One Health Publications

  Veterinaria Italiana Journal 2010 – Volume 46(2), April-June   Emerging diseases and implications for Millennium Development Goals in Africa by 2015 – an overview   Tagang Aluwong & Mohammed Bello     http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2010/46_2/137.htm

REMINDER:   1st International One Health Congress February 2011   Victoria, Australia   Registration Now Open and Available online - See Attached Brochure for Details:   http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index2.htm

Prominent USA One Health Advocates *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, and Roger K. Mahr, DVM at American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention – Atlanta, GA (USA), July 31 – August 3, 2010 *Please see attached photo: Veterinarian Dr. James H. Steele (seated), among many other achievements in public health, is credited with establishing the veterinary public health division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and was instrumental in the founding of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES).  As previously reported, Dr. Laura H. Kahn (standing to the left), a noted physician who works as a research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey (USA) was awarded an honorary AVES diploma.  Dr. Kahn is internationally known for her numerous One Health publications.  She is a popular and sought after public speaker on the subject.    Veterinarian Dr. Roger K. Mahr, a former AVMA President and currently the CEO of the One Health Commission (USA) was also presented with an honorary AVES diploma (standing to the right).  

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION - One Health Bangladesh   8th Annual Scientific Conference of the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)   “Networking for Promoting Change Towards One World One Health”   Please see attachment for details

Notable One Health Advocates *Drs. Paul L. Nicoletti and Lisa A. Conti Receive Prestigious Awards at American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention – Atlanta, GA (USA), July 31 – August 3, 2010 Paul L. Nicoletti, DVM, MS, Professor emeritus, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine received the Karl F. Meyer—James H. Steele Gold Head Cane Award, for advancing human health through veterinary epidemiology and public health at the 147th AVMA annual convention in Atlanta, GA (USA).  Dr. Nicoletti was credited for contributing to the control of brucellosis working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and United Nations as well as the University of Florida.   Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH, Director, Florida Department of Health’s Division of Environmental Health received the AVMA Public Service Award.  Dr. Conti was noted for working with various groups in Florida to protect the public from diseases mediated through environmental processes and serving as Floridas state public health veterinarian and teaching pathobiology at the University of Floridas College of Veterinary Medicine.  She was also awarded an honorary Diploma from the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES).  The Diploma is for “Distinguished Service and Contribution to the progress of public health.  Her efforts and vision, compassion and understanding, desire and energy, have advanced Veterinary Public Health and research.  Her counsel and advice have been of great value to her country.” -*Please see attached photo of Drs. Nicoletti and Conti while attending the convention-

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP Receives Honorary Diploma from Thé American Veterinary Epidemiology Society   August 3, 2010 – Atlanta, GA … Dr. Laura H. Kahn was awarded an honorary Diploma from The American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) at the 147th American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention.   The Diploma is for “Distinguished Service and Contribution to the progress of public health.  Her efforts and vision, compassion and understanding, desire and energy, have advanced Veterinary Public Health and research.  Her counsel and advice have been of great value to her country.”   Dr. Kahn is a prominent international authority and spokesperson for the One Health concept.  She has published numerous articles on the subject and is a widely sought after speaker.     Please see photo attached: Dr. Kahn is being presented the award by the current President of AVES, George W. Beran, DVM, PhD.  Dr. Beran is a distinguished Professor and zoonotic disease expert at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.  

SiFy NEWS   Cutting fat, calories ‘can reduce cancer risk in dogs and humans’   July 24, 2010   A new research has revealed that as many as 1 out of 3 cancer deaths in both humans and dogs could be prevented by reducing Omega-6 fatty acids and cutting calories.  READ MORE:   http://sify.com/news/cutting-fat-calories-can-reduce-cancer-risk-in-dogs-and-humans-news-international-khyp4dgefjj.html

    U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -  Morbidity and Mortality Report   December 24, 2004 /53(50);1171-1173 Recovery of a Patient from Clinical Rabies --- Wisconsin, 2004 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a1.htm

  NEWKERALA.COM, United States   Dogs could help curtail Chagas disease   London, July 13, 2010: A new study says that although dogs are the one of the main carriers of the Chagas disease parasite, they can also help health officials monitor the disease…   http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-145733.html

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations   FAO News release - July 26, 2010   Improved disease prevention in animal health could save billions of dollars     One Health approach to more efficiently combat new pathogens is gaining strength  26 July 2010, Rome - Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health, FAO said today.  … READ MORE     http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/44327/icode/   Contact:Erwin NorthoffMedia Relations (Rome)(+39) 06 570 53105(+39) 348 25 23 616erwin.northoff@fao.org

Hospitals & Health Networks   One Health By David Ollier Weber   “The little girl was 2 years old and suffering from a condition rarely encountered in human beings: congenital portosystemic shunt. Its a vascular abnormality that allows blood from the intestines to bypass the liver, thus escaping the filtration process that protects the body against the circulation of toxins. Confronted with this unusual and potentially fatal birth defect, the surgeon duly prepped by searching the medical literature. …”  Read more:   http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/Article/data/01JAN2010/100125HHN_Weekly_Weber&domain=HHNMAG

One Health Article Appears in International Innovation Magazine: Research Media Ltd.   http://www.research-europe.com/   The One Health concept was elucidated in a Question and Answer piece that was recently widely distributed online and in a hard copy format through International Innovation magazine, published June 2010.   Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, a prominent member of this One Health Initiative team and a recognized leader in the international One Health movement gave a significant and thoughtful One Health interview:    Please view the accompanying PDF and see the link below…   http://www.research-europe.com/index.php/2010/07/dr-laura-kahn-on-the-one-health-initiative/   Note: The entire magazine may also be viewed via the following link:   http://www.research-europe.com/magazine/HEALTHCARE/JUN10/pageflip.html   Please register on the Research Media website to gain full access to the entire publication, this is free and quick with your registration being approved within 24 hours.  

Thé Jenner Vaccine Foundation Newsletter   Please see PDF View:  Jenner Vaccine Foundation News - Issue 2/May 2010   One Health Initiative Referenced (scroll down to page 7)   http://www.jennervaccinefoundation.org/    The Foundation seeks to enhance philanthropic support of vaccinology and is currently evaluating options for enhanced fundraising activities. The Foundation currently supports vaccine research and development through the Jenner Institute. The Foundation Board appoints the Director of the Institute, elects Jenner Investigators (currently numbering 24) and has funded space and facilities for vaccine research and development. The Foundation actively supports enhanced collaborative interactions between researchers at the Institute for Animal Health working on veterinary vaccines and those at Oxford University developing new vaccines for human use.  The Foundation has also provided support for scientists from the former Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research to continue their work as part of the Jenner Institute. The Foundation draws Trustees from both Oxford University and the Institute for Animal Health (the two Partners in the charity) and has an external chair and three further independent trustees. Note: The One Health team of the One Health Initiative website considers the Jenner Vaccine Foundation to be a model for the application of One Health principles.  More expeditious and efficacious results for humans and animals are the most likely outcome following the use of such practice.    “One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.” “One Health implementation will help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”

  One Health: The Intersection of Humans, Animals and the Environment   Current Issue of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal Volume 51, Number 3.    The One Health Initiative website team considers this to be a significant and important contribution to One Health literature.  In toto, it provides more concrete evidence sustaining the premise recognized by many international health scientists that One Health implementation is essential for this generation and for those to come.   Introduction: One Health Perspective (first article) may be viewed by the gracious permission of the ILAR Journal, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. 20001 via issue Managing Editor, Cameron H. Fletcher.   Issue Editor: James G. Fox, DVM, MS, DACLAM                   Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and                Professor in the Division of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology                Cambridge, MA 02139   Entire Issue may be obtained by seeing the following link:   http://www.ilarjournal.com/index.html

  The Seattle Times   Lifesaving drugs may be killing health workers By Carol Smith InvestigateWest   http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012327665_chemo11.html   Nurses, pharmacists and others who handle chemo drugs have been getting sick. Despite multiple studies that indicate the drugs actually may cause cancers, the federal government doesnt require safeguards on the job.

  Today Bedbugs are a huge problem for hotels and the tourist industry worldwide.  Perhaps, the answer is indeed a One Health solution?   Please see:   Journal of Economic Entomology and University of Florida-Integrated Pest Management   Household and Structural Insects   Ability of Bed Bug-Detecting Canines to Locate Live Bed Bugs and Viable Bed Bug Eggs   Margie Pfiester, Philip G. Koehler, and Roberto M. Pereira   Department of Entomology, Building 970 Natural Area Drive, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620   J. Eon. Entolmol. 101(4): 1389-1396 (2008)   Learn More about bedbugs at http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/community/structural/bed_bug_IPM.shtml

Vetsweb.com - July 2, 2010 Bird flu: New mechanism of circulation and transmission found An international team of Italy-US scientists reports discovery of a new mechanism of avian influenza virus circulation and transmission in nature. …read more:   http://www.vetsweb.com/news/bird-flu-new-mechanism-of-circulation-and-transmission-found-1244.html   Reported in ProMED:  http://promedmail.oracle.com/pls/otn/pm?an=20100702.2208   Scientific article Published Plos ONE www.plosone.org June 2010, Volume 5 Issue 6 e11315 by Delogu et. al.   http://www.plosone.org/article/infodoi10.1371journal.pone.0011315

Urinary schistosomiasis among preschool children in a rural community near Abeokuta, Nigeria Uwem F Ekpo, Akintunde Laja-Deile, Akinola S Oluwole, Sammy O Sam-Wobo and Chiedu F Mafiana Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:58doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-58 Published: July 5, 2010     Parasites and Vectors Online Journal – Open Access   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/58

Commentary Altered metabolism in cancer Jason W Locasale1,2 and Lewis C Cantley1,2 1  Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA 2  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Signal Transduction, Boston, MA 02215, USA author email corresponding author email BMC Biology 2010, 8:88 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-88 Published: 25 June 2010 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/88   © 2010 Locasale and Cantley; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Wellcome Trust & Wolfson Foundation Funds Establishment of ‘Laboratory of Comparative & Veterinary Virology’ at new Centre for Virus Research at University of Glasgow, Scotland (UK)     Prof. Massimo Palmarini, DVM, PhD, Director of the Medical Research Centre, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research notified the One Health Initiative website team today (July 5, 2010)—please see letter posted on Publications page—that Wellcome Trust & Wolfson Foundation has provided funds, £4.8 million, for the establishment of a ‘Laboratory of Comparative & Veterinary Virology’ within the new Centre for Virus Research at University of Glasgow, Scotland (UK).    Dr. Palmarini is a longtime One Health supporter and has collaborated with members of the One Health Initiative website for nearly four years.  The One Health Initiative team was honored to provide a letter of support that was included in the application for this grant.  Dr. Palmarini will assume directorship of the Centre on August 1, 2010.    The One Health Initiative team congratulates Dr. Palmarini and his associates and extends our best wishes for success!