One Health Publications

The One Health Initiative: The Collaboration between Human and Animal Medicine Written by Carol Petersen, RPh, CNP – Women’s International Pharmacy The idea of a “One Health” organization started with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). In 2006, they created a multidisciplinary task force of representatives from different health professions to explore the possibility of working together on solutions and treatments. The resulting One Health Initiative promotes active collaboration among professionals caring for animals and professionals caring for humans. Their vision statement says that they are “dedicated to improving the lives of all species, human and animal, through the integration of human medicine, veterinary medicine and environmental science.” ... SEE: https://www.womensinternational.com/one-health-initiative/.    

Overview of Zoonotic Diseases in Turkey: The One Health Concept and Future Threats ABSTRACT Zoonotic infections are globally important diseases and lead to huge economic losses in both low- and middle-income and high-income countries. Global warming, environmental and ecological changes, illegal movement of animals and humans, regional civil wars, and poverty are predisposing factors for the emergence of zoonotic infections and their distribution worldwide; they are also a big threat for the future. In addition, environmental pollution and antimicrobial resistance are immense serious threats and dangers to prevent and control zoonotic infections. The natural location of Turkey allows many emerged or re-emerged infections with zoonotic characteristics by animal movements, such as bird immigrations, and by human movements due to civil wars as seen with regional refugees. Numerous zoonotic diseases, including 37 bacterial, 13 fungal, 29 viral, 28 parasitic (3 trematodes, 7 cestodes, 10 nematodes, and 8 protozoan), and totally 107 infections, have been reported from Turkey to date. Additionally, many ectoparasitic zoonoses within 15 different arthropod groups and one leech infestation have been reported from Turkey to date. The “One Health” initiative is particularly relevant for developing strategies to combat zoonotic diseases. In this article, we review the occurrence of zoonotic diseases in man and animals in Turkey in the light of the “One Health” perspective. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/sayilar/71/buyuk/39-80.pdf      

One Health Day 2018 Launch Press release One Health Day is an international, global campaign coordinated by the One Health Commission www.onehealthcommission.org, the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team www.onehealthinitiative.com and the One Health Platform Foundation www.onehealthplatform.com.

http://mbio.asm.org/content/9/3/e00909-18 Emergence and Evolution of Novel Reassortant Influenza A Viruses in Canines in Southern China ABSTRACT The capacity of influenza A viruses (IAVs) to host jump from animal reservoir species to humans presents an ongoing pandemic threat. Birds and swine are considered major reservoirs of viral genetic diversity, whereas equines and canines have historically been restricted to one or two stable IAV lineages with no transmission to humans. Here, by sequencing the complete genomes of 16 IAVs obtained from canines in southern China (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region [Guangxi]) in 2013 to 2015, we demonstrate that the evolution of canine influenza viruses (CIVs) in Asian dogs is increasingly complex, presenting a potential threat to humans. First, two reassortant H1N1 virus genotypes were introduced independently from swine into canines in Guangxi, including one genotype associated with a zoonotic infection. The genomes contain segments from three lineages that circulate in swine in China: North American triple reassortant H3N2, Eurasian avian-like H1N1, and pandemic H1N1. Furthermore, the swine-origin H1N1 viruses have transmitted onward in canines and reassorted with the CIV-H3N2 viruses that circulate endemically in Asian dogs, producing three novel reassortant CIV genotypes (H1N1r, H1N2r, and H3N2r [r stands for reassortant]). CIVs from this study were collected primarily from pet dogs presenting with respiratory symptoms at veterinary clinics, but dogs in Guangxi are also raised for meat, and street dogs roam freely, creating a more complex ecosystem for CIV transmission. Further surveillance is greatly needed to understand the full genetic diversity of CIV in southern China, the nature of viral emergence and persistence in the region’s diverse canine populations, and the zoonotic risk as the viruses continue to evolve. IMPORTANCE Mammals have emerged as critically underrecognized sources of influenza virus diversity, including pigs that were the source of the 2009 pandemic and bats and bovines that harbor highly divergent viral lineages. Here, we identify two reassortant IAVs that recently host switched from swine to canines in southern China, including one virus with known zoonotic potential. Three additional genotypes were generated via reassortment events in canine hosts, demonstrating the capacity of dogs to serve as “mixing vessels.” The continued expansion of IAV diversity in canines with high human contact rates requires enhanced surveillance and ongoing evaluation of emerging pandemic threats.

 ONE HEALTH Engaging in a Multidisciplinary Approach Comments by Bernadette Dunham, DVM, PhD Milken Institute School of Public Health The George Washington University For the BIO International Convention – One Health Day June 4, 2018, Boston, MA Dr. Dunham is a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.    SEE: attachment and https://goo.gl/aDpWSH

Core Competencies in One Health Education: What Are We Missing? By Eri Togami, Jennifer L. Gardy, Gail R. Hansen, George H. Poste, David M. Rizzo, Mary E. Wilson, and Jonna A. K. Mazet June 04, 2018 | Discussion Paper https://nam.edu/core-competencies-in-one-health-education-what-are-we-missing/ Provided by: V. Ayano Ogawa, S.M. Program Officer Board on Global Health | Health and Medicine Division The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 Phone:  202.334.1349 

Duke One Health Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) Virus hunters: One Health Bass Connections video of undergrads work in Sarawak https://sites.globalhealth.duke.edu/dukeonehealth/media/videos/

  U.S.A.   ISSUE 3 June 2018 SEE Complete Newsletter issue attached https://mailchi.mp/6500e3465e8f/duke-ne-health-team-news  

Worth Repeating...     Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security find that a potential global catastrophic risk-level pandemic pathogen will most likely have a respiratory mode of transmission.   “... Cultivating and maintaining expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, and pathogenicity of all classes of microbes, with explicit incorporation of a One Health approach—which incorporates and integrates information from infectious diseases of plants, amphibians, and reptiles—will help foster the flexible and robust capacity needed for pandemic preparedness and GCBR work. ...” http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2018/180510-pandemic-pathogens-report.pdf

Google Alert... Innovation in animal health: Sifting the tangible actions from the political ideas EURACTIV In this respect, the recent own-initiative Report on the European One Health Action Plan Against AMR drafted by MEP Karin Kadenbach, calls for ...

  Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security find that a potential global catastrophic risk-level pandemic pathogen will most likely have a respiratory mode of transmission.   “... Cultivating and maintaining expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, and pathogenicity of all classes of microbes, with explicit incorporation of a One Health approach—which incorporates and integrates information from infectious diseases of plants, amphibians, and reptiles—will help foster the flexible and robust capacity needed for pandemic preparedness and GCBR work. ...”   GLOBAL PANDEMIC PATHOGEN: Characteristic, host factors – Outbreak News release today... Global pandemic pathogen: Characteristics, host factors - Outbreak News Today and see http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2018/180510-pandemic-pathogens-report.pdf   Recommendation 1: Preparedness against GCBR-level threats should have a focused approach with some flexibility. Though the highest-ranked pandemic potential pathogens were RNA viruses spread via the respiratory route, it is important to distinguish between what is most likely and what is possible. RNA viruses spread via the respiratory route merit prioritization, but other classes of microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, should not be dismissed.   Since RNA viruses that are spread via the respiratory route have the characteristics that are most concerning in terms of their ability to cause global catastrophic threats, surveillance, science, and countermeasure development programs and efforts should logically allocate significant resources to them. Except for influenza and certain coronaviruses, this is largely not the case. In addition, as we said above, other classes of infections should not be ignored given their pandemic potential characteristics.   Cultivating and maintaining expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, and pathogenicity of all classes of microbes, with explicit incorporation of a One Health approach—which incorporates and integrates information from infectious diseases of plants, amphibians, and reptiles—will help foster the flexible and robust capacity needed for pandemic preparedness and GCBR work.

Old-World Virus, New Tricks: Inside Kerala’s Quest To Contain The Deadly Nipah Virus SEE in full: https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/05/24/old-world-virus-new-tricks-inside-kerala-s-quest-to-contain-the-deadly-nipah-virus_a_23443118/   ...The animal health department is collecting samples of rats, bats and other species to find the Nipah reservoir host. Samples are being analyzed by the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal. This is a very good example of the One Health approach, where animal and human health and public health, the administration, state government, central government all coming together and containing this outbreak, said Arunkumar of Manipal.   “... Almost three-fourths of all diseases that afflict humans originate in animals, and a new zoonosis has been emerging or re-emerging every year. SARS, MERS-CoV, Ebola and H5N1 have all sparked fear and cost the global economy tens of billions of dollars.   In the early 2000s, a trio of scientists in the U.S. recognized that animal and human health are intricately connected. They advocated for a One Health approach that integrates human health, animal health, agriculture and the environment to respond to and avoid outbreaks. Few nations have so far taken a pro-active approach to stopping animal-to-human transmission before they happen, according to various studies. Health systems, including Indias, are focused instead on stopping pandemics, through quarantine, drugs and vaccines.   The animal health department is collecting samples of rats, bats and other species to find the Nipah reservoir host. Samples are being analyzed by the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal.   Some aspects of the approach found takers in India in 2005 following an H5N1 avian flu outbreak. For the first time, animal, environment, wildlife and human health departments coordinated to monitor and develop avian influenza contingency plans. South Asia, and India in particular, is a hotspot for emerging and re-emerging zoonosis due to its tropical forests, high biodiversity, high poverty rate and a large number of people living in close proximity to animals.   Since then, the Indian government has been setting up a network of virus detection labs. With help from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has set up more Biosafety Level- 3 and 4 labs where scientists can safely study the most dangerous viruses. ...”

TWO RECENT ‘One Health’ BENCHMARK COMMENTS FROM LEADING INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION & RESEARCH VIPs     Friday, May 11, 2018      Dr. Garth Manning WONCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO)     WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors [physicians]) Newsletter POSTs “One Health” member notice “WONCA http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/ and One Health - “WONCA, the World Organisation of Family Doctors [physicians], now has over 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with membership of about 500,000 family doctors [physicians]   “WONCA is pleased to be associated with One Health, which is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment. ...”  Original notification to One Health Initiative team of WONCA support/endorsement of One Health in July 2015 https://goo.gl/NT8Aeu.                                                                                 ____________________________________________________ Friday, March 09, 2018   U.S. National Institute of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Addresses One Health “ ….We have long embraced a one-health paradigm at NIAID, especially in the realm of emerging and re-emerging diseases, most of which are zoonoses and must be studied in the context of the ecosystems humans share with microbes, non-human hosts, vectors, reservoirs and other actors. Many of the research efforts about which I speak and write almost daily fall under the one health rubric…” https://goo.gl/nKVbFF  

Friday, 18 May 2018 08:37 ASM Partners with Smithsonian on “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” Written by Stefano Bertuzzi Go see the Smithsonian exhibit “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World,” which reminds us of the relationships encompassed in the One Health concept Read more... https://www.asm.org/index.php/ceo-blog/item/7287-asm-partners-with-smithsonian-on-outbreak-epidemics-in-a-connected-world

SEE all One Health Newsletters published via the Florida Department of Health and University of Florida (2008 through 2017):   http://epi.ufl.edu/onehealth/news/one-health-newsletter/ or http://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/previous.html          

Kansas State University (College of Veterinary Medicine) One Health Newsletter http://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/ Released May 14, 2018 - OHNL 2018 Volume 10 Issue 1 (PDF) http://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/index.html    

 ___________________________________________________ U.S. National Institute of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Addresses One Health “ ….We have long embraced a one-health paradigm at NIAID, especially in the realm of emerging and re-emerging diseases, most of which are zoonoses and must be studied in the context of the ecosystems humans share with microbes, non-human hosts, vectors, reservoirs and other actors. Many of the research efforts about which I speak and write almost daily fall under the one health rubric…” https://goo.gl/nKVbFF ___________________________________________________

Lassa fever in Nigeria: the tale of a reactive health system (includes One Health approach) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30862-6/fulltext  

View this email in your browser   Join the University Lounge of the 5th International One Health Congress before Friday 25 May 2018 and benefit from the reduced early bird registration fee. The University Lounge is a separate exhibition, centrally located on the congress floor, and is open to institutions from all over the globe. The Lounge is specifically designed for academic institutions to showcase their One Health research and share information on courses, post-doc positions and consortia. Participants in the University Lounge receive: a tabletop stand and brochure display rack  recognition in the congress programme book recognition on the congress website No separate supporter’s fees will be charged, but to secure space in the University Lounge, academic institutions need to register and pay for at least 10 delegates. The reduced early bird fee of CAD 1,090 will apply for University Lounge registrations until 25 May 2018. To benefit from this offer, send your list of participants to registration manager Elina Martin at e.martin@onehealthplatform.com She will process your delegates online registrations and provide payment details. <!-- --> Visit the congress website       Our mailing address is: One Health Platform Foundation Overheet 48 Berlare 9290 Belgium Add us to your address book  

Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine Purdue One Health Club Our organization is dedicated to advancing the One Health approach by uniting veterinarians, physicians, environmental scientists, and other health professionals in order to address the complex problems that occur at the junction of our fields of expertise.  This integrated approach to health allows us to improve the well-being of animals, people, and the environment simultaneously.  Our club focuses on providing timely lectures and wet labs and also provides opportunities for community outreach.  SEE:  https://vet.purdue.edu/savma/club-ONEHEALTH.php Cancer Research to Benefit Pet Animals   and People   Our work is aimed at improving the outlook for pet animals and people with cancer. Certain types of cancer are very similar between dogs and humans. Progress made in dogs with these cancers can lead to advances in humans, as well as being very helpful to the dogs. Learn about our mission. SEE: https://vet.purdue.edu/pcop/  Note: this comparative medicine program fits well into the umbrella tradition of the “One World, One Medicine, One Health” concept http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/OneHealth2.