One Health Publications

University of Florida (UF) veterinary college [Gainesville, Florida (USA)] honors donors, holds official dedication of new Small Animal Hospital  – November 1, 2010  … In his introduction of David Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president of health affairs and president of the UF & Shands Health System, Hoffsis noted the uniqueness UF enjoyed by virtue of being a part of such a major health center, and said the veterinary college faculty, and ultimately, hospital patients, benefited from the collaborations this synergy makes possible.  Guzick said Hoffsis was one of the first people who insisted on meeting with him  after his hiring in 2009, “so that I would see the importance of having a veterinary center here at UF.” He added that two key areas stood out for him with the new small animal hospital project: philanthropy, and the project’s tie-in to the concept of one health.  “We have learned that we dont just have a world-class facility here; we have a best-in-class facility here,” Guzick said. “Lets put this in context. These haven’t exactly been the best of times in Florida, but in the last several years, people have come forward and said, ‘this is important.’”  After private gifts were raised, advocacy from the UF trustees, leveraged by the Legislature for an additional $47 million, “was really important,” Guzick said.  Furthermore, the pathophysiology of diseases is similar in animals and humans, Guzick said.   “There truly is this ‘one health’ idea, and what better place to spearhead that idea on campus than right here,” he said. “Dr. Michael Schaer said to me earlier this evening, ‘This is a shooting star.’ Grab hold of it, and, congratulations.  …  Please read entire article attached.  Provided by Sarah Carey. 

Lessons from the Netherlands By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 10 January 2011 “With more than 4,000 people falling ill since 2007, the Netherlands is experiencing one of the worlds worst outbreaks of Q fever. A zoonotic disease (meaning it can be transmitted from animals to people), Q fever can cause sickness and even death in humans. The Dutch struggle to address the ongoing outbreak can be instructive in terms of how to improve the handling of public health crises, and the rest of the world would do well to learn from their experience. … … … … Building these bridges will require leadership, financial incentives, joint educational programs, shared conferences, and other efforts that introduce an interdisciplinary way of thinking. The Dutch response to the Q fever crisis not only shows that new steps must be taken to better protect public health, but also demonstrates how important an integrated approach, like One Health, will be in the future.” PLEASE READ ENTIRE ARTICLE by clicking on the attachment or the link below: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/lessons-the-netherlands   Permission Granted to post January 11, 2011 by Mindy Kay Bricker, Senior Editor, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL 60637 (USA)

Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) Express Support for One Health   On January 11, 2011, the prominent Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) expressed their support for One Health to the One Health Initiative website team from their Executive Director, Dr. Jan Vaarten via Francesco Proscia, MSc, Veterinary Policy Officer from Brussels, Belgium in the following message:  Please see attachment.   Note: FVE support and message also posted as a News item on website News page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php.    

One Health Initiative website team establishes Honorary Advisory Board Please see attachment noting outstanding One Health supporters/advocates that have graciously agreed to participate on the One Health Initiative website’s honorary advisory board established December 1, 2010. 

Understanding Risk Perceptions to Enhance Communications about Human-Wildlife Interactions and the Impacts of Zoonotic Diseases   Daniel J. Decker, Darrick T.N. Evensen, William F. Siemer, Kirsten M. Leong, Shawn J. Riley, Margaret A. Wild, Kevin T. Castle, and Charles L. Higgins   Institute of Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal   Volume 51, Number 3  2010   http://dels-old.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarjournal/51_3/pdfs/v5103Decker.pdf The ILAR Journal, the quarterly, peer-reviewed publication of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, provides thoughtful and timely information for all who use, care for, and oversee the use of laboratory animals.   Permission to post granted January 5, 2011 by Ms. Cameron H. Fletcher, Managing Editor, ILAR Journal

Primary Pneumonic Plague, 2009, China CID 2011:52 (15 January – 185)   Please see attachment: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/2/185.abstract   Permission to Post link granted by Mubashar Khattak, Permission Assistant, Journals.Permissions@oup.com on January 6, 2011.   Note: Also posted on News page.  

Important obesity article “Overweight in dogs, but not in cats, is related to overweight in their owners” Published June 23, 2009 - Public Health Nutrition: 13(1), 102-106   PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT.   Permission to post obtained and granted January 1, 2011 by:   Dr. Jacob C. Seidell Institute of Health Sciences VU University of Amsterdam The Netherlands   _________________   Obesity is a significant health risk for humans and their pets (e.g. dogs and cats).  Pet obesity appears to be linked with people (their owners).   Overweight people (and their pet dogs) that live sedentary lives and ingest high calorie foods, have shown a correlated predisposition to hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, joint and bone damage, etc.   Innovative One Health interdisciplinary collaborative comparative biomedical research into the differences and similarities between species has shown promise for helping to expedite methods for combating and treating obesity in humans in the U.S. and worldwide.   Over the past 15 years (approximately), biomedical research studies have discovered various proteins produced in body fat called adipokines.  Formerly thought to simply store energy and provide protection to internal organs, it is now known that white adipose tissue (body fat) is highly dynamic and involved in a wide range of complex metabolic and physiologic processes associated with signaling properties from over 50 identified adipokines.  These have functional roles in immunity, appetite and energy balance, insulin sensitivity, angiogenesis, blood pressure, hemostasis and much more.

Eurosurveillance.  Volume 15, Issue 38, 23 September 2010    Fatal and mild primary dengue virus infections imported to Norway from Africa and south-east Asia, 2008-2010 http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19666

Theobald Smith [A One Health Physician Researcher of Historical Significance] Myron Schultz, DVM, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Volume 14, Number 12–December 2008 http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1939.htm Dr. Schultz is Senior Medical Officer, Global Disease Detection Operations Center, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 30333 (USA).  

A brief mention of One Health Initiative in Government Accounting Office (GAO) -USA report:   http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d119.pdf   Report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate:   Live Animals Imports – Agencies Need better Collaboration to Reduce Risk of Animal Related Diseases

Epidemic Anthrax in the Eighteenth Century, the Americas   David M. Morens, MD   Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 October; 8(10): 1160–1162. doi: 10.3201/eid0810.020173. PMCID: PMC2730311 | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–167K |   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730311/?tool=pmcentrez

Many refer to Dr. Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), a physician, as the “father” of comparative medicine, cellular biology, and veterinary pathology.  Virchow coined the term “zoonosis”.  He said “between animal and human medicine there are no dividing lines—nor should there be.  The object is different but the experience obtained constitutes the basis of all medicine”. Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Volume 14, Number 9–September 2008 Please see the attached historical paper about “One Medicine” (now commonly referred to as One Health) ground breaking and visionary physician Rudolf Virchow: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/9/1479.htm written by Myron G. Schultz, DVM, MD.   Dr. Schultz is Senior Medical Officer, Global Disease Detection Operations Center, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 30333 (USA).

Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 48, 02 December 2010   Full table of contents:  http://www.eurosurveillance.org/

    Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle   By Myron G. Schultz, DVM, MD and David M. Morens, MD   Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 September; 15(9): 1519–1522. doi: 10.3201/eid1509.090891. PMCID: PMC2819868 | Full Text | PDF–328K | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819868/?tool=pmcentrez

Promoting the “One Medicine, One Health” concept in Nigeria   http://www.sciquest.org.nz/elibrary/download/68268/T3-P12_-_Promoting_the_One_medicine,_one_health_initiative_in_Nigeria

Building Bridges to Protect Health: Enhanced Partnerships among Animal, Human and Ecosystem Health Sectors in New Zealand   By Hillery A. Harvey, PhD   http://www.fulbright.org.nz/voices/axford/2010_harvey.html   http://www.fulbright.org.nz/voices/axford/docs/axford2010_harvey.pdf   Provided by:   Dr. Hillery A. Harvey Special Assistant to the Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Bldg. 31 Rm. 7A-03 Bethesda, MD  20892 ph 301.496.2263 fx 301.451.5476 hharvey@niaid.nih.gov   Permission for One Health Initiative website to reprint granted by Andy Mitchell, communications Adviser, Fulbright New Zealand, www.fulbright.org.nz, November 7, 2010.  

More about:    1st International One Health Congress   Human Health, Animal Health, the Environment and Global Survival   Melbourne Convention Center, Victoria, Australia   February 14-16, 2011   http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index9.html

Another One Health in ACTION – 3nd Article in Tuberculosis Series Tuberculosis in wild animals [Serialised article. Tuberculosis: a re-emerging disease in animals and humans. Number 4 in the series] Kaneene J B, Miller R, de Kantor I N, Thoen C O.   http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2010/00000014/00000012/art00005 or directly to the pdf or click on “View PDF” above:   http://docstore.ingenta.com/cgi-bin/ds_deliver/1/u/d/ISIS/59768688.1/iuatld/ijtld/2010/00000014/00000012/art00005/352260E8051AFEDA129000643984AE0FF61832B129.pdf?link=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/error/delivery&format=pdf   Provided by: Clare Pierard | Managing EditorInternational Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD)International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease68, boulevard Saint-Michel | 75006 Paris | France Tel: (+33) 1 44 32 03 60 | Fax: (+33) 1 43 29 90 83CPierard@theunion.org | journal@theunion.org | www.theunion.orghttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/journals/browse/iuatld/ijtld

An Historical Antecedent of Modern Guidelines for Community Pandemic Influenza Mitigation   David M. Morens, MD,  Jeffery K. Taubenberger, MD, PhD,  Gregory K. Folkers, MS, MPH  and Anthony S. Fauci, MD   NIH Public Access: Author manuscript - Public Health Rep. 2009 Jan–Feb; 124(1): 22–25.   aNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Address correspondence to: David M. Morens, MD, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 31, Room 7A-10, 31 Center Dr., MSC 2520, Bethesda, MD 20892-2520; tel. 301-496-2263; fax 301-496-4409; e-mail: dmorens@niaid.nih.gov.   Public Health Rep. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 September 28. PMCID: PMC2602927 Published in final edited form as: Manuscript: | Full Text | PDF–149K |   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602927/?tool=pmcentrez   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602927/pdf/nihms-128857.pdf?tool=pmcentrez

Rabies Webinar: September 28, 2010 The Global Alliance for Rabies Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention co-hosted four Webinars on World Rabies Day, September 28, 2010. *One Health Initiative website www.onehealthinitiative.com team member Jack Woodall, PhD, spoke about –“Global Clearinghouse for Activities involving Rabies and other Zoonoses” (please see attached PowerPoint Slide presentation by clicking on PDF View icon). Dr. Woodall is the websites ProMED page contents manager and a co-founder and associate editor of ProMED-mail.  Bio/CV Note: According to Peter J. Costa, MPH, CHES, Director, Global Communications, Global Alliance for Rabies Control,  “The first-ever World Rabies Day Webinar data indicates that more than 2000 people from 34 countries participated in the webinars!” “One Health in ACTION” World Rabies Day Webinar available at http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/Events/wrd-webinar.html