One Health Publications

Coughs and sneezes, bats, birds, pigs and you   By Jack Woodall, PhD   Dr. Jack Woodall is a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH.  He is a Co-founder and Associate Editor of ProMED-mail and contents manager of the One Health Initiative website’s ProMED Outbreak Reports page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/promed.php   Posted on One Health Initiative website December 14, 2012   Please see attachment.

Quarterly One Health Newsletter Fall 2012 Volume 5 Issue 4 Published   Please see http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/One_Health/FallOHNL2012.pdf or http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php   Subscribe: OH@doh.state.fl.us   Submit articles, contact the editor, Elizabeth Radke, MPH: ohnleditor@gmail.com

November 21, 2012 One Health Research Leads to Test and Treatment for Preeclampsia [hopefully for humans] - USA “College Station, TX-Many of the health problems in the world today not only impact humans, but also animals and the environment. To find solutions, researchers have increasingly taken a One Health approach leading to the development of collaborations as unique as the answers they seek. One example of this One Health approach involves the work of physicians, veterinarians, and environmental scientists at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.  Dr. Jules B. Puschett, a physician and research professor in the Veterinary Pathobiology Department at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), along with researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, have developed an animal model they hope will lead to a way to predict and prevent preeclampsia in humans. …” Please read more http://vetmed.tamu.edu/news/press-releases/one-health-research-leads-to-test-and-treatment-for-preeclampsia   Graciously provided by:   Mike Chaddock, DVM, EML Assistant Dean for One Health and Strategic Initiatives College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M University Mchaddock@cvm.tamu.edu Suite 101, VMA Building 4461 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4461 (USA) Tel. 979.845.5617 Fax. 979.845.5088   Note: Dr. Chaddock is a widely respected One Health supporter/advocate.

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium Integrating our understandings of zoonoses,ecosystems and wellbeing   Dynamic Drivers of Disease in AfricaNewsletter no.1: October 2012   http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=df0b28f6b491641b14e76c0cc&id=e2a325a31a   Graciously provided by:   Naomi Marks Communications Officer Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium STEPS Centre Twitter: @DDDAC_org Sign up to our newsletter Tel: +44 (0) 1273 915606

One Health Initiative Support from World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association World Medical Association President (former American Medical Association President) physician Cecil B. Wilson, MD, longstanding One Health supporter/advocate.   See Dr. Wilson’s blog http://www.wma.net/en/45blogs/2012_pblog13/index.html

Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility? Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:130 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-130 - Published: 28 June 2012 Please see: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/5/1/130/abstract

Duke Global Health Institute (USA)   News Article November 20, 2012 One Health Course Open to Graduate Students From Triangle (USA)   “Students from Duke, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) will share the classroom next semester as part of the One Health (GLHLTH 771/ENVIRON 774) course. The innovative graduate-level course, which was among the first to be taught in the nation two years ago, will be offered again this spring semester. Student registration for the course is open, and students from all backgrounds and interests are encouraged to enroll. ...”   READ MORE: http://globalhealth.duke.edu/news-events/global-health-news-at-duke/one-health-course-open-to-graduate-students-from-triangle

Outstanding New One Health website online at University of California (USA)   Please see http://i-onehealth.org/   Note: There are resources for students and faculty, videos, photos, job listings, etc.   Provided to the One Health Initiative website by:   Michael D. Lairmore DVM, PhD Dean School of Veterinary Medicine University of California – Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616

One Health Forum Korea 2012 December 13-14th 2012 Faculty Club Seoul National University Seoul, Korea http://www.onehealth.kr/index.php?mm_code=704&sm_code=706

One Health Position -- New Mexico State Land Office (USA)   The New Mexico State Land Office is currently recruiting for our One-Health Field Operations Manager (SLO #5885); additional  information about the agency may be found at www.nmstatelands.org   http://www.nmstatelands.org     Purpose of Position: The One-Health Program is an approach to improving community health in all species and the environment through sustainable land management practices. Communities can only thrive if they remain attractive and livable, with sufficient quantities of clean water, clean air, efficient, affordable buildings, healthful food choices, healthy food animals, and leaders who are committed to cooperative long-range planning for a sustainable future. As a major strategy of the New Mexico State Land Office Strategic Plan, this manager will oversee the One-Health Program initiative. This initiative is comprised of three fundamental components that facilitate sound land management.  A comprehensive, contemporary and accurate asset inventory contained within a geo-database to allow informed decisions involving complex interacting systems.  A Decision Support System that leverages asset inventory data to provide detailed multifaceted data and predictive analysis.  Applied management to promote the health and sustainability of state trust land to assure long-term viability. Management decisions through One-Health Program will allow the New Mexico State Land Office to best determine the courses of action providing the greatest benefit to the trust.   The job advertisement may be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/newmexico/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=553094&hit_count=yes&headerFooter=1&promo=0&transfer=0&WDDXJobSearchParams=wddxPacketversion1.0headerdatastructvarnameCATEGORYIDstring-1stringvarvarnamePROMOTIONALJOBSstring0stringvarvarnameTRANSFERstring0stringvarvarnameFIND_KEYWORDstring5885stringvarstructdatawddxPacket   Provided by:   John A. Romero, DVM Assistant Commissioner Field Operations New Mexico State Land Office 310 Old Santa Fe Trail PO Box 1148 Santa Fe NM 87505-1148 (USA) (505) 827-5768 Fax: (505) 827-5766

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.   Investigating Liver Disease in Ethiopia [A One Health Approach] “A strange new illness was spreading throughout Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia. In this dry, mountainous area, people living in remote homes and villages were coming down with what appeared to be the same unknown disease. Residents of Tigray were all too familiar with the tropical diseases common in this region, and they recognized this illness was not one of them. But what was it? ...”   The Investigation Begins ... In 2005 a multidisciplinary team began an investigation into the disease and its causes under the principle of the “One Health Approach.” The team included physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, and environmental and plant scientists. They came from the Ethiopia Ministry of Health and Ethiopia Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), the Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture, WHO-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa and Mekele Universities, Tigray Regional Health Bureaus and Tigray Agricultural and Rural Development Bureau. Despite their efforts, the mystery remained unsolved. ...   Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/stories/Ethiopia.html

Surveillance of zoonotic infectious diseases transmitted by small companion animals, Day M J, Breitschwerdt E, Cleaveland S, Karkare U, Khanna C, Kirpensteijn J, Kuiken T, Lappin MR, McQuiston J, Mumford E, Myers T, Palatnik-de-Sousa CB, Rubin C, Takashima G, Thiermann A.  Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 18, issue 12, December 2012.   Please see above U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emerging Infectious Disease Journal article link: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0664_article.htm     *The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) issues Press Release November 12, 2012:   Call for global monitoring of infectious diseases in dogs and cats   “Most emerging infectious diseases of humans come from animals.  International health agencies monitor these diseases, but they do so only for humans and livestock, not for companion dogs and cats.  A new study recommends a global system is needed to monitor infectious diseases of companion dogs and cats. ...”   *Press release:  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/12NovMichaelDayJournalofEmergingInfectiousDiseases.pdf

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)   US increases funding to combat influenza and emerging disease threats   Continued partnership will strengthen countries preparedness, surveillance and response   Some countries are still facing sporadic outbreaks of bird flu. “29 October 2012, Rome - FAOs commitment to fight emerging disease threats in hotspot regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UN agency said today. ... ...‘One Health approach These activities are part of a broader effort by FAO and its partners, including the World Health Organization [WHO] and the World Organisation for Animal Health [OIE], to address zoonotic and other high impact diseases by addressing complex health threats through a holistic and multi-disciplinary lens. ...” Please read complete article: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/163271/icode/  

September 17, 2012 – Clinician’s Brief Journal, the official publication of the North American Veterinary Conference   Evolutionary Biology: The Scientific Basis for One Health & an Essential Part of Biomedical Education By Leonard C. Marcus, VMD, MD & James P. Evans, MD, PhD

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The facts of fungi By *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 24 October 2012 “Its the season for blood-sucking bats and flesh-eating zombies, but even the most ghoulish Halloween character cant hold a candle to one of the scariest life forms around: fungi. ...”  Please read more: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-facts-of-fungi    *Dr. Kahn is a member of the: One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH  

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinicians Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules   October 2012 issue – Please see attached PDF   *Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.”    The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.   Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:   Michelle N. Munkres, Managing Editor and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor NAVC Clinician’s Brief http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/ Educational Concepts, LLC 2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760 Tulsa, OK 74104 T: (918) 710-4610 F: (918) 749-1987

Kansas State University (USA) – One Health Course offered ONE HEALTH: A Wealth of Health: Online Course Links Human, Animal, Environmental Health Triad August 9, 2012 MANHATTAN -- The health of animals, people and the environment are inextricably linked. A new online course at Kansas State University shows just how interrelated this health triad is -- and why the concept of one health is gaining ground among health professionals. Introduction to One Health -- BIOL 697, CS 890 and DMP 895 -- will be offered this fall. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, it ties together health concepts that traditionally would be taught in separate health classes or degree programs. It covers the complex health relationships between humans and animals, humans and the environment, and animals and the environment. ... See full press release: http://www.dce.k-state.edu/about/news/2012/august-9

Please see World Veterinary Association link: http://worldvet.org/node/10047   “Gap assessment of animal health legislation in Sri Lanka for emerging infectious disease preparedness”   Outlook on Agriculture, Volume 41, Number 3, September 2012, pp. 203-208(6)       Provided by One Health supporter/advocate:   Dr. Ravi  Dissanayake.BVSc, MVSc, Attorney-at-Law Commissioner for OathsInternational Consultant- Disease Information ExpertFAO Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases for South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsRavi.Dissanayake@fao.org

  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 pages 24, 25   The recognition that most new human pathogens emerge from animal reservoirs (40,41) has given rise to a One Health approach to disease prevention that links human, animal, and environmental health. One Health approaches typically aim to prevent or control zoonotic diseases—diseases caused by microbes that infect both humans and animals.   24 | CDC ID Framework The elimination of canine rabies in the United States in 2004 after decades of intensive surveillance, laboratory advancements, and vaccination efforts on the part of human and veterinary science communities is a prime example of successful One Health collaborations, providing a model for improved understanding and control of emerging zoonoses and offering potential for developing countries, where canine rabies continues to cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. One Health policies and actions can facilitate early detection of new diseases that emerge from animal and insect reservoirs and also offer potential means for improving food safety and preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Examples include policies that support interdisciplinary collaborations and communications on all aspects of healthcare for humans and animals, in accordance with the goals of the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com. Other One Health policy goals include - Active participation of agricultural and veterinary partners in integrated analysis of animal health and human health data to identify new threats - Improved linkages between veterinary experts and state and local epidemiologists (e.g., via the Environmental Health Specialist Network - Strategies that reduce the risk of importing infectious diseases into the United States via animals and cargo. In addition to domestic partners in these efforts, CDC also works with USAID, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other international partners to promote worldwide One Health planning and cooperation.   CONCLUSION CDC’s ID Framework seeks to mobilize partners and actions to sustain and advance the fundamental infectious disease surveillance, laboratory, and epidemiologic capacities that support our nation’s public health system, recognizing current challenges facing federal, state, and local agencies while realizing vast opportunities for innovative work. Effective and expansive partnerships working to implement proven practices and to identify and evaluate new public health strategies remain our best means of achieving these goals—protecting health and saving lives. October 2011 | 25   40. Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 2008;451:990–993. 41. Taylor LH, Latham SM, Woolhouse ME. Risk factors for human disease emergence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2001;356:983–989.      

One Health in ACTION...   PLoS ONE open-access:   Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort   Nolan MS, Podoll AS, Hause AM, Akers KM, Finkel KW, et al. (2012) Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040374 “In experimental models of West Nile virus (WNV) infection, animals develop chronic kidney infection with histopathological changes in the kidney up to 8-months post-infection. However, the long term pathologic effects of acute infection in humans are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess renal outcomes following WNV infection, specifically the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...” Please read more: http://www.plosone.org/article/infodoi10.1371journal.pone.0040374 or see attached PDF.