One Health News

1st International One Health Congress Summary – February 14 – 16, 2011 – Victoria, Australia   SEE: Complete Official Summary Report posted (attachment released May 3, 2011) on Publications page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php   Key messages arising from the inaugural International One Health Congress:   The One Health approach          Recognises the interdependence of, and seeks…

1st International One Health Congress Abstracts – EcoHealth Journal      This historic first international One Health meeting http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index11.html was held in Victoria, Australia February 14-16, 2011.  Its theme concerned “Human Health, Animal Health, the Environment and Global Survival”.   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono website team strongly supported, endorsed, and publicized this…

One Health Initiative Team and Advisory Board Urge United States Secretaries of Departments: Health and Human Services and Homeland Security to Help Provide Funding for “One Health” Institute of Medicine (IOM) Study/Report     The following letter was mailed to the U.S. Secretaries Kathleen Sebelius (Department of Health and Human Services) and Janet Napolitano (Department…

One Health in ACTION …   One Health Meeting Initiated Between Local Physician and Veterinarian Associations in Florida (USA)   A first ever local Capital Medical Society/Big Bend Veterinary Medical Association joint meeting was held in Tallahassee, Florida (USA) on April 19, 2011 to discuss “One Health.”  In addition to practicing clinicians (physicians and veterinarians),…

Salmonella detected at frog breeder in 217-case outbreak Centers for Infectious Disease Research & Policy – University of Minnesota (USA) Jim Wappes  . Editorial Director Apr 8, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – “The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday that 217 people in 41 states since 2009 have become ill with Salmonella from…

One Health in ACTION …   Are We All Sanitarians?    Larry Gordon, MS, MPH, DHL, DEAAS    Sanitarian   Jerrold M. Michael ScD, DrPH, DEE, Rear Admiral, USPHS (Ret.) recently wrote: “While doing research on an article on the National Board of Health, which existed between 1879 and 1883, I learned a lot more…

One health: the importance of companion animal vector-borne disease   By: Professor Michael J. Day, BSc, BVMS (Hons), PhD        Professor of Veterinary Pathology        School of Clinical Sciences        University of Bristol, United Kingdom   Dr. Day is Chair of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA) One Health Committee.   Parasites & Vectors…

Canine Genetics May Hold “One Health” Answers for Humans   A study by U.S. and Swedish researchers discovered that a genetic variation causing Shar-Pei dogs to have wrinkled skin also is responsible for a periodic fever disorder is similar to periodic inherited autoinflammatory fever syndromes in humans http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Autoinflammatory/default.asp.  This research could help elucidate basic science…

Discoverer of Cancer Causing Hepatitis B Virus and Nobel Prize Winner Dies:  an apparent unrecognized “One Health” example     Baruch S. Blumberg, MD, PhD, physician Nobel Prize winning biochemist and medical researcher who discovered the hepatitis B virus and subsequently showed that it could cause liver cancer (i.e., hepatocellular carcinoma) and helped develop a…

Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security – Colloquium University of Missouri (USA) – Reynolds Alumni Center… April 12, 2011 Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security ·                         A 2011 Intelligence Community (IC) Centers for Academic Excellence (CAE) Regional Colloquium ·                          Hosted by the Office of the Assistant to…

Public release date: 30-Mar-2011 Contact: Daniela Hernandezdfh2101@columbia.eduColumbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Fatal respiratory infections in endangered gorillas are linked to human contact New study indicates that ecotourism may be contributing to the decline of mountain gorillas in African preserves “In a study published online this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/4/711.htm,…

Major initiative to ensure the importance of companion animals within the global ‘One Health’ movement launched by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) at its recent 2010 Congress in Geneva “At the event, the WSAVA announced the formation of a One Health Committee which will be dedicated to driving forward One Health-related programmes and…

Noted U. S. “One Health” Veterinarian-Pathologist Wins 2011 ‘Michele Raible Distinguished Teaching Awards in Undergraduate Medical Education’      One Health supporter/advocate and exemplar, Peter Anderson, DVM, PhD of the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Byron Crawford, MD of Tulane University were announced as winners of the 2011 Michel Raible Distinguished Teaching Awards in Under…

  An Opinion – One Health   “We are in it together”… physicians and veterinarians serving human and animal health worldwide   By Bruce Kaplan, DVM*          Known as the father of modern medicine and the father of Internal medicine, the great Canadian physician Sir William Osler, was a 19th and early 20th…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   Raccoon Roundworms in Pet Kinkajous — Three States, 1999 and 2010 March 18, 2011 / 60(10);302-305 Baylisascaris procyonis (BP) is the common roundworm of raccoons (Procyon lotor). Adult BP live in the small intestine of this host, where they…

U. S. City Mayor Strongly Endorses One Health Concept and Principles   The Mayor of Moscow, Idaho (USA), Nancy Chaney recently [March 10, 2011] sent the following One Health endorsement statement to the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team.  The city of Moscow, located in north central Idaho along the Washington/Idaho border, is home to the University…

2nd Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Network (IEE) Scientific meeting March 15-16, 2011 – Sigtuna, Sweden Registration is now closed (fully booked) Preliminary program Workshop I-IV Abstracts John Woodall: The One Health Initiative and ProMed-mail Liana Steeghs: Immuno Valley Björn Olsen: How much is the loss of a tiger worth? Erik Forsberg: UppsalaBIO Lovisa Svensson: Infection Ecology…

One Health Research for Animals and Humans – University of Missouri-Columbia’s Comparative Orthopedic Laboratory (USA)   Foundation for Biomedical Research 818 Connecticut Avenue, NWSuite 900Washington, DC 20006   info@fbresearch.org www.fbresearch.org www.researchsaves.org   Foundation for Biomedical Research’s (FBR) newest TV spot, “Emma’s Story, is now airing on national networks including Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The 60-second…

An Important Meeting to Consider and Attend …    Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security  University of Missouri (USA) – Reynolds Alumni Center… April 12, 2011  http://muconf.missouri.edu/odni/Program.html     “Health Security has historically been marginalized in it’s criticality to U.S. National Security. Real world events such as SARS, Avian Influenza, Mad…

Reminder…   “Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology (IEE Network)” 2nd meeting will be in Sigtuna, Sweden, 15-16 March, 2011 http://www.sigtunastiftelsen.se/in+english__.html Key note lecturer:  Dr. John (Jack) Woodall is a viral epidemiologist, member of the One Health team and currently the contents manager of the One Health Initiative website’s ProMED-mail page.  Read more about dr Woodall here! You will…