One Health News

New Director Appointed for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s ONE HEALTH OFFICE (USA) Posted One Health Initiative website’s NEWS page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php October 9, 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=New+Director+Appointed+for+Centers+for+Disease+Control++Preventions+ONE+HEALTH+OFFICE+USA   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CaseyBartonBehraveshDirectorCDCOneHealthOffice_9302015.pdf   Captain Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM, a veterinarian, is the new Director for the CDC One Health Office http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dhcpp/one_health/. She is a Captain in…

Ravenswood Media Newsletter Publishes Second One Health Article http://www.ravenswoodmedia.com/a/newsletter/newsletter2015/rmnewsletter.html Current One Health article: October 2015 – One Health in Action “The One Health concept promises to take human health and conservation into a better future.”  See http://www.ravenswoodmedia.com/a/newsletter/newsletter2015/rmnewsletter.html#one-health The June 2014 – Issue #16 of the Ravenswood Media Newsletter published a first One Health article.  Please see…

Veterinary Science Journal. 2015, 2(2), 69-83; doi:10.3390/vetsci2020069: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci   Governance and One Health: Exploring the Impact of Federalism and Bureaucracy on Zoonotic Disease Detection and Reporting Heather A. Allen, PhD, MPA <!– var elements = document.getElementsByClassName("toEncode"); for (var i = 0; i Center for Food Security and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State…

Last Notice: 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015 Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for global public and animal health October 4-7, 2015 – Davos, Switzerland http://onehealth.grforum.org/ and  Updated September 24, 2015 http://grforum.bmetrack.com/c/v?e=7EFEB8&c=A1E4&l=2DBED01&email=iTrabEs%2FrmEUMY3%2BW1fpIgi72yrq%2BZfs&relid=A0B0F1B  Endorsed by One Health Initiative team and others—see: http://onehealth.grforum.org/partnership/endorsing-partners/ (scroll down) http://onehealth.grforum.org/about/scientific-and-technical-advisory-group/

 Notable One Health Commentary: A Physician’s View of One Health: Challenges and Opportunities By Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD Vet. Sci. 2015, 2(1), 23-25; doi:10.3390/vetsci2010023 See: http://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/2/1/23 and read complete commentary http://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/2/1/23/htm Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Published: February 16 2015 (This article belongs…

Posted One Health Initiative website September 25, 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php Note: There have been many inquiries requesting an accurate historical account of the “One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team” and the One Health Initiative website… History of the One Health Initiative team (April 2006 through September 2015) and the One Health Initiative website since October…

Prominent U.S. and international individual and organizational One Health Endorsements (multidisciplinary) – June 2011 to July 2015   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/ENDORSEMENTS.pdf Posted on One Health Initiative website: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=PHYSICIANS+World+Organization+of+Family+Doctors+WONCA+issues+One+Health+Letter+of+Support++July+2+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+Veterinary+Medical+Associations+AVMA+President-elect+Endorses+One+Health+concept http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=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 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Infection+Prevention+and+Control+Canada+IPAC+Endorses+One+Health+Approach+-+March+27+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=World+Veterinary+Association+President+Reiterates+Strong+Endorsement+of+One+Health+Concept+-+March+7+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Ovarian+Cancer+Symptom+Awareness+Organization+USA+Endorses+One+Health+Concept+-+March+3+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=National+Forum+of+Comparative+Medicine+in+Romania+Endorses+One+Health+Concept+-+February+24+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Texas+A++M+University+TAMU+Physician+and+Infectious+Disease+Specialist+Endorses+One+Health++USA  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Colorado+State+University+USA+Director+of+Center+for+Comparative+and+Integrative+Medicine+Issues+Strong+One+Health+Endorsement http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Texas+A++M+College+Station+Texas-USA+Dean+Endorses+One+Health+Initiative+team+activities+-+November+11+2014 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Infection+Prevention+and+Control+Canada+IPAC+Endorses+One+Health+Approach+-+March+27+2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Visionary+Joint+One+Health+Endorsement+Message+by+Physician+and+Veterinarian+from+India+-+May+30+2014+   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=+Mexicos+Dean+Faculty+of+Veterinary+Medicine+Endorses+One+Health+-+September+3+2014   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=InterAcademy+Medical+Panel+IAMP+Endorses+One+Health+-+February+24+2014 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Prominent+Physician+Virologist+Researcher+and+Epidemiologist+Endorses+One+Health http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=President+and+Founder+of+the+Puccini+Foundation+in+New+York+City+USA+Endorses+and+Supports+One+Health http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Dean+of+Major+U.S.+College+of+Veterinary+Medicine+Endorses+One+Health http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=The+Animal+Medical+Center+and+Zoobiquity+author+endorse+One+Health+USA http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+College+of+Preventive+Medicine+ACPM+Physicians+Endorse+One+Health+-+August+18+2013 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Wildlife+Disease+Association+Endorses+One+Health+-+July+1+2013   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Horizon+International+of+Yale+University+USA+Endorses+One+Health+-+April+24+2013 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+Association+of+Public+Health+Physicians+AAPHP+President+Endorses+One+Health http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+Veterinary+Medical+Association+AVMA+President+Issues+Strong+One+Health+Endorsement+and+Challenge http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Notable+American+Physician-Veterinarian+One+Health+Endorsement+Message http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+Academy+of+Pediatrics+Endorses+One+Health http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=American+Nurses+Association+ANA+-+Important+website+posting+Practicing+One+Health+for+the+Human+Health+Clinician+ http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=CAB+International+CABI+Supports+and+Endorses+One+Health…

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health 202-205-1842 ashmedia@hhs.gov www.hhs.gov/news  Twitter @HHSMedia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OASH_CARB_FINAL_FORMATTED.pdf Establishment of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Tuesday, September 15, 2015—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of…

Why Animal Health Matters [A One Health perspective] Published on September 15, 2015 by the ANIMAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (AHI) Please watch *Dr. Laura H. Kahn [MD, MPH, MPP], Physician and Research Scholar at the program of Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public at International Affairs at Princeton University discuss the…

REMINDER: important One Health issues involved… International Society for Infectious Diseases/ProMED Symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases at 2015 American Society of Microbiology’s Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)/ International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC) – September 17, 2015 Please consider joining ISID, ProMED and ASM in a new one-day collaborative symposium, Emerging Infectious…

From the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Press Room FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: David Kirkpatrick 847-285-6782 (o) 847-409-0519 (c) dkirkpatrick@avma.org American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) supports U.S. surgeon general’s call to action on walking and walkable communities See: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CalltoActionWalkingPressReleaseFinal.pdf (SCHAUMBURG, Illinois) Sept. 9, 2015 – The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today joins…

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology (IEE) – The One Health Journal (Sweden) http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee Note: IEE has been and continues to be needed as a platform to publish cross disciplinary scientific work and scientific work with a One Health profile.  ·                                 Submit a Manuscript ·                                 Author Benefits

Nominations for One Health Award: September 30 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – USA) Print Issue September 1, 2015, Volume 62, No. 03 http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v62/n03/nominations-one-health-award.html The Deans of the health schools of the University of Pennsylvania (Perelman School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Dental Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine) announce an Award for Excellence in promoting…

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming 26th Annual Rabies in the Americas (RITA) conference held in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado, October 4-8, 2015 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center. RITA is an annual international conference where research scientists, academics, students, public health officials, veterinary professionals, rabies program directors and others…

“One health genomics- why animal diseases matter for human health” – United Kingdom (UK) “…At the PHG Foundation, a science and health policy think tank, we have been examining policy issues surrounding the prospective implementation of pathogen genomic technologies in the UK health service. Our most recent briefing note is titled “One health genomics- why…

“ONE HEALTH” at International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) Atlanta, Georgia – USA August 26, 2015—One Health was featured in many of the presentations at the ICEID in Atlanta http://www.iceid.org/ this week (August 24-26, 2015).  Presentations ranged from water sanitation, avian influenza, microbial resistance and Ebola: See program schedule http://www.iceid.org/images/2015/ICEID2015_3-49.pdf and Poster and Oral…

“One Health: A Concept for the 21st Century” World Medical Association (WMA) journal – July 2015 *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP Research Scholar, Program on Science and Global Security Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (USA) E-mail: lkahn@princeton.edu http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/LauraKahnBiographyFeb2015.pdf Please scroll to pages 62-63 of the World…

International Society for Infectious Diseases/ProMED Symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases at 2015 American Society of Microbiology’s Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)/ International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC) Please consider joining ISID, ProMED and ASM in a new one-day collaborative symposium, Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Time of Ebola, at ICAAC/ICC on Thursday,…

National Academies of Practice (NAP) Addresses One Health in June 2015 Letter to U.S. President June 15, 2015 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500   Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), representing 14 health care professions (Audiology, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Osteopathic…

New Duke One Health training opportunities video now posted on YouTube A Duke One Health Team video about international research opportunities and summer graduate courses Please see:  https://youtu.be/WNpuipGzwlo   This was chiefly developed to recruit graduate students from Duke, Duke-NUS, and Duke Kunshan University to Duke One Health research and training opportunities. Learn more about One…