One Health Publications

Institute of Medicine - One Health Study Potential Highly Significant:   For National and Global One Health Implementation and Institutionalization Prepared by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD and Jack Woodall, PhD - November 30, 2009      One Health Initiative http://www.onehealthinitiative.com Website Team    

European Union survey on MRSA in pigs: Spain highest contamination rate vetsweb.com -  November 27, 2009   http://www.vetsweb.com/news/eu-survey-on-mrsa-in-pigs-spain-highest-contamination-rate-688.html  

One Health Academic Programs of Importance       Obtained from  http://phpartners.org/index.html and http://phpartners.org/veterinary.html                 Combined Master of Public Health/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program - College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) - The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics have created a combined 5-year program of study that can result in earning both the Masters in Public Health degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees.        Coordinated MPH (Health Behavior) DVM (School of Veterinary Medicine) - Auburn University, School of Veterinary Medicine and University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health        Doctor of Veterinary Medicine/Master of Public Health (DVM/MPH) Joint Degree - University of Florida        Dual Degree DVM/MPH - School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison        DVM-MPH Degree Program - University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine        DVM/Master of Public Health Program - Tufts University (North Grafton, MA)        DVM/Masters of Public Health Program - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign        DVM/MPH dual degree program - College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) - The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine offers a DVM/MPH degree program in collaboration with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.        DVM/MPH Dual-Degree Program at the University of Minnesota - The Veterinary Public Health (VPH) program allows students to combine their veterinary studies at any accredited veterinary college while pursuing the M.P.H. at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.        Emphasis in Infectious Disease/Zoonoses, Master of Public Health Program - Kansas State University        Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine - University of California- Davis - This specialized masters degree program focuses on preventive medicine, but is not an accredited public health degree.        Master of Science in Veterinary Public Health Texas A&M - The Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health program is administered through the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences within the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.        Master of Veterinary Public Health - North Carolina State University        MPH Program for Veterinarians - The University of Iowa College of Public Health and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine        Purdue University Graduate Certificate Program in Veterinary Homeland Security - National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies - Long-distance graduate-level program with courses certified by APHIS.        Veterinary Public Health - University of Glasgow        Veterinary Public Health Concentration - University of Tennessee        Veterinary Public Health Program - The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine  

The Alliance for Rabies Controls November 2009 newsletter is now available on our website at: www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter15.pdf It includes articles on a rabies control project in India, rabies risks to cavers, the early history of rabies, a World Rabies Day project in Congo, updates on the Alliances Bohol rabies control project, photographs from the 3rd World Rabies Day and various news updates about rabies and the Alliances work.  We have again included hyperlinks in the pdf file. Whilst reading the pdf file you can now click on the links (highlighted by blue text) and access the linked webpages directly.  With Best Wishes, Deborah Briggs, Executive Director of the Alliance, and Louise Taylor, newsletter editor 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19157669 Soc Sci Med. 2009 Mar;68(6):991-5. Epub 2009 Jan 20. Animal-human connections, one health, and the syndemic approach to prevention. Rock M, Buntain BJ, Hatfield JM, Hallgrímsson B. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. mrock@ucalgary.ca A syndemic involves two or more afflictions that, by interacting synergistically, contribute to excess burdens of disease. A syndemic approach to prevention, meanwhile, focuses on connections among health-related problems, considers those connections when developing health policies, and aligns with forces for social change. In this short report, we expand the syndemic concept to acknowledge the extent to which animal health connects with human health and, with reference to existing publications, we demonstrate the pertinence of this expanded definition for a syndemic approach to prevention. Our demonstration assumes practical importance in relation to the concept of one health, which many prominent veterinary and human health scientists have recently endorsed as a sound basis for redressing human diseases, animal diseases, and environmental degradation worldwide. While social scientists have mostly ignored animal health, few one health proponents have emphasized social conditions or involved social scientists. By explicitly accommodating animal-human connections in our expanded conceptualization of a syndemic, we hope to help create a space in which human health, veterinary, and social scientists may learn from one another, collaborate in research, and cooperate to clear the way for innovations in prevention.  PMID: 19157669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Dutch call to investigate Q-fever effects in people vetsweb.com - 13 Nov 2009 http://www.vetsweb.com/news/dutch-call-to-investigate-q-fever-effects-in-people-643.html

  Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 45, 12 November 2009  Editorials  Antibiotic resistance in Europe: the challenges ahead  http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19405

  http://researchmagazine.uga.edu/fall2009/ugaresearch-Fall-2009.pdf   Fall 2009 Issue   UGAresearch – Vol 38, No. 2 - Discovery and Innovation at the University of Georgia   See: Reference to One Health on page 9.

  One Health Liaison Website Links with University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine                                               November 4, 2009 “The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine is emerging as a leader in interdisciplinary research into new treatments that will benefit human and animal health — the One Health/One Medicine concept.” …read more, see link below: http://cvm.missouri.edu/news/onehealthinitiative.htm

The University of Texas School of Public Health   Invites you to a special book signing event featuring              Newly published works from celebrated            University of Texas School of Public Health                           Emeritus Professors.       Blair Justice, PhD and James H. Steele, DVM, MPH                    Thursday, November 19, 2009                                4 to 6 P.M. Provided by: Cathy Merriman Director of Development UT School of Public Health 1200 Herman Pressler, Suite 126 Houston, TX  77030 713-500-9059

Rabies cases a continuing threat to global public health: Ancient disease still a modern problem   The NATION’S HEALTH – American Public Health Association   http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/current/Nov2009/Nation/RabiesNAT.htm   Provided by: Peter J. Costa, MPH, CHES Global Communications Coordinator Global Alliance for Rabies Control World Rabies Day Campaign 00 + 1.919.830.2199 peter.costa@worldrabiesday.org www.worldrabiesday.org

IMPORTANT!  Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases   http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12625   Authors:Gerald T. Keusch, Marguerite Pappaioanou, Mila C. Gonzalez, Kimberly A. Scott, and Peggy Tsai, Editors; Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin; National Research Council Authoring Organizations Description: H1N1 (swine flu), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases--diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Emerging zoonoses are a growing concern given multiple factors, including an increase in zoonotic disease outbreaks, their often novel ...Read More

  Confronting Infectious Diseases in an Interconnected World:   People, Animals, and the Environment   The National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED)   Strategic Framework 2009 - 2014   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  Mark your calendars!   Historic FIRST Joint One Health Symposium with the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and the Society of Veterinary Tropical Medicine (SVTM) will be held Nov 21, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.   ASTMH 58th Annual Meeting November 18-22, 2009 Washington, DC, USA Contact: info@astmh.org www.astmh.org   The agenda:   TITLE: One World - One Health and Intercontinental Invaders   Bob H. Bokma, DVM -  E. Paul Gibbs, BVSc, PhD - Thomas P. Monath, MD … Co-Chairs   “ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE ZOONOTIC WATERBORNE PROTOZOAL PARASITES IN CALIFORNIA AND TANZANIA - Patricia A. Conrad, Woutrina Miller, Deana Clifford, and Jonna K. Mazet   RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, A ZOONOTIC DISEASE OF HIGH CONSEQUENCE IN BOTH THE VETERINARY AND HUMAN HEALTH ARENAS – T.G. Ksiazek   MARINE VERTEBRATES AS SENTINELS OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: ONE HEALTH LINKING LAND TO SEA - A. Alonso Aguirre   HOW WEST NILE AND AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES ILLUSTRATE THE CHALLENGES IN APPLYING ONE HEALTH - Samantha E. J. Gibbs   CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL WEST NILE VACCINES FOR HUMANS AND EQUIDS: APPLICATION OF ONE HEALTH PRINCIPLES - Thomas P. Monath

A One Health Academy luncheon on Friday, October 23, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon at the Capital Yacht Club, 1000 Water St., SW, Washington, DC will feature a talk by Dr. M.D. (Mo) Salman entitled   ‘Why is the One Health/Medicine Logo not the solution?’ Please RSVP to Deeanna Burleson at: deeburleson@gmail.com or call Deeanna at 703-303-6143.  A Global Health Initiative (AGHI) Sponsored by Colorado State University   See power point slide presentation provided by:   Mo Salman BVMS, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM, F.A.C.E. Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology Campus Stop 1644 Animal Population Health Institute College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1644 Voice message: 1.970.297.0353 Fax: 1.970.297.5228

Agriculture   The Future of the agricultural life sciences in the Netherlands     A vision for 2020 and beyond   Provided by:   Prof Arno N. Vermeulen, PhD Immuno Valley General Management & Valorisation PO Box 80163 Yalelaan 1 3508 TD Utrecht T +31(0)30.2531618 M +31(0)6.46311342 www.immunovalley.nl

Fall 2009 – One Health Newsletter  (USA)    Published online October 9, 2009   http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

Call for Papers   Special Supplement on Healthy People in a Healthy Environment   For:   Public Health reports   Provided by: Hugh M. Mainzer, MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVPM Captain, United States Public Health Service Chief Veterinary Officer, USPHS US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services Mailstop F-60, Building 106, Room 6124 4770 Buford Highway, NE Atlanta, GA 30341 Ph: (1)770.488.3138 Fax:(1)770.488.7310 Hugh.Mainzer@cdc.hhs.gov   The United States Public Health Service: Protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of the Nation

“One Medicine/One Health”: Personal Reflections of a True Believer   One Health Power Point Slides of Note: http://www.vet.ksu.edu/studentorgs/phc/pdf/One_Health_ICEID_Mar08Final.pdf   Thomas P. Monath, MD   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

          Global One Health Concerns That Demand Veterinary Attention             “The Calvin Schwabe One Health Project is producing a new generation of veterinarians who will be ready to lead a collaborative, transdisciplinary, multi-species effort to improve global health. With expertise in biohazard events, food and water safety, vector-borne diseases, established and emerging zoonotic diseases, herd health, foreign animal risks, and public health issues such as antimicrobial resistance, these graduates will be positioned as true One Health advocates and practitioners of the future.”     See Full Text in Lead Article on One Health Newsletter - Summer Issue   http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OHNLSummer2009.pdf   For more information, visit the Calvin Schwabe One Health Project website at:   http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/