One Health News

“Wildlife and One Health” edition of the One Health Newsletter   One Health Newsletter Published – May 25, 2010 – Spring Issue, 2010 Volume 3 Issue 2   http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php

 Cancer Surgeon and One Health Advocate Saves Human Lives in Tampa, Florida (USA) Prominent oncology surgeon and One Health supporter, Mokenge P. Malafa, MD has been saving lives at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida (USA) for years. Dr. Malafa is chair, department of gastrointestinal oncology, section head, pancreatic oncology and program leader, gastrointestinal tumor program at Moffitt.…

ProMED-mail: A Valuable One Health Asset Worldwide “The costs of doing a poor job tracking infectious diseases as they move between animals and humans have been staggering over the last 60 years.  ProMED-mail (please see our ProMED page on this website) makes a valiant and remarkable effort to overcome this deficit.  A cadre of physicians,…

Please see previous News Item RE: One Health in ACTION!   More about Dr. Breitschwerdt and his laboratory’s research contributions to One Health… Flea Bites Linked with Chronic Infections [by a veterinarian], Possible Birth Defects [human infants] – USA http://twt.tl/2mB1Bnl   Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt, a veterinarian, directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory (IPRL)in the Center for Comparative…

One Health in Action! Flea Bites Linked with Chronic Infections [by a veterinarian], Possible Birth Defects [human infants] – USA http://twt.tl/2mB1Bnl A researcher in North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleas–and potentially ticks–can be passed to human babies by the mother, causing chronic infections and raising the possibility…

Official Global One Health Advancement:   Food Agricultural Organization-World Organization for Animal Health-World Health Organization Collaboration Document   The FAO-OIE-WHO Collaboration: a tripartite concept note This document sets a strategic direction for the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the World Health Organization for joint action in addressing health risks…

  ‘International Zoonosis Research Institute’, Islamabad, Pakistan Links to One Health Initiative website    http://www.izrionline.com/ and http://www.izrionline.com/Link.html   Information Provided by:   Nasir Shah Naqvi, PhDChairman International Zoonosis Research Institute  Suite No 5 Second Floor Sajad Shrif Plaza G 11 Markaz Islamabad, Pakistan  

World Medical & Health Policy   www.psocommons.org/wmhp   Vol. 2:Iss. 1, Article 24 (2010)   Review of L. H. Kahn’s Book:  See http://www.psocommons.org/wmhp/vol2/iss1/art24/ Who’s In Charge?  Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and other Public Health Crises   By Arnauld Nicogossian, George Mason University

University of Pittsburgh (USA), Center for Global Health Links with One Health Initiative Website – May 4, 2010             http://www.globalhealth.pitt.edu/resources/additional-links.php     Information provided by:   Joanne Russell, MPPM, RN, CCRC, Director                    and   Donald S. Burke, MD UPMC-Jonas Salk Professor of Global HealthAssociate Vice Chancellor for Global Health

University Library, University of Illinois (USA) at Urbana-Champaign in Forefront of One Medicine/One Health   The University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has and continues to support/promote the One Medicine/One Health initiative.  Their website now links to other significant One Health websites including the One Health Initiative website.  This makes them the 50th known national…

“ONE HEALTH in Action” ANNOUNCMENT: International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) – Global Outreach  www.iamse.org   Peter G. Anderson, DVM, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Director of Pathology Undergraduate Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shares his photographs from a recent trip to Zambia Africa.  Dr. Anderson was selected as a member of…

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (USA) Links Website with One Health Initiative website   http://www.vet.upenn.edu/  and  http://www.vet.upenn.edu/PennVet/AboutUs/tabid/247/Default.aspx   Information provided by:   Kelly Stratton Communication Specialist School of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania 215.898.1475

  See – Excellent One Health Brochure Developed by the U.S. National Park System:  National Park Service Office of Public Health, Wildlife Health, Integrated Pest management, and Risk Management.  Available on website Publications page – http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php

Music Industry News Network Business News (more headlines)     CMA Artist Stephen Michael Apatow Promotes “One World, One Health” World Veterinary Day 2010 April 24, 2010   http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=129586                             Website: http://www.unarts.orgCMA Artist Stephen Michael Apatow, [1] founder of the Humanitarian Resource…

  Humanitarian University ConsortiumDistance Education Initiative  One Medicine: One Health (Zoonotic Disease) Online Course Presented by: Stephen M. Apatow, Director of Research and Development  Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law Zoonotic Disease Online Course: Humanitarian Resource Institute.  Related Textbooks: ·                         Human-Animal Medicine: Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared…

New Zealand One Health Advocate to Receive “Office of the New Zealand Order of Merit” (ONZM)   The Governor General of New Zealand will present the “Office of the New Zealand Order of Merit” (ONZM) award http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/overview/nzom.html—the New Zealand version of the “Most Excellent Order of the British Empire” (OBE)—on Tuesday April 27, 2010, to…

World Veterinary Day – April 24, 2010 Theme: One World, One Health: more cooperation between veterinarians and physicians.   http://www.worldvet.org/taxonomy/term/24

Jenner Vaccine Foundation News   Issue 01/ November 2009   Please see important side bar regarding One Health support on page 5:   “One Health Initiative will be further promoted within the Jenner vaccine Foundation and the Jenner Institute with the appointment of two JENNER FELLOWS in 2010…”   http://www.jennervaccinefoundation.org/JennerNewsletter_web.pdf

The One Health Commission (OHC) www.onehealthcommission.org is an incorporated, not-for-profit organization based in the United States with headquarters currently located in Washington, D.C. The OHC and the One Health Initiative website established website links on April 6, 2010. At that time, following discussions (beginning since the incorporation of the OHC), the two joined forces in…

Co-author/editor of Landmark One Health book named “Florida (USA) Outstanding Woman in Public Health”   April 7, 2010 – University of South Florida, College of Public Health—The Dean of the college of public health, Donna J. Petersen, MHS, ScD presented Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH—a graduate of the USF college of public health—with the prestigious…