One Health News

   Ohio State University’s (USA) College of Veterinary Medicine Links with One Health Initiative website  *The One Health Initiative website was notified that effective today, February 5, 2010, the Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has linked the One Health Initiative website on their website’s front page http://vet.osu.edu: UNDER News Stories One Health at…

National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) 2010 Annual Meeting – March 15 -17, 2010   http://www.animalagriculture.org/Solutions/AnnualMeeting/2010/Home.html   ONE HEALTH: Implications for Animal Agriculture Learn more about the One Health Initiative… “The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans and animals:  but…

European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) Links with One Health Initiative website   The One Health Initiative website has been notified that the European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) has linked our website on their links page http://www.ewda-2010.nl/Pages/Links.aspx.  There are now 33 websites, worldwide, linked to this One Health Initiative website.  Mission of EWDA: “The European Wildlife…

  Princeton University to Offer ‘First Ever’ Undergraduate One Health Course Tuesday, February 2, 2010   Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP will begin teaching the first known undergraduate course in “One Health” offered at any major university in the United States (or elsewhere in the world) beginning February 2, 2010.  The course website includes…

  Reprinted from One Health Newsletter Winter Issue, January 2010 http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNLWinter2010.pdf ProMED-mail and ONE HEALTH  By Jack Woodall, PhD, Lawrence C. Madoff, MD, Alison Bodenheimer, MPH*, Peter Cowen, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Dipl. AVES (Hon), Thanis Damrongwatanapokin, DVM, PhD, Fabian Ekue, DVM, MSc, PhD, Tam Garland, DVM, PhD, D.ABVT, Martin Hugh-Jones, VetMB, MPH, PhD, FACE, MRCVS,…

  **One Health – At the Crossroads   Ted Cohn, DVM   Dr. Ted Cohn represents the District IX—(Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah) as an Executive Board member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).  Dr. Cohn practices small animal and exotics veterinary medicine at University Hills Animal Hospital at 4040 E.…

One Health Newsletter…Winter Issue Posted Today – January 20, 2010   http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNLWinter2010.pdf   Another outstanding Florida (USA) Department of Health Division of Environmental Health quarterly “One Health Newsletter”, the quarterly January 2010 Winter issue is now posted.  Per usual, it will also be referenced shortly in full on the One Health Initiative website http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php, which works in tandem with…

NEW Fogarty Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines ·         NEW International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) – Deadline March 1, 2010      http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-066.html Purpose:  This program supports U.S. postdoctoral biomedical, epidemiological, clinical, social and behavioral scientists in the formative stages of their careers to conduct research in developing countries.  These awards will support three- to five-years…

  8th Annual Scientific Conference of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Bangladesh.    Date of Conference: 16-18 March, 2010 The theme of this year’s conference is “Networking for promoting change towards One World One Health”.   Please see details on website’s Upcoming Events page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/events.php Provided by:   Amam Zonaed Siddiki, PhDAssociate ProfessorDept…

New Year’s Resolution: “One Health” Recognition and Implementation without delay. Protect and save human and animal life today and tomorrow!

  Florida Department of Health (USA) Director of Environmental Health Division Presented One Health Paper at Doha, Qatar Scientific Program December 16, 2009 (view PowerPoint Slides on Publication page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php):   Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, Director of the Florida Department of Health’s (USA) Environmental Health Division and One Health Newsletter editorial board member, presented a…

International Society of Infectious Diseases (IDSD)/ProMED-Mail Wins Chase Community Giving Award – Round 1 ($25,000 Grant) – December 16, 2009   IDSD/ProMED-mail was notified that they have been awarded a $25,000 grant from the ‘Chase Community Giving program – Round 1’ http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/.  This resulted from a vote of Facebook users who recognized the significant contribution…

  Florida Department of Health (USA) Director of Environmental Health Division to Present One Health Paper at Doha, Qatar Scientific Program December 16 (this Wednesday):   Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, Director of the Florida Department of Health’s (USA) Environmental Health Division and One Health Newsletter editorial board member, is scheduled to present a talk entitled…

Rinderpest: first eradicated animal disease vetsweb.com – December 7, 2009 http://www.vetsweb.com/news/rinderpest-first-eradicated-animal-disease-720.html   Rinderpest, one of the most devastating animal diseases known to man, will officially be declared extinct some time in the next eighteen months. The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated “It will be the first time in history that humankind has succeeded in…

One Health Workshop—‘First of its kind’ in City University, Hong Kong December 10, 2009    December 9, 2009    Dear One Health Initiative,    I would like to draw your attention to the One Health Workshop being   conducted in City University, Hong Kong on 10 December 2009. This is  the first initiative of its kind…

December 3, 2009 ISDS Syndromic.org Dr Laura Kahn to discuss the “One Health” concept of integrating veterinary and human medicine #isds09  about 2 hours ago   International Society for Disease Surveillance – 2009 Eight Annual Conference   http://www.syndromic.org/  and http://www.syndromic.org/conference/2009/agenda.pdf   In 2005 the International Society for Disease Surveillance was launched. Mission Statement The mission…

Institute of Medicine – One Health Study Potential Highly Significant:   For National and Global One Health Implementation and Institutionalization     Prepared by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD and Jack Woodall, PhD – November 30, 2009      One Health Initiative http://www.onehealthinitiative.com Website Team    …

NEW Online Food Safety Course Offered by Institute of Food Technologists   The Institute of Food Technologists is offering a new online food safety course to help participants learn more about incorporating food safety throughout the entire product development process. Explore the key issues concerning food safety, identify food safety hazards and control measures, and…

One Health Supporter Stephen S. Morse Named Director of USAID Early Warning Project Initiative will monitor diseases that move between animals and people to prevent next pandemic http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/stephen-s-morse-named-director-usaid-early-warning-project November 9, 2009 — A new project — PREDICT — has been created with up to $75 million in funds over five years from the U.S. Agency…

An Important New Book by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP                   *NOW AVAILABLE…    Please see details on link below:   http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9485.aspx http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Charge-Leadership-Epidemics-International/dp/0275994856/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259598191&sr=8-1  Who’s In Charge?Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health CrisesSeries: Praeger Security InternationalLaura H. Kahn 0-275-99485-6/978-0-275-99485-3 Laura H. Kahn ISBN: 0-275-99485-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99485-3 236 pages Praeger Publishers *Publication:…