One Health News

Important One Health oriented interview with an Outstanding University of Pennsylvania Dean… Q&A with Joan Hendricks, VMD, PhD [USA] Dr. Hendricks http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g293/p20944, a veterinarian, is a prominent longstanding One Health supporter/advocate/leader http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php. By Heather A. Davis – May 8, 2014   Penn Current, Office of University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications, 200 Sansom Place…

A significant One Health translational medicine research approach…Regrowth of injured muscles in mice and humans has been demonstrated by a multidisciplinary research team.   “An Acellular Biologic Scaffold Promotes Skeletal Muscle Formation in Mice and Humans with Volumetric Muscle Loss”   Citation: B. M. Sicari, J. P. Rubin, C. L. Dearth, M. T. Wolf, F.…

  A new Promotional published in The Lancet…in need of revision! Entitled “From public to planetary health: a manifesto” http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(14)60710-8.pdf   http://preview.smartfocusdigital.com/go.asp?/.2014.digitalmarketing.planetaryhealth.homepage/bELA001&utm_source=blank&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=               *  *  *  *  * In respectful opposition, the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team, Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪…

Physician Editor of Missouri Medical Association Journal (USA) Joins One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. John C. Hagan http://www.discovervision.com/kansas-city/john-c-hagan-m-d.htm, a physician editor and ophthalmologist, has graciously accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on May 5,…

Visionary Joint One Health Endorsement Message by Physician and Veterinarian from India   “The fascinating history of human and animal medicine shows how concepts have developed over time. Each generation builds on the knowledge of the previous one. There have been antecedents to the concept of One Health from the days of Rudolf Virchow [physician],…

A One Health issue, Food Safety—   Food Safety in USA: Irradiation of Food, an essential tool neglected for decades…   a disgrace!     http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/FoodSafetyIrraditiontoolOHIwebsitePostingApril30,2014.pdf   “Michael T. Osterholm [PhD, MPH], director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, blames an *“anti-science movement” for the public resistance.…

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…