One Health News

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…

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Office of the Director NCEZID Plan 2012-2017   See Strategic Plan: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/strategicplan_NCEZID.pdf (Page 2) and also posted on CDC’s website at http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/     Promote One Health approaches to prevent emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases   http://www.cdc.gov/oid/docs/ID-Framework.pdf  See…

One Health Public Health Leader Appointed Deputy Commissioner of Florida Department of Agriculture (USA)     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sterling Ivey October 5, 2012 (850) 617-7737     Commissioner Putnam Announces Deputy Commissioner    Dr. Lisa Conti Appointed as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Science Officer   Tallahassee, FL (USA) – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture…

One Health in ACTION…   Vaccines and Diagnostics Workshop   An interdisciplinary group of 160 scientists from academia, industry and government met from September 17th to 19th, 2012 in Ames, Iowa for a workshop on Vaccines and Diagnostics for Transboundary Diseases. The workshop was sponsored by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and…

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team/website Links and Collaborates with the Bella Moss Foundation …   Please see: www.thebellamossfoundation.com and http://www.thebellamossfoundation.com/about-the-foundation/partners-collaborations/.     Educating, supporting, pet career’s and vets on the treatment of resistant bacteria “Whether you’re looking after an ill pet, a person with a serious infection, someone who has concerns about how…

ProMED Editor Urges Attendance at Upcoming 2013 “International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance” (IMED)    Lawrence C. Madoff, MD, Editor of ProMED-mail http://www.promedmail.org/ is urging the One Health community and all others to “recognize the importance of and consider attending the IMED 2013 meeting, coming up in February in Vienna and co-sponsored by ProMED…

Important Czech Republic Organizations Join Worldwide One Health Movement   Recently the One Health Initiative Autonomous Pro Bono team was contacted by Prof. MVDr. Karel Hruska, CSc., Manager and editor, CENTAUR Global Network and Editor-in-Chief of Veterinarni Medicina advising us that two major Czech Republic organizations are strong supporters of the One Health concept: Biomedical Technology,…

One Health Initiative website Honorary Advisory Board Joined by U.S. Food and Drug Administration Official   September 14, 2012 — Today we proudly announce that among the current outstanding One Health supporter/advocates and recognized leaders, Kathleen F. Gensheimer, MD, MPH, has graciously agreed to serve as a participating member of the One Health Initiative website…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          Contact: Teres Lambert Sept. 18, 2012                                                                             847-838-2966                                                                                                                                                                                                 tlambert@animalagriculture.org National Institute for Animal Agriculture 13570 Meadowgrass Drive, Suite 201 Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Office:  719-538-8843, Ext. 14 Fax:  719-538-8847   Audience Participation a Priority at Antimicrobial Use, Resistance Symposium   COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.— Advanced technology and a highly interactive…

“Apple Pie…The Flag…Motherhood and…One Health”?   See three combined powerful validations for using One Health principles in the 21st Century post-haste!!!   #1 Revised compilation July 17, 2012 One Health achievements previously documented on the One Health Initiative website since 2009:   http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealthAchievementsPOSTEDonOHIwebsitesince2009.pdf   #2 July 20, 2012 – One Health Initiative website team: One…

Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies…REPORT: Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach – Workshop Summary Released: September 10, 2012 “Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to health. In…

“…[more] convincing evidence for the necessity of a One Health approach to infectious disease…”   A Comprehensive Review of Emerging Zoonoses Conference September 7, 2012  – Press Release:               The unity of veterinary medicine, human medicine and environmental awareness has been stressed in a Special Supplement of the September issue of Zoonoses and Public…

  Reminder: Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference – September 11-14, 2012 Annual Conference 2012  Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference  THEME:         “one health, one environment, one world”  WHEN:           September 11-14, 2012  WHERE:         Cool Springs Marriott Hotel and Convention Center – Franklin, Tennessee More information see: http://www.tnpublichealth.org/index.php?id=32

One Health in ACTION – USA   University of California, Davis Veterinarians Collaborate with Engineer for Unique Reconstructive Jawbone Surgery in a Dog…may be Applicable to Humans   UC Davis (USA), School of Veterinary Medicine is well known for its outstanding One Health activities.  A recent One Health news item http://ucdavis.edu/ucdavis-today/2012/august/29-dog-jaw.html posted on their website…