One Health News

National Academies of Practice (NAP) Elects First Veterinarian as President   Press Release submitted to One Health Initiative website August 17, 2013   For more information, please contact:   Alice Villalobos, DVM, FNAP dralicev@aol.com   cell 310-261-1015 Note: Dr. Villalobos is Chair, Veterinary Academy, National Academies of Practice (NAP)   and   Kimberly Korbel, Executive Director…

NEWS item submitted to One Health Initiative website August 6, 2013   Hospital personnel need greater awareness of animal-to-human disease threats   Clifford Warwick, PGDipMedSci, CBiol, CSci, EurProBiol, FOCAE, FSB Consultant Biologist & Medical Scientist Riverside House, River Lawn Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1EP, UK mail@emergentdisease.org cliffordwarwick@yahoo.com   Susan Corning, BA, MSc, BVSc, MRCVS, FRSPH…

 Rabies in Taiwan after 50 years — in wildlife By Jack Woodall, PhD Three ferret-badgers were found dead on the island in 2012, between May and December, but rabies tests were only carried out in June 2013.  The delay was presumably due to the extremely low index of suspicion, because Taiwan had been rabies-free since…

Important Annual Rabies in the Americas (RITA) XXIV meeting: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 27-31, 2013 “The Rabies in the Americas (RITA) meeting is an annual event that has been held since 1990. It has been hosted in many countries across the Americas. For many years, RITA has grown in popularity and prominence with delegates now…

Submitted to One Health Initiative website July 19, 2013 by Professor Anna Meredith, MA, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS, Chair, Zoological and Conservation Medicine Head of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin Midlothia EH25 9RT www.ed.ac.uk/vet/conservation-medicine  Posted July 31, 2013…

Submitted exclusively to One Health Initiative website June 28. 2013   *Aspergillus felis – One-health & Public Health Implications   **Vanessa R Barrs, BVSc(hons), MVetClinStud, FANCVSc(Feline Medicine), Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney Malcolm Richardson, PhD, FSB, FRCPath, FInstSSE, University Hospital of South Manchester (Wythenshawe Hospital), Manchester, UK Tineke van Doorn, BSc, CBS-KNAW…

Director World Health Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign Joins One Health Initiative Honorary Advisory Board   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is delighted to announce that Dr. D. A. Henderson, a physician, has accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on July 17, 2013.  He said, “I am…

Submitted exclusively to One Health Initiative website June 21, 2013   …“Without the consistent and adequate support of the university and the college leaders, such an innovative interdisciplinary approach to education would not succeed,” Dr. Cates noted.  “We are very fortunate here to have some leaders who are willing to fund non-traditional approaches in a…

Submitted exclusively to One Health Initiative website and posted on NEWS page July 10, 2013   An Account of Recent One Health Actions   Stephanie Crawford, BS, MPH(c) American Public Health Association (APHA) Policy Center Intern                                                                                                                             Stephanie.Crawford@apha.org 202-777-3928   Tracy Kolian, MPH American Public Health Association Center for Public Health Policy Deputy Director Tracy.kolian@apha.org 202-777-2435…

Commentary provided exclusively to the One Health Initiative website July 5, 2013  The Need to Include Animal Protection in Public Health Policies  *Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPHAuthor, Animals and Public Health. Why Treating Animals Better is Critical to Human Welfarewww.ayshaakhtar.com  “Recent experience with emerging infectious diseases such as H7N9 reminds us of the intricate connection between…

Wildlife Disease Association Endorses One Health   July 1, 2013—“It is my very great pleasure to inform you that the President of the Wildlife Disease Association www.wildlifedisease.org, Dr. Dolores Gavier-Widen [DVM, MS, PhD], and the Governing Council has authorized me to inform you that the Association officially endorses the One Health Initiative (OHI) and requests…

Submitted exclusively to the One Health Initiative website June 20, 2013   One Health Sweden   The Swedish One Health network is an example of an informal but successful network for physicians, veterinarians, ecologists, biologists, philosophers and others with an interest in human and animal health, with a focus on zoonotic infections and antibiotic resistance.…

The One Health Initiative at University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) – USA   “Throughout the world, hunger, poverty, and infectious disease threaten the world’s overall health and well-being. Without action, these issues will spiral out of control and have irreversible effects. The One Health Initiative has shown a clear commitment to…

Nobel Laureate Joins One Health Initiative Honorary Advisory Board   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team is happy to announce that Professor Dr. Peter C. Doherty, a veterinarian and Nobel Laureate graciously accepted becoming a member of the team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php on June 14, 2013.   The Advisory Board was established in…

Exclusive Report to One Health Initiative website June 13, 2013… http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Up%20date%20on%20One%20Health%20in%20Australia%202013%20EXCLUSIVE%20to%20OHI%20June14%202013.pdf     Update on One Health in Australia   Following the 2011 1st International Conference on One Health in Australia, there was a lot of energy and enthusiasm to develop further the one health concepts and to operationalize activities. In reality this has not…

Important One Health Book Reminder!   Check out the groundbreaking ‘first of its kind’ One Health book entitled Human-Animal Medicine – Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and other Shared Health Risks http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416068372. “Human-Animal Medicine is an innovative reference exploring the unprecedented convergence of human, animal, and environmental health, triggering global pandemics and requiring new clinical…

*Hendra Virus Vaccine:  A Classical Example of One Health   Thomas P. Monath, MD In November, 2012, Pfizer Animal Health launched Equivac®HeV, a vaccine for the prevention of Hendra virus disease of horses in Australia. Since horses are a major source of contact spread of Hendra virus to humans, the vaccine promises to make an…

What is the essence of One Health (formerly called One Medicine)?   Answer:  There are more than one definitions of “One Health”.  However, one that is widely accepted and quoted in other publications is “The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for…

Final Reminder…   Reminder: The First World Research and Innovation Congress is scheduled June 5 & 6, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium – Posted One Health Initiative website Tuesday, April 23, 2013   The First World Research and Innovation Congress is scheduled June 5 & 6, 2013 – Brussels, Belgium   The first World Research and…

An important One Health organizational supportive endeavor…     The National Academies of Practice (NAP) http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php   Please see https://netforum.avectra.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=NAP2&WebCode=AboutNAP “…Dr. Cummings suggested to his colleagues that what the Congress needed was an interdisciplinary body of health care practitioners that would set aside turf battles and advise Congress as to what was best for the…