims at showing and making sense of the One Health approach, according to which it is impossible to defeat infectious disease without working at the interface between human…

Major “One Health” Oriented Breakthrough for Veterinary Medical Education in the USA     Washington, DC July 17, 2011: “Looking to the Future, American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Board of Directors Approves North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC) Report –“Roadmap for Veterinary Medical Education in the 21st Century: Responsive, Collaborative, Flexible”  …

Updated One Health Article Appears in International Innovation Magazine: Research Media Ltd. – “Ground Breaking” Health Care: Issue 10   http://www.research-europe.com/   The One Health Initiative team of Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD, and Jack Woodall, PhD were interviewed about the international status of One Health in…

One Health Initiative Website Links with World Veterinary Association (WVA) website   The World Veterinary Association’s website http://www.worldvet.org/ maintains an impressive One Health section http://www.worldvet.org/taxonomy/term/19 and has established reciprocal links http://www.worldvet.org/node/8416 with the One Health Initiative website’s Reciprocal Links page http://alturl.com/fvm9w.   Courtesy of Jim Edwards, BVSc, MRCVS, Dip. Bus. Studs.: a New Zealand veterinarian,…

One Health in ACTION!   Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer than women   Cancer research studies by MIT researchers demonstrated how the hormone estrogen protects women from gastric (stomach) inflammation that can lead to cancer.  See MIT News item of July 13, 2011 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/gastric-cancer-0713.html.…

The need for one health degree programs by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP (Published: 14 July 2011)   Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Journal http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net SEE: http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/7919/pdf_185     Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2011, 1: 7919 – DOI: 10.3402/iee.v1i0.7919

2nd Report of the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee – April 2011   Includes references to building One Health infrastructure:   “Challenges        –  One Health: Domestic animal, wildlife and plant disease surveillance systems and food and vector disease monitoring systems should be integrated into the national biosurveillance strategy for human health….”   http://www.cdc.gov/about/advisory/pdf/NBASFinalReport_April2011.pdf

International One Health Group Endorses One Health Initiative Website as “web portal” for all One Health Information   July 6, 2011:   An open invitation meeting on One Health was held at the UK Health Protection Agency in London on 29th June, 2011 to identify needs and actions required to progress a globally inclusive international one…

Nigerian Public Health Veterinarians and Physicians Adopting Aggressive Visionary Model Approach to One Health   BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ONE HEALTH NIGERIA E-GROUP   “OneHealthNigeria@googlegroups.com (OHN) is a private initiative created to actively promote the One Health Initiative Concept (http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/index.php).  As the list creator, I am a Nigerian Veterinary Epidemiologist [Tayo Babalobi, DVM, MPVM, PhD, MCVSN]…

Faculty Position in ONE HEALTH offered at U.S.A. College of Veterinary Medicine-The Ohio State University   The Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine invites applications for a tenure-track position as a One Health Specialist. The position is affiliated with the multi-college Public Health Preparedness for Infectious Diseases…

REMINDER: General Invitation to One Health open forum discussion (JUNE 29, 2011) – RE: International Society of One Health Proposal   During the first International Congress on One Health held in Melbourne in February 2011, it was agreed to hold a one day meeting to discuss the best way forward for the One Health initiative. The…