One Health News

Prominent Indian One Health Physician/Scientist Encourages Establishment of Unique Post Graduate Diploma in Zoonoses at Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS)   “I am a physician/scientist and a supporter of your “One Health” initiative.  A few years back I had requested the faculty at Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (http://www.tanuvas.ac.in/) to start a…

One Health model at University of Saskatchewan (Canada) trains future public health leaders   At the University of Saskatchewan (http://www.usask.ca/) in Western Canada, the One Health model is transforming the way health science disciplines are taught.  Students from across the health, environmental and policy sciences are now studying and working together to address problems in…

One Health Commission (USA) Communications Committee Chairman explains his One Health Insights   April 10, 2014—“I first became interested in One Health by my long standing interest and belief in One Medicine. In that endeavor I brought together at the Division of Surgery in the Harvard Center for Comparative Medicine physicians, veterinarians, nurses, applied science…

Prominent Public Health Physician Joins One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. Virginia Dato, a physician, has graciously accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on April 10, 2014.  The One Health Initiative Honorary Advisory Board was established…

Missouri State Medical Association Adopts One Health Resolution – 3rd in the nation (USA)   April 6, 2014—The Missouri State Medical Association became the 3rd state in the United States to adopt a One Health resolution with Florida being the first and Massachusetts the second.  This was reported to the One Health Initiative website by…

World Veterinary Association (WVA) Adopts Position on One Health Concept   On March 20, 2014 the World Veterinary Association Council adopted a position paper on the One Health concept. Please see: http://www.worldvet.org/uploads/docs/wva_position_paper_on_one__health_concept.pdf.   Provided April 4, 2014 to One Health Initiative website by: Dr. Zeev Noga Veterinary Policy Officer World Veterinary Association (WVA) B-1040 Brussels…

Meeting the challenge of the Ebola crisis in Guinea (West Africa) or elsewhere requires a “One Health” approach, i.e. interdisciplinary collaborations among public health officials including physicians, veterinarians and other health scientists.    See: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/ebola-guinea   One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas…

A strong One Health supporter/advocate…   The Bella Moss Foundation (United Kingdom):   “Our Vision A world where multi resistant bacteria are a rarity …” PLEASE SEE: www.thebellamossfoundation.com               One Health worldwide links: http://www.onehealthbmf.com/links/ AND http://www.thebellamossfoundation.com/about-the-foundation/partners-collaborations/

3rd One Health article (Human-Animal Bond) published…  —British (United Kingdom) Veterinary Journal Publishes 3rd Article of One Health Series 2014)— [The 2nd article “One Health and the food chain: maintaining safety in a globalised industry” was posted in the One Health Initiative website’s NEWS page Sunday, February 23, 2014] Veterinary Record 2014;174:269-273 doi:10.1136/vr.g1929 Animal-assisted interventions:…

Lou Gehrig’s Disease Studied by Veterinarians May Elucidate Understanding of Human Illness Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, a veterinarian, explains how “comparative medicine” studies engaging collaborative interdisciplinary cooperation (i.e. the “One Health approach”) may help medical health scientists better understand and identify important aspects of a serious human disease process using a dog model.  Lou Gehrig’s disease…

One Health incorporated into important milestone 3rd edition Tuberculosis book… Zoonotic Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium bovis and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria, 3rd Edition Charles O. Thoen (Editor), *James H. Steele (Editor), John B. Kaneene (Editor) ISBN: 978-1-118-47429-7, 432 pages, March 2014, Wiley-Blackwell   http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118474295,subjectCd-LS50.html   Please see preview pages displayed in Google link below.  Includes chapter 2 (One…

International One Medicine One Science Conference in Minneapolis  April 27-Wednesday to April 30, 2014 This conference features a distinguished roster of presenters.  Among them is Peter Agre, M.D. Professor and Director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute and a Nobel Prize winner. He discovered aquaporins, a family of the water-channel proteins that are responsible for numerous physiological…

One Health Kansas – Kansas State University (USA) Introduction to One Health with Dr. Laura Kahn “Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, FACP is one of the co-founders of the One Health Initiative and is an expert in One Health. Listen to her discuss One Health in this 20 minute video.”  Please see/listen to recently released…

InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Endorses One Health   Please see original letter endorsement: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/IAMP_OneHealth_endorsement.pdf     24 February 2014   To: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP Bruce Kaplan, DVM Thomas P. Monath, MD The One Health Initiative   Re: IAMP ‘One Health’ endorsing statement   With its network of 73 of the world’s medical academies…

3rd INTERNATIONAL ONE HEALTH CONGRESS launches new website March 15 – 18, 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands For more information, please see www.iohc2015.com

2nd One Health article (RE: Food Safety) published… One Health and the food chain: maintaining safety in a globalised industry —British (United Kingdom) Veterinary Journal Publishes 2nd Article of One Health Series 2014)—   “Good animal health status is essential for safe food, and stressed animals are more prone to disease, so the production of…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) “There is a need for a holistic “One Health*” approach with interdisciplinary engagement, given the vital interconnectedness among humans, animals, and the environment. Fortunately, many partnerships, systems, and tools are available to use in pursuit of this goal.” CDC Grand Rounds:…

*Two important One Health related “Vaccine” reminders…   The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) – 2014 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR) – April 28-30, 2014 – Posted on One Health Initiative website NEWS page Saturday, November 16, 2013 *The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) welcomes abstract submissions for oral or poster presentation…

Annals of Internal Medicine Journal 21 January 2014, Vol 160, No. 2   Editorial: Taking the Bite Out of Rabies, Putting Teeth Into “One Health” David N. Fisman, MD, MPH   SEE:  http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleId=1814429&guestAccessKey=bc99ff34-86ca-4a2b-9595-2011302bf982   The highly respected and prominent Annals of Internal Medicine journal has graciously granted the One Health Initiative website’s readers full open-access to…

New paper explores science and policy debates surrounding trypanosomiasis and tsetse control – Advocates One Health Approach The Politics of Trypanosomiasis Control in Africa, a new working paper by Professor Ian Scoones of the Institute of Development Studies, UK, http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/cvscoonesshortnov06.pdf explores the scientific and policy debates surrounding trypanosomiasis control. The paper focuses in particular on…