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An Important One Health Dutch project – Funded by the Ministry of Health, The Netherlands OneHealth portal Zoonoses may pose a health risk to humans and animals. Signaling of a zoonosis is important for timely action can be taken in both the human and the veterinary domain. Outbreaks of avian influenza and Q fever have…

Coughs and sneezes, bats, birds, pigs and you   By Jack Woodall, PhD   Posted on One Health Initiative website December 14, 2012   In 1998, pig farmers in northern Peninsular Malaysia noticed that their pigs were getting a disease that caused loud coughing.  Next, people started coming down with fatal encephalitis, which was attributed…

Posted One Health Initiative website December 7, 2012 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/JMH%20Edits%2012%2005%2012%20FINAL.pdf   Why Should Physicians Be Interested in One Health? By James M. Hughes, MD, FIDSA   Alert health professionals (physicians, veterinarians, laboratorians, public health officials) have played important roles in initial recognition of new and emerging infectious diseases over the past 40 years.  Reviews of the…

Now—Two State Medical Associations (USA) Endorse One Health Concept   Massachusetts Medical Society (USA) Adopts Landmark “One Health” oriented Resolution – First Posted on One Health Initiative website Friday, November 16, 2012 Massachusetts Medical Society (USA) Adopts Landmark “One Health” oriented Resolution   ‘Collaboration between Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and the Environmental Sciences’   In December…

3rd One Health Initiative team Interview Article in International Innovation Magazine February 2012   Please see (entire magazine) “From FARM TO FORK-The Issues At Stake”: http://www.research-europe.com/magazine/EUROFOCUS/2012-7/pageflip.html.   Complete One Health article may be viewed on Pages 120 – 121 via the above link or see PDF http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/One_Health_EF_03.pdf   _____________________________________   Previous International Magazine One Health…

American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) President Endorses One Health   “Babies born today will be 88 years old in 2100.  Will we leave them a healthy planet with a diversity of species of animals and sufficient food sources?  At current usage rates, the fossil fuels that developed nations use to fill basic needs…

World Medical Association – Press Release – November 23, 2012 Closer Co-operation between Physicians and Veterinarians More Urgent Than Ever   Between physicians and veterinarians has never been more urgent because of the rise of antibiotic resistance and the fact that sixty per cent of the 1,500 human diseases are caused by pathogens affecting multiple…

World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association Sign Historic Collaborative One Health Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok, Thailand – First posted One Health Initiative website Friday, November 09, 2012 World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association Sign Historic Collaborative One Health Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok, Thailand   See October 13, 2012 MOU in full:…

Press Release…Bella Moss Foundation (UK)—a One Health Supporter/Advocate   18th November Antibiotics awareness day Bella Moss Foundation supports department of health PRESS RELEASE   Event     18th November 2012 European Antibiotic Awareness Day   Today is the day we need to think about antibiotics – Do you, your family and friends know when and how they…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) http://www.animalagriculture.org/ Contact: Teres Lambert November 15, 2012                                   847-838-2966                                                             tlambert@animalagriculture.org     Antibiotic Use, Resistance Calls for Collaborative ‘One Health” Approach   COLUMBUS, OHIO— The message emerging from the “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use & Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium, Nov.…

Massachusetts Medical Society (USA) Adopts Landmark “One Health” oriented Resolution   ‘Collaboration between Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and the Environmental Sciences’   In December 2011 the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) adopted a landmark policy supporting the importance of collaboration between human medicine, veterinary medicine and the environmental sciences and encouraging dialogue between human medical, veterinary medical,…

Australian Society for Microbiology Special “One Health” Issue Published   Articles include One Health topics, e.g. brief reviews of zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis, hydatidosis, tuberculosis, Hendra virus and cat-scratch fever.   Please see: http://www.theasm.org.au/assets/Uploads/November-2012.pdf   Graciously provided to One Health Initiative website for posting by:   Professor Paul R. Young, PhD President, Australian Society…

World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association Sign Historic Collaborative One Health Memorandum of Understanding in Bangkok, Thailand   See October 13, 2012 MOU in full: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/WVA-WMA%20MOU%20(2).pdf   [ Section 1: Global Development Objective    The Parties will collaborate in the One-Health concept, which is a unified approach to veterinary and human medicine [veterinarians and…

 PRESS RELEASE [One Health Spotlighted]   Mayor Nancy Chaney Participates in National League of Cities Conference (USA)   Nov. 5, 2012 (Moscow, Idaho) — *Mayor Nancy Chaney, Moscow, Idaho was recently appointed as one of 15 members of the National League of Cities (NLC) Nominating Committee that will be responsible for recommending a slate of officers…

  One World, One Health: Infectious diseases in a changing world by *Björn Olsen, MD  –  October 31, 2012 – PS Public Service Europe   “Special report: Many treatments in modern medicine would be impossible without antibiotics but increased resistance to these drugs means there needs to be a shift in the focus of research and…

Ohio Farm Bureau (USA) An important radio commentary by three prominent USA “One Health” Veterinary Medical Experts  October 22, 2012 “When it comes to preventing and curing disease and illnesses, some new players are on the team. Human health experts are collaborating with their colleagues in animal health [veterinarians].” Length: 39:20 minutes.  Speakers are: Lonnie…

One Health Principles Applied to Human Domestic Violence   “Between animal and human medicine there are no dividing lines–nor should there be.”      Rudolf Virchow, MD (the father of cellular pathology)   Provided to the One Health Initiative website October 23, 2012 by:   *Kevin M. Sherin, MD, MPH     The way people treat their…

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column… The One Health solution By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 27 September 2012 “The popular press is finally recognizing the important connections among human, animal, and environmental health. Environmental destruction, global trade and travel, intensive agriculture, and other human activities all lead to the emergence of previously unknown…

Please see previous NEWS item on this page:   One Health Initiative website audience asking: “where is reference to One Health in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention  Stategic plan?”   Answer:   ONE HEALTH within the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease Strategic Plan http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/strategicplan_NCEZID.pdf is specifically…