One Health Publications

Swiss Med Wkly. 2011;141:w13201 - Published 13 May 2011   One Health in Switzerland: A visionary concept at a crossroads?   Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Human and Animal Health Unit, Swiss Tropical Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland    Please see attachment or click on http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2011-13201/ Provided by: Andrea Meisser; DVM, MPH, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland, andrea.meisser@unibas.ch

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Biological Weapons Convention: Proceeding without a verification protocol [... One Health efforts including surveillance of human, animal, and plant diseases should be encouraged, expanded, and supported. ...] By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 9 May 2011 The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held this December in Geneva, with member states convening to assess the bioweapons nonproliferation regime and discuss ways to improve it. But is it worth trying to strengthen the BWC? Since its inception, the treaty has been plagued with well-recognized deficiencies: It lacks an implementing body, a verification protocol, an ability to investigate alleged violations, universality (it has only 163 member states), and industry support. Even after signing and ratifying the treaty, some member states (the Soviet Union, Iraq, and South Africa) contravened it by pursuing clandestine bioweapons programs. Yet despite its weaknesses, the BWC is an important part of the nonproliferation regime; improving it -- with or without a verification protocol -- is in the best interest of biosecurity. ... Please read complete article:  http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-biological-weapons-convention-proceeding-without-verificatio  

 The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) to hold a 2011 one day scientific symposium:  Human and Animal Health Research: Molecule to Population  June 9th, 2011 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, in the Oakwood Ballroom at the Holiday Inn in Guelph, Ontario (Canada).  Please See Attached PDF

1st International One Health 2011 Congress Organising and Scientific Advisory Committee Dear all, On behalf of the 1st International One Health 2011 Congress Organising and Scientific Advisory Committee, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to making the 1st International Congress such a success. We would like to thank you all for your patience and would like to announce that the PDF Presentation are NOW available! Please click here or visit the Congress 2011 website to view the presentations – www.onehealth2011.com. *Please note: Not all presentations are available. Only those presentations that were given permission by their presenter are online to view.  Also available online on the One Health 2011 Congress: ·         1st International One Health 2011 Congress Report. Please click here to view ·         Congress Photo Gallery. Please click here to view We hope to see you all at the next One Health Congress. Kind regards,   Amy One Health 2011 Congress Managers

One Health for 2015 & Beyond   United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) has developed a One Health document “embracing One Health as a part of the solution to address changes and challenges in the animal health landscape. …”   See attachment: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/acah/downloads/documents/one_health_for_2015.pdf  

Improving Human Health through a One Health Approach in Bangladesh   HSB Health and Science Bulletin (attached): Vol. 9-Number 1-March 2011   SEE pages 17 – 20.   Provided by:   Prof. Dr. Nitish C. Debnath, National Coordinator, One Health Bangladesh & Professor, Department of Microbiology, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Chittagong, Bangladesh

1st International One Health Congress Summary – February 14 – 16, 2011 – Victoria, Australia   SEE: Complete Official Summary Report Attached – Released May 3, 2011 Visionary leaders of the 1st International One Health Congress meeting from 14 – 16 February 2011 http://www.onehealth2011.com/ included Drs. Martyn Jeggo and David Heymann, a veterinarian and physician respectively.   Martyn H. Jeggo, BVetMed, PhD is Director, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Livestock Industries Australian Animal Health Laboratory (Australia) and David L. Heymann, MD is Director, U.K. Health Protection Agency (United Kingdom) and Editor, Control of Communicable Diseases Manual.  Drs. Jeggo and Heymann are both members of the One Health Initiative autonomous pro bono Team’s honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php   Provided by:   Martyn Jeggo, BVetMed, PhDDirector Australian Animal Health Laboratory CSIRO Livestock Industries PMB 24 Geelong   Vic   3220 Australia

1st International One Health Congress Abstracts - EcoHealth Journal      This historic first international One Health meeting http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index11.html was held in Victoria, Australia February 14-16, 2011.  Its theme concerned “Human Health, Animal Health, the Environment and Global Survival”.   The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono website team strongly supported, endorsed, and publicized this meeting from its onset.  Representatives from the One Health Initiative team served  on the Scientific Advisory Committee via invitation from the meeting’s organizing committee leaders.     Please view the attached PDF of the meeting’s abstracts. They were originally published in EcoHealth Vol 7, Supplemental 1/February 2011. The full issue is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/1612-9202/7/s1/.     Permission to post and reprint abstracts graciously provided by Aleksei Chmura:Program CoordinatorEcoHealth Alliance460 West 34th Street – 17th floorNew York, NY 10001www.ecohealthalliance.org Visit our blog: www.ecohealthalliance.org/blogEcoHealth Alliance empowers local conservation scientists worldwide to protect nature and safeguard ecosystem and human health.

One Health Initiative Team and Advisory Board Urge United States Secretaries of Departments: Health and Human Services and Homeland Security to Help Provide Funding for “One Health” Institute of Medicine (IOM) Study/Report     The attached letter [PDF] was mailed to the U.S. Secretaries Kathleen Sebelius (Department of Health and Human Services) and Janet Napolitano (Department of Homeland Security) on Monday, April 25, 2011.  Secretaries Sebelius and Napolitano are former governors of their respective states, Kansas and Arizona.    It was co-signed by the Dean of the Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary medicine, Dr. Ralph Richardson, a notable veterinarian and the eminent and internationally known medical virologist, Dr. Tom Monath, a physician and member of the One Health Initiative (OHI) Autonomous pro bono team.    In a preliminary notice to fellow honorary advisory board members regarding the mailing of the letter, Dr. Richardson said, “I am e-mailing an advance copy to Dr. Alex Garza [MD, MPH], Secretary Napolitano’s Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer as well as to Dr. Doug Meckes [DVM], a veterinarian in Secretary Napolitano’s office [Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense Division, Office of Health Affairs].  I hope that it generates renewed interest in the One Health efforts.  Secretary Napolitano and Dr. Garza both visited Kansas City last year and expressed strong support for the interactions of the various disciplines.  Secretary Sebelius is former Governor of Kansas and one of the first things that she did after being appointed Secretary of DHHS was to, jointly with Secretary Napolitano, reaffirm their support for building the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS.  My hope is that, with their understanding of the One Health Initiative, that they will push for the IOM/NRC study.”   Most One Health supporters/advocates believe that having such a prestigious comprehensive One Health study/report will help verify the critical need for implementing the concept in the U.S. and worldwide.  Once definitive parameters are established and documented by such a published study/report, more rapid recognition and institutionalization is expected.    Funding costs for convening and conducting a study is estimated at approximately $1.2 million.  *Such a relatively small investment should actually help reduce future research expenditures and duplication of services by encouraging more co-equal interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary collaborations.  Moreover, expedited One Health scientific research discoveries “ … will help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”  Some available examples in the 20th and early 21st centuries are documented in the OHI website News and Publications pages.        *See previous white paper from the National Academies of Sciences (USA) “A New Biology for the 21st Century” www.nap.edu/catalog/12764.html proposing values of a multi-disciplinary approach. Then think about having a “One Health” white paper conducted, published and widely distributed.   “In July, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Research Council’s Board on Life Sciences to convene a committee to examine the current state of biological research in the United States and recommend how best to capitalize on recent technological and scientific advances that have allowed biologists to integrate biological research findings, collect and interpret vastly increased amounts of data, and predict the behavior of complex biological systems.” …

Man’s best friend: a joint tumour marker in man and dog University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna), Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria   The dog may be man’s best friend but even so it comes as a surprise that the two species share a common tumour marker.  This finding comes from a joint study between scientists of the Vetmeduni Vienna and the MedUni Wien, headed by Erika Jensen-Jarolim.  The researchers looked for similarities in breast cancer of dogs and women, focussing on the tumour marker CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen).  They uncovered a molecule, the CEA receptor, that turned out to be essentially identical in the two species.  The result could lead to the rapid development of new therapeutic methods for use in dogs and humans. … Please read more: http://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/research/top-news/mans-best-friend-a-joint-tumour-marker-in-man-and-dog/

One Health in ACTION …   Important New ‘open access’ journal addresses infection between animals and humans     Please see attached press release about:   “Infection Ecology and Epidemiology”   www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net Infection Ecology & Epidemiology is published in cooperation with the Network for Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (IEE) based in Uppsala, Sweden. Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology, IEE network is a collaboration for researchers with interest in zoonotic infections. IEE is an integration concept including several universities and governmental organizations that wish to contribute to a sustainable intellectual platform where veterinarians, physicians, molecular biologists, ecologists and environmental chemists with an interest in zoonotic infections can interact and create synergies.   The rationale is not to build up new laboratory facilities, but to use and collaborate within already established research structures.   Main partners Uppsala University National Veterinary Institute, SVA Swedish Agricultural University, SLU Linnaeus University, Kalmar   Founded: 2010   Physical location: SVA, Ulls väg 2A, 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden   Project Leader: Björn Olsen, MD, professor in infectious disease at Uppsala University and senior physician at Uppsala Academic Hospital.  Dr. Olsen is also an ornithologist with an interest in the consequences of interactions between humans, domestic animals and wildlife.   Project coordinator: Lovisa Svensson, PhD, Uppsala University

One health: the importance of companion animal vector-borne disease   By: Professor Michael J. Day, BSc, BVMS (Hons), PhD        Professor of Veterinary Pathology        School of Clinical Sciences        University of Bristol, United Kingdom   Dr. Day is Chair of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA) One Health Committee.   Parasites & Vectors April 13, 2011 4:49 – Also see http://www.biomedcentral.com/   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-4-49.pdf 

Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 9, 03 March 2011 Perspectives Evaluation of syndromic surveillance in the Netherlands: its added value and recommendations for implementation C C van den Wijngaard1, W van Pelt1, N J Nagelkerke2, M Kretzschmar1, M P Koopmans1,3 1.       Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands 2.       United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates 3.       Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Citation style for this article: van den Wijngaard CC, van Pelt W, Nagelkerke NJ, Kretzschmar M, Koopmans MP. Evaluation of syndromic surveillance in the Netherlands: its added value and recommendations for implementation. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(9):pii=19806. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19806 Date of submission: 05 July 2010 In the last decade, syndromic surveillance has increasingly been used worldwide for detecting increases or outbreaks of infectious diseases that might be missed by surveillance based on laboratory diagnoses and notifications by clinicians alone. There is, however, an ongoing debate about the feasibility of syndromic surveillance and its potential added value. Here we present our perspective on syndromic surveillance, based on the results of a retrospective analysis of syndromic data from six Dutch healthcare registries, covering 1999–2009 or part of this period. These registries had been designed for other purposes, but were evaluated for their potential use in signalling infectious disease dynamics and outbreaks. Our results show that syndromic surveillance clearly has added value in revealing the blind spots of traditional surveillance, in particular by detecting unusual, local outbreaks independently of diagnoses of specific pathogens, and by monitoring disease burden and virulence shifts of common pathogens. Therefore we recommend the use of syndromic surveillance for these applications. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19806   

ONE HEALTH:  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Health  

Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security University of Missouri – Reynolds Alumni Center… April 12, 2011 Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security ·                         A 2011 Intelligence Community (IC) Centers for Academic Excellence (CAE) Regional Colloquium ·                          Hosted by the Office of the Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Opportunities at the University of Missouri in partnership with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Community (IC) Centers for Academic Excellence (CAE) program  Please see http://muconf.missouri.edu/odni AND http://muconf.missouri.edu/odni/Registration.html

Parasites & Vectors, Thematic Series “Elimination of Parasitic Infections” – Please read more:   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/series/elimination_para_inf   Also see: One Health parasitology editorial http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/qc/content/2/1/36 in P&V, Published August 12, 2009  

Zoonotic helminths affecting the human eye Domenico Otranto, DVM, PhD and Mark L. Eberhard, PhD  Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:41doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-41 Published: March 23, 2011     Abstract (provisional) Nowaday, zoonoses are an important cause of human parasitic diseases worldwide and a major threat to the socio-economic development, mainly in developing countries. Importantly, zoonotic helminths that affect human eyes (HIE) may cause blindness with severe socio-economic consequences to human communities. These infections include nematodes, cestodes and trematodes, which may be transmitted by vectors (dirofilariais, onchocerciasis, thelaziasis), food consumption (sparganosis, trichinellosis) and those acquired indirectly from the environment (ascariasis, echinococcosis, fascioliasis). Adult and/or larval stages of HIE may localize into human ocular tissues externally (i.e., lachrymal glands, eyelids, conjunctiva sacs) or into the ocular globe (i.e., intravitreous retina, anterior and or posterior chamber) causing symptoms due to the parasitic localization in the eyes or to the immune reaction they elicit in the host. Unfortunately, data on HIE are scant and mostly limited to case reports from different countries. The biology and epidemiology of the most frequently reported HIE are discussed as well as clinical description of the diseases, diagnostic considerations and video clips on their presentation and surgical treatment. PLEASE READ MORE: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/41

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  The unsolved anthrax murder mystery By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | March 23, 2011 “The US public health system has serious vulnerabilities, and one major problem is identifying and responding to public health crimes.                 “The 10th Amendment of the US Constitution grants states the legal authority and responsibility for public health, but the Constitution was written a century before the germ theory of disease was conceived of by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. The framers of the Constitution had no concept of microbial pathogens; in the eighteenth century, all medicine had to offer was leeches and lancets.          __________________________________________ The investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks is a case in point. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently published its report on the scientific methodologies used in the FBI investigation into the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people. The NAS committee of experts, which was asked to review only the unclassified scientific aspects of the investigation, concluded that despite the FBIs years of work, the origins of the Bacillus anthracis spores used in the attacks could not be determined with certainty. …” Please read more:  http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-unsolved-anthrax-murder-mystery or see attachment.

Maryland (USA) Department of Agriculture Launches One Health Bulletin   Maryland One Health Bulletin Maryland One Health Bulletin, One Health, as defined by the American Veterinary Medical Association, is the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines - working locally, nationally, and globally - to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment. This Bulletin is intended to provide up to date, near real-time reports of zoonotic and other animal diseases of concern in Maryland whether in domestic livestock, poultry, companion or exotic animals, native wildlife, or humans, for the purpose of promoting rapid detection, evaluation and control of these diseases state and world-wide. Read More: http://www.mda.state.md.us/animal_health/diseases/bulletin.php

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases   Volume 17, Number 3–March 2011 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm