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From Oxford Public Health Magazine http://www.oxfordpublichealth.com/magazine/ Achieving the UN-2030 Sustainable - Development Goals through the ‘One World, One Health’ Concept https://issuu.com/oxfordpublichealth/docs/oxph_magazine_issue_4_apr2016/37?e=19297810/34461022

Book review to appear soon in: Oxford Public Health Magazine, Issue 3, page 6, available at www.oxfordpublichealth.com/magazine - See attached PDF Global Population Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century: Toward New Paradigms, Policy and Practice (Springer Publishing, New York, 2016) Author: George R Lueddeke PhD [http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/221215GLShortBio.pdf] A must read for public health, clinical, and social care students, teachers, and practitioners alike, including case studies to provide a thorough and up-to-date account of the past, present, and future of global public health. Dr Lueddeke effectively highlights the ingenuity gap between today’s wicked problems and their potential solutions, with a timely emphasis on the concepts of ‘planetary health’ and ‘integrative ecological public health’. Following on from the four “waves” of public health interventions in developed nations, including water/sanitation (first), medical and scientific breakthroughs (second), the welfare state and social security (third), and the current focus on systems thinking, risk factors, and lifestyle (fourth), there is now an emerging need for the “Fifth Wave” interventions that require complex adaptive systems thinking. Dr Lueddeke presents a manifesto for collective public health action through the ‘One Health’ movement, recognising the inter-dependencies in the health of people, other animals and the environment we live in. One of the main aims of the book is to support the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). This book describes part of the solution being the development of an effective public health workforce through innovations in education and training, offering a proposal for Centers of One Health Excellence (COHE) worldwide. Our mission at Oxford Public Health is aligned closely with many of the compelling concepts in this very informative and groundbreaking read. [Physician], Dr Behrooz Behbod, MB ChB MSc ScD MFPH [http://www.oxfordpublichealth.com/about/] Founder, Oxford Public Health Ltd www.oxfordpublichealth.com Note: Permission to post in advance on One Health Initiative website graciously granted by Dr. Behbod (January 13, 2016)

Wiley Online Library – Veterinary Medicine and Science (Open-Access) Awareness of rabies and response to dog bites in a Bangladesh community Abstract Community awareness regarding rabies and treatment seeking behaviours are critical both for the prevention and control of the disease in human and animals. We conducted a study to explore peoples awareness about rabies, their attitudes towards dogs and practices associated with treating dog bites in Satkhira Sadar, a south-western sub-district of Bangladesh. Of the total 3200 households (HHs) surveyed, the majority of the respondents have heard about rabies (73%) and there was a high level of awareness that dog bite is the main cause of rabies (86%), and that rabies can be prevented by vaccination (85%). However, 59% of the dog bite victims first seek treatment from traditional healers instead of visiting the hospitals, 29% received the rabies vaccine, 2% practiced proper wound washing with soap and water, while 4.8% have not taken any measures. None of the victims have received rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). Of the respondents, 5.2% reported a history of dog bite in at least one family member, and 11.8% reported a history of dog bite in domestic animals during the previous year. The HHs having a higher number of family members (OR: 1.13, 95% CI: 1.07–1.2), having a pet dog (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.4–3.2) and caring or feeding a community dog (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.4–2.9) showed an increased risk of getting a dog bite. Among the bite victims, 3.6% (n = 6) humans and 15.8% (n = 60) animals died. As a measure for dog population management (DPM), 56% preferred sterilization while the rest preferred killing of dogs. The current treatment seeking behaviours of the respondents should be improved through additional education and awareness programme and better availability for the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis in Bangladesh. We recommend scaling up national mass dog vaccination and DPM to reduce the burden of rabies cases and dog bites in Bangladesh. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.30/full   Provided by: Sumon Ghosh, DVM, MS |Field Research Officer| |Programme for Emerging Infection|  |Infectious Diseases Division| |International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)| |GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh| Telephone: +880-2-9827001-10 Extension: 2569 Mobile: +88-01720-841347 Fax: +880-2-8823963; Email: sumon.ghoshbd@gmail.com; sumon.ghosh@icddrb.org Skype: sumon.ghoshbd Web:  www.icddrb.org Dr. Ghosh is a One Health supporter/advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.

Achieving the UN-2030 Sustainable Development Goals through the ‘One World, One Health’ Concept (Extending ‘Community of Life’ Chances in an Era of Complexity, Uncertainty and Instability)   *George Lueddeke PhD Co-Chair, One Health Education Task Force, One Health Commission United Kingdom   Preamble   The recently agreed UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), present exciting and meaningful  opportunities to explore approaches for implementing these on a global scale. However, while the UN Agenda has been carefully crafted, much work remains in terms of translating broad vision and goals into practice on the ground and in finding ways or systems not only of doing things better -the traditional approach to change - but also -and arguably much  more important - of learning to do better things, engaging in transformative - often out of the box’ – holistic thinking and interventions.  This article provides a starting point in this direction as it calls for a better understanding of the many social, economic, ecological and geopolitical hurdles we face, the global goals to which nations are asked to aspire and their relationship to an interdependent and interconnected planet, which must support the health and well-being of all species - humans, animals, plants – ensuring their survival in an increasingly threatened environment. The task is formidable and our success depends on our capacity to effectively address what some have called an historic ingenuity gap, whereby our present-day solutions fall far short of the myriad complex problems we face.  In the long term our best chance for doing so may be by nurturing imaginative or innovative thinking throughout the student learning experience  to raise awareness about the world we inhabit and how we can make it better, thereby fundamentally reflecting the ‘One World, One Health’ mindset in order to safeguard - through collaborative and enabling action - the sustainability of the planet and the future for this and future generations.    The UN-2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Please see attached PDF link to read complete copy. *Dr. Lueddeke is listed among the One Health Initiative Supporters http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.

“One Health Day” Flyer Announcement ONE HEALTH DAY being planned for November 3, 2016 by the One Health Commission (OHC), the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team (OHI), and the One Health Platform Foundation (OHP).  Stay tuned...

ONE HEALTH PLATFORM The One Health Media Bulletin is issued by the One Health Platform. It is disseminated monthly to the global One Health community and offers you a selection of articles collected from a range of sources. It does not represent the opinions of the One Health Platform. SEE: http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=aa61bff87462e909c53465135&id=4776e245e3&e=f33beadd3b

 Save the date 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH 10th - 11th November 2016 Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach Following the successful Global Conference on One Health (GCOH) that was held in Madrid in May 2015, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the Japan Medical Association (JMA) and the Japan Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on 10t-11th November in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The 2nd GCOH aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public Health Officers, Animal Health Officers, NGOs and other interested parties from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to address critical aspects of the One Health Concept. The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and the environment. The main conference sessions will focus on the issues of: • Zoonotic diseases • Foodborne diseases • Antimicrobial resistance • Environmental hazards exposure to humans and animals More details regarding the conference and registrations will be published soon on WVA www.worldvet.org and WMA www.wma.net websites Note: The first landmark World Veterinary Association (WVA)/World Medical Association (WMA) Global Conference on One Health which was held in Madrid, Spain on May 21-22, 2015, brought together 330 delegates from 40 countries around the world to discuss the One Health Concept. http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=World+Veterinary+AssociationWorld+Medical+Association+Global+Conference+on+One+Health++Report+and+Presentations

Friday, March 11, 2016 “Liquid biopsies in companion animals shed new light on molecular pathology of non-ischemic heart diseases”  Andrew M. Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM Professor, Large Animal Medicine Director, Regenerative Medicine Laboratory Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University   9AM - 10AM Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning & Teaching Center Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

Friday, March 11, 2016  “The Big Bet: How Linking Human and Veterinary Medicine Improves Health Across Species” 11:45 — 12:45PM Farrell Learning and Teaching Center— Holden Auditorium Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine (WUSM) St. Louis, MO  

Volunteer Public Relations and Communications Officer/s needed The Bella Moss Foundation www.thebellamossfoundation.com is a charity which promotes prudent antimicrobial use and hygiene practices in the field of human and veterinary medicine. “We are looking for a Volunteer Public Relations and Communications Officer/s needed to help promote the objectives of the Bella Moss Foundation at veterinary conferences.” Jill Moss President and Founder The Bella Moss Foundation Please see attached PDF

Unleashing the Power of Comparative Oncology - Thursday, March 10th 2016 Carolyn J. Henry, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), FNAP Professor of Oncology Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Director of Research, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center One Health/One Medicine Faculty Facilitator for Mizzou Advantage, Office of the Provost University of Missouri, Columbia Co-Director, WAMCOH Dr. Henry earned her DVM at Auburn University in 1990, her MS from Auburn in 1993 and gained board certification in oncol-ogy in 1994. Dr. Henry served on the Washington State University faculty before relocating to the University of Missouri in 1997. She has served on the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Board of Regents and is past presi-dent of both the Veterinary Cancer Society and the ACVIM Specialty of Oncology. In April 2010, Henry was named Faculty Facilitator for the Mizzou Advantage One Health/One Medicine initiative by the Office of the Provost—a position that serves to foster multidisciplinary educational and research opportunities between hu-man and veterinary medicine and the basic sciences, both within the University of Missouri and with outside collaborators. Most recently Dr. Henry formed WAMCOH, a collaborative partnership with her veterinarian-scientist colleagues at WUSM and Auburn. The consortium’s mission is based on the emerging concept of “One Health,” focusing on the health linkages among humans, animals, and their shared environments.  

Antibiotic resistance: the emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance enhances the need of a proactive one-health approach “For some years now, multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae have been spreading globally, causing increasing difficulty in treating infectious diseases both in hospitals and the community at large. Of particular concern are carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae which are frequently resistant to nearly all antimicrobial drugs available.” ... To read complete article see attached HTM link: http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/content/363/5/fnw034.

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New Resources about responsible Antibiotic Use: Notable “Letter Addressing Antibiotic Resistance” Provided to the One Health Initiative website March 1, 2016 “I would welcome the opportunity to share my letter on your website.  It is written to colleagues in the animal health community, but the information on the websites is just as pertinent to those in the rest of the one health community as well.” Leah C. Dorman, DVM | Director, Food Integrity & Consumer Engagement Phibro Animal Health Corporation Glenpoint Centre East, 3rd Floor | 300 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Ste. 21 | Teaneck, NJ 07666 Mobile: + 1.614.309.7243 leah.dorman@pahc.com  | www.pahc.com   Follow me on Twitter @AskDrDorman | Facebook Ask Dr. Dorman Dr. Dorman is a One Health Supporter http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php. Please note “AnimalAntibiotics.org http://animalantibiotics.org/ is a resource for consumers and ExploreAnimalHealth.org http://exploreanimalhealth.org/ is designed for those of us directly involved in animal care as we engage in conversations with food system stakeholders and consumers.” See resource references http://animalantibiotics.org/dig-deeper/resource-library/

One Health in ACTION... Controlling liver fluke infection - The Lawa model Liver fluke infection is a major public health problem in Northeast Thailand and its neighboring Mekong countries with over 10 million infected.  The infection is associated with a fatal cholangiocarcinoma and Thailand has been reported the highest incidence of this primary liver cancer in the world. Our group pioneered the introduction of integrated liver fluke (opisthorchiasis) control using an EcoHealth/One Health approach at Lawa Lake, a field research site where the disease is endemic. A program has been carried out for over 6 years using chemotherapy, novel intensive health education methods both in the communities and in schools, ecosystem monitoring and active community participation. As a result, the infection rate in the more than 10 villages surrounding the Lake has declined to less than 10% of the average of 60% as estimated by a baseline survey 6 years ago. Strikingly, the Cyprinoid fish species, which are the intermediate host, now showed less than 1% prevalence compared to a maximum of 70% during the baseline survey. This liver fluke control program, named “Lawa model,” is now recognized nationally and internationally. The Lawa village and its community hospital has become the training site for integrated liver fluke control for health personnel, community leaders, teachers, local governors, and volunteers  from all over northeastern and northern Thailand. The “Lawa model” is now being expanding to other parts of Thailand and neighboring Mekong countries.     Also please see attached Lawa Model PDF, i.e. “systems thinking behind this control model” and more intensive and update activities at these links: http://www.facebook.com/TDRLab Provided by: Banchob Sripa, PhD Professor & Chair, Tropical Medicine Graduate Program Tropical Disease Research Center Deprtment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002 THAILAND Tel: +66-43-363113, +66-43-202024 Fax: +66-43-204359 E-mail: banchob@kku.ac.th Website: http://tdr.kku.ac.th  Deputy Editor: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases   TDR-KKU    Lawamodel Dr. Banchob Sripa is a Professor at the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand and holds a Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis (Southeast Asian Liver Fluke Disease) – Tropical Disease Research Center  Khon Kaen University. He is the world expert in the pathology, pathogenesis and control of liver fluke infection and bile duct cancer. Dr.Sripa has published research articles, viewpoints, editorials and reviews for more than 180 in international journals, and sits on the Deputy Editor of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and editorial board of Infectious Diseases of Poverty (IDP). He has received several scientific awards including the recently the Outstanding Scientist Awards of Thailand (2013) and TRF Senior Research Scholar (2013). Dr.Sripa is a panel member on the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) panel of experts for biological agents of cancer, Disease Reference Group on Helminths (DRG), Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), and ex-President of the Regional Network of Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminth Zoonoses (RNAS+). He is currently a coordinator of the Asian Neglected Tropical Disease Network (NTDASIA).

One Health News Letter released during inauguration of 16th Indian Veterinary Congress February 27-28, 2016 http://www.worldvet.org/events.php?item=130&view=item Please see PDF attachment Provided by: *Prof. (Dr.) Rishendra Verma, ARS B.Sc.,B.V.Sc. & A.H., M.V.Sc., M.Sc. (Immunol,UK),M.V.M. (Biosec, NZ), Ph.D, Dip. Journalism (Mysore), F.I.A.A.V.R.,F.I.A.V.P.H.S.,F. A.P.H.V.,F.I.S.V.I.B., F.N.A.V.Sc.,F.N.N.A.Sc.,F.N.A. Sc, FAO (Fellow) CHAIRMAN, Expert Group (VET),I.P. Commission Ex-Member, DBT Task Force on Vaccines and Diagnostics Ex-President, Agricultural Research Service Scientist Forum, Izatnagar Unit President, Laboratory Animal Science Association of India General Secretary, National Academy of Veterinary Science (NAVS) Founder Secretary, Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research Founder Editor,  The Indian Journal of Veterinary Research Contact#: +91-9359117376(M), +91-581-2586453(R) *Dr. Verma is a longstanding One Health supporter/advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.