One Health News

NOTICE: International One Health Congress 2018: call for expression of interest “Since 2011, three International One Health Congresses have been organized on a biennial basis. The fourth edition will be held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2016.   In order to ensure the continuity of the International One Health Congresses, the One Health Platform will be…

“MediLabSecure Project” Utilizes and Strongly Endorses One Health Concept Approach – Paris, France   Submitted to the One Health Initiative website June 5, 2015   “Dear Members of the One Health Initiative, The European Union (EU)-funded MediLabSecure project (2014-2017; www.medilabsecure.com) aims at consolidating a laboratory network on the emerging viruses that are pathogens for humans…

World Veterinary Association/World Medical Association Global Conference on One Health – Report and Presentations The WVA/WMA Global Conference on One Health which was held in Madrid, Spain on May 21-22, 2015, brought together 330 delegates from 40 countries around the world to discuss the One Health Concept. Introduction On 21 and 22nd of May 2015,…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 02, 2015 White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship The White House is convening the Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 to bring together key human and animal health constituencies involved in the development, promotion, and implementation of activities to improve…

White House One Health Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship  “On June 2, 2015, the White House hosted the One Health Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship to bring together more than 100 key human and animal health leaders involved in antibiotic stewardship—the development, promotion, and implementation of activities to promote optimal use of antibiotics nationwide. The leaders represented…

A One Health issue… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2015   ADVISORY: White House to Host Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, June 2, the Administration will host the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship.  The event will bring together key Federal and private sector constituencies involved in the development, promotion, and implementation…

Currently available internationally:   Excellent ONE HEALTH Publication Resources Available for Submitting One Health Articles Four One Health Journals and One Newsletter:   Infection Ecology and Epidemiology – The One Health Journal (Sweden) http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee Veterinary Sciences – (Switzerland) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vetsci International Journal of One Health – (India) http://www.onehealthjournal.org/  One Health – The Official Journal of the…

In progress: A physician and veterinarian Anesthesiolology Conference – “in the Spirit of One Health, One Medicine, One Anesthesia…”  SIAARTIVet + SIAARTI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONE ANESTHESIA: FOCUS ON SEDATION – Naples, Italy (May 25, 26  2015)  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Brochure12_05_2015.pdf May 25th and 26th 2015 NAPOLI, Accademia Pontaniana, via Mezzocannone 8 This conference builds on the newborn Study…

American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) President-elect Endorses One Health concept Provided to One Health Initiative website May 19, 2015 “I have always been a strong supporter of the One Health concept. As the human population continues to increase and expand across the globe, the interconnection of people, animals and our environment becomes more significant and…

Program Updates – Historic World Veterinary Association/World Medical Association Global Conference on ONE HEALTH  May 21-22, 2015 – Madrid, Spain   Final program of the conference (click here for the program in English and here for the program in Spanish) Speakers biography and presentation abstract booklet (click here for the program) Poster abstract booklet (click here for the program)   World Veterinary Association http://www.worldvet.org/ —…

“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…