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Insufficient public health literacy translates into huge costs and risks for society

For those whose eyes glaze over when beginning to read this article: bottom line is that this type of scientific research could result in finding anti-viral drugs capable of fending off and/protecting people against current prevalent viral diseases (with pandemic potential like influenza etc.) and future viral diseases like Nipa.  Some studies like this have been eliminated from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

“… A ‘One Health’ approach  

The case of mycotoxins is a clear example of an issue that has potentially far-reaching consequences for animal, human and ecosystem health, with the environment also playing a key role as a pathway for the spread of contamination.

The European Union is already working across different policy and work areas to understand and develop solutions and mitigation strategies to address the risks from mycotoxins. For example, surveillance already undertaken in the environment (like for precipitation, sunlight hours, temperature records) should also be done to monitor food, animal feed, animals and humans. Other possible future actions to counteract mycotoxin contamination could include breeding crops that are resistant to fungal infection, adopting good agricultural practices, (like adapting to environmental conditions including crop rotation to regenerate soil fertility and minimising the carry-over of mould from one year to the other), as well as making use of biological controls and predictive models.

The European Union’s so-called ‘One Health’ approach can help to coordinate action and research that recognises the complex interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health, applying solutions that take these different elements into account.” 

Dr. Warner is Professor Emeritus at Texas Tech Univ. School of Veterinary Medicine, Amarillo, Texas (USA)

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and The Bill Gatton Foundation grand challenge team recently established a One Health (OH) program. UKOH will bring together research, extension and instruction in OH and serves as a foundation for launching the future UK One Health Center.

UK is in a unique situation as a land-grant institution and one of eight academic institutions in the U.S. with a full complement of engineering, liberal arts, professional, medical and agricultural colleges and disciplines on one contiguous campus. Having everything on one campus promotes collaborative activities and research projects across the 16 degree-granting colleges and over 200 academic programs at the university.

The Martin-Gatton CAFE is uniquely situated with many years of collaboration not only across the university but also with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Kentucky Department of Public Health, Kentucky State University, Murray State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Our college has one of the strongest extension programs in the nation. As one of our three mission areas, extension ensures the dissemination of knowledge from the university to the people of Kentucky. Our presence in all 120 counties allows our extension agents and staff to serve as the primary extension educational arm of UK, disseminating information about OH topics, research and emerging diseases throughout the commonwealth.

US Biologic’s website

Also note: Strategic Partners | Zoonotic Disease Prevention | Lyme Disease | US Biologic.

By Laura H. Kahn MD, MPH, MPP, Co-Founder, One Health Initiative

Website https://laurakahn.com/

Author, One Health and the Politics of COVID-19 https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12713/one-health-and-politics-covid-19

Author, One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/one-health-and-politics-antimicrobial-resistance

Author, Who’s in Charge? Leadership During Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Epidemics-Bioterror-Security-International-dp-144087817X/dp/144087817X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1593276596

Volume 12, No. 2, Released March 2, 2025

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