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“ … Adopting a One Health Approach

The pandemic agreement should create strong obligations and ample funding for One Health surveillance across the human-animal-environment interface. Governance reforms should harmonize existing international agreements for addressing the upstream drivers of pandemics, including deforestation, intensive agricultural practices, wildlife trade, and climate change.⁹

Conclusion

If these 5 reforms succeed in the Geneva negotiations, the world would be far better prepared to detect, report, and respond to novel outbreaks. Lifesaving countermeasures would be developed more quickly and allocated more equitably. With May 2024 fast approaching and at a time of intense diplomatic negotiations, the international community must not lose sight of what drove it to transformational law reforms in the first place. Nations must meet this historic moment with bold action on scientific exchange, equity, finance, accountability, and One Health. A more secure and fairer world is at stake.”

Introduction: This free webinar brings together a diverse group of voices on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and aims to shed light on various aspects of AMR and its implications for human, environmental and animal health.

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Event in the European Parliament produces calls for EU holistic health policies on animal health, human health and the environment.

“The EU urgently needs to adopt a ‘One Health’ approach that recognises the interconnection between animal health, human health and the environment. This was the key takeaway from the ‘One Health, One Welfare’ event hosted by MEP Anne Sander (EPP, France) in the European Parliament on 19^th September. …”

“The need for continued collaboration across various sectors to foster the discussion on the One Health approach” – Miguel Angel Martin Esteban, Representative for Agriculture and Fisheries of the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU”

“How does the state of the environment affect the spread of AMR?

There is growing evidence that the environment plays a key role in the development, transmission and spread of AMR. Its proliferation is linked to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, pollution and waste.

For example, higher temperatures, storms and floods can fuel the spread of bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal and vector-borne diseases. Severe weather events can also cause wastewater and sewage to overwhelm treatment plants, allowing untreated sewage rich in antimicrobial-resistant microbes to contaminate surrounding communities.

As well, wastewater laced with medicines, including that from animal production facilities, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies, can feed drug resistance.

We cannot stop using antimicrobials. So, how can we fight AMR?

Antimicrobials have saved countless lives and are essential to modern medicine. But we need to use them more judiciously. Healthcare professionals should only prescribe antibiotics when necessary and in the right dosage and duration. The use and overuse of antibiotics in agriculture must also be limited. It is imperative that countries adopt the One Health approach, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, plants and the environment are interdependent.

The old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” applies to AMR. Preventative measures, such as improving water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as putting in place strong international and national regulatory frameworks to enforce controls on the sale and distribution of antibiotics, will go a long way in reducing AMR. …”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has called on the ministers of health, agriculture, environment and water resources to support resource mobilisation and budget line for the operationalisation of the One Health approach in their ministries.

Agroecology and One Health are two interdisciplinary approaches that address the interconnections between agriculture, ecosystems, human, and animal and plant health. Both agroecology and One Health promote holistic and sustainable approaches to agriculture and health. Making positive interventions under one approach can have positive impacts on the other. These approaches can contribute to improving food security, biodiversity conservation, of course and the overall health of both humans and the environment.

“…Addressing these challenges requires international cooperation and partnerships that adopt the one health-planetary health approach, which integrates the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems to ensure equitable resource distribution and enhanced resilience in global communities and tackle the disproportionate burden of viral diseases.”

November 6, 2023

American Veterinary One Health Society

Formerly American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (www.avesociety.org)

BG (Dr) John Poppe, 206 Springwood Lane, TX 78216

210-749-0714 exec.dir@avohsociety.org– Executive Director & Board Member

Founders: Karl F. Meyer & James H. Steele

Respectfully Requesting Letters of Support for a ProMED Rescue Initiative

SEE: https://onehealthinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ProMed-LoS-AVOHS_MPP-Nov-6-2023-Final-Draft.pdf

The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)  was launched in 1994 as an Internet-based service to identify unusual health events related to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and toxins affecting humans, animals, plants and all-natural life in the world. It has been a program activity of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) since 1999. ProMED is the largest and most dependable publicly available system conducting global reporting of health-related disease outbreaks. Reports are produced and commentary provided by a multidisciplinary global team of subject matter expert (SME) Moderators in a variety of fields including microbiology, parasitology, pathology, epidemiology, entomology, veterinary, environmental health, toxicology, insect/plant diseases and beyond. Historically, ProMED is in operation 24 hours a day, 7days a week to ensure timely reporting in every time zone. Tragically, the ProMED program now finds itself in grave financial troubles.

Over the last 28 years, thanks to the commitment of ProMED team members and moderators actively mining and monitoring disease data sets gathered from across the globe, ProMED has been the first to report on numerous major-to-minor, common and rare disease outbreaks and biothreats including SARS, Chikungunya, the early spread of Ebola and Zika, MERS, and COVID-19. These reports were not simple statements of facts, rather they included high quality comments by the ProMED moderators that presented the information from a professional public health perspective. This unique program represents a critical and proven scientific modality for protecting against health threats worldwide.

Modern technologies such as artificial intelligence present unparalleled, exciting opportunities, but cannot replace expert human oversight of complex surveillance systems for early identification of infectious disease threats. The undersigned strongly encourage the ISID to seek a new home for ProMED that would ensure the financial wellness to sustain and grow this indispensable program. To be sure, ProMED has contributed significantly to the maintenance of optimal health for the world, which falls under the umbrella of the One Health concept/approach.

We, the undersigned (see back page to sign), urge governmental leaders, health industries, institutions of higher learning, and all global public health authorities to proactively seek a long-term solution for ProMED funding that will allow moderators and staff to continue their operations free from political, social and other external restrictive burdens. The world must find funding support to sustain this profound, unparalleled, and dynamic program in the name of public health in the spirit of One Health.

President –  Karen Becker, DVM, MPH, Vice President – Vacant, Hartz Liaison- Keith Goldman Immediate Past President– Jack Shere, DVM, PhD, Executive Director– John Poppe, DVM, MPH Board of Directors- Craig Carter, DVM, PhD (Chairperson), Ron DeHaven, DVM, MBA, Bernadette Dunham, DVM, PhD, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPP, William Stokes, DVM

Respectfully Requesting Letters of Support for a ProMED Rescue Initiative

Target Audience—Global Organizations/Distinguished Leaders/Allied Healthcare Leaders/Environmental and other leading scientists /Universities and One Health Community leaders and individuals/organizations with strong interest in sustaining the ProMED operations.

1. Name of the supporting organization and date signed–

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2. Primary contact name and full contact information-

After signing, please return to Dr. Craig Carter, AVOHS Board member at craig.carter@uky.edu for processing—thanks!

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Signee Supporters to date (December 29, 2023):

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team [Contact – One Health Initiative]: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ *Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH ▪ Thomas M. Yuill, PhD ▪ Helena J. Chapman, MD, MPH, PhD ▪ Craig N. Carter, DVM, PhD ▪ Becky Barrentine, MBA ▪ Richard Seifman, JD, MBA   *Deceased November 6, 2020

Cheryl Stroud, DVM, PhD, Executive Director, One Health Commission,  cstroud@onehealthcommission.org, Office Phone: +1984-500-8093, Direct Phon: +1-224-622-1839

Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Robert E. Shope, MD, Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Departments of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Microbiology and Immunology, and Global Health & Emerging Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), 301 University Boulevard, Route 0435, Galveston, Texas  77555-0435, Phone: (409) 772-0633, FAX: (409) 772-6527, www.utmb.edu/one-health, Email: gcgray@utmb.edu

Dr Clifford Warwick , PGDip(MedSci) PhD CBiol CSci EurProBiol FRSB, Biologist & Medical Scientist, 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ, UK, cliffordwarwick@gmail.com

Michael von Fricken, PhD, MPH, Director, University of Florida One Health Center of Excellence, Emerging Pathogens Institute, 2055 Mowry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, mvonf@ufl.edu, Phone: 352-273-5245

Tracey Goldstein, PhD, Director., One Health Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523, tracey.goldstein@colostate.edu, Phone: 970-491-1265

Christina Pettan-Brewer MV, DVM, MSc, OHPC, Associate Professor , Associate Director, Co-Leader and Founder President (One Health Brasil Latin America) since 2012, Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle USA, One Health Brazil Latin America, Center for One Health Research (COHR) University of Washington, Seattle USA, One Health Latin America Ibero & Caribbean, One Health Brasil and ECOHA – Brazil, E-mail kcpb@uw.edu, Phone: 206 930 8412.

 Ronald D. Warner, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Professor Emeritus (epidemiology), TTU School of Veterinary Medicine and TTUHSC School of Medicine, Family & Community Medicine
3601  4^th Street, STOP 8143; Lubbock, Texas  79430-8143, T. 1-806–743–6058; F. 1-806-743-1292

Larry Madoff, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, Email: lmadoff@gmail.com; madoffl@umassmemorial.org, phone –  617-983-6803

Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Laaser DTM&H, MPH, Past President ASPHER and WFPHA WFPHA Medalist 2023: Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany E-mail: ulrich.laaser@uni-bielefeld.de; laaseru@gmail.com

Comments by signee: My full support to this initiative, which in fact is urgently needed!

Professor Rohini R. Roopnarine BVSc, MPhil, EdD, MRCVS, Diplomate (Hon.) AVES/AVOHS, Course Director, Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, True Blue, St. George’s, Grenada, WI,
Phone: +1 (473) 439-2000 ext. 3678 Email: rroopnarine@sgu.edu

 Comments by signee: Pro-Med has been an excellent teaching tool to educate my veterinary students about key infectious diseases and their relevance and impact on public health. I hope this resource will not be lost.

David T S Hayman, BVM&S, MSc, DipECZM, PhD, MRCVS, Percival Carmine Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health, Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology, Director Infectious Disease Research Centre, Co-Director Molecular Epidemiology & Public Health Laboratory, Principal Investigator Te Pūnaha Matatini, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand, +6469516047, D.T.S.Hayman@massey.ac.nz

Curtis Hoffmann, Email: choffman@broadinstitute.org, Phone: (617) 714-7354

Laura Seckbach Finn, Director, Fly By Night, Inc., P.O. Box 562, Osteen, FL 32764-0562, phone: 407-414-2142, www.FlyByNightInc.org

Elle Law, MPH, elaw@email.unc.edu; elaw@cdcfoundation.org / elaw@alumni.unc.edu

Comments by signee: ProMED is to public health as Barron’s or The Financial Times is to finance, or as the Associated Press is to news. It is a crucial tool in how we keep each other attuned to infectious diseases in an increasingly infectious world. Across people. Across animals. Across our environments. There is no other resource like it available.  It simultaneously informs and crowdsources across disciplines and professions. It is unique.

The first news of a mysterious respiratory disease in Wuhan, China came to many of us through ProMED. But it is not just the sharing of news or alerts from organizations. The crucial value of ProMED lies in the accompanying commentary from a diversity of expert moderators. Context is necessary: What is known? What is unknown?  When ProMED-mail is occasionally tagged by moderators with “Request for information” (asking subscribers to provide any known information), that is always cause for special attention.

 We know the next pandemic is currently in incubation. Do we stick our heads in the sand? Or do we fund what gives us eyes to see what is coming?

Prof C.M.E. McCrindle, cheryl.mccrindle@gmail.com, 27123462958 328 Hay Street, Brooklyn 0181 Pretoria, RSA.

Comments by signee  Have supported ProMed since it started. It is really useful for academics and protecting vets as it keeps us updated . I lectured at University of Pretoria. Also am in practice Donkerhoek Vet Consulting.

Atupere S. Phiri, BA, M.Sc, Medical Masters of Science in Global Health Delivery Student, Harvard Medical School Class of 2025, 107 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Box 200,Boston,MA., Email: atuperephiri@hms.harvard.edu, Phone: (+1) 617 518 0145|(+265) 881 589 946

Prof. Michele A. Miller, DVM, MS, MPH, PhD, Diplm. ECZM (ZHM) |SAVC-registered veterinarian, NRF South African Research Chair in Animal Tuberculosis, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics | SAMRC Centre for TB Research | DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research | Department of Biomedical Sciences | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2019, 2nd Floor, Biomedical Research Institute, Francie Van Zijl Drive, Tygerberg, 7505, Stellenbosch University Tygerberg Medical Campus | South Africa, (+27) 073 812 9141 | miller@sun.ac.za

Comments by signee  Promed is an invaluable resource for researchers working in the fields of infectious diseases, One Health, and public and animal health. This is available for free throughout the world, and therefore, provides rapid dissemination of crucial information.

Margarida Simoes, RN, DVM, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor,  simoes.margarida.p@gmail.com  & mpsimoes@uevora.pt  +351 919823778 Av. 12 de Julho, 79, Gala; 3090-739 Figueira da Foz

Comments by signee:  Just about to graduate (C2021) from the EPIET/EUPHEM training Fellowship, working at the RIVM (Netherlands), I confess it is a daily working tool. I am both a nurse and a Veterinarian and PROMED makes my work (education, public health microbiology) much more accurate and up-to-date. Thank you for all that has been done!

Syahrul Tuba, M.Clin.Pharm., Faculty of Military Pharmacy, The Republic of Indonesia Defense University, +62 812 968 827 03 (WA), Indonesia

Reta Duguma Abdi, DVM, MSc, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Long Island University Post, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548  https://www.liu.edu/vetmed, Email: reta.abdi@liu.edu

Off. Phone: 516-299-3673, Veterinary Sciences | Special Issue : Latest Research on Bacterial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock (mdpi.com)

 Joseph Anejo Okopi, MBA, MSc, PhD, Title: Professor,  Email : josephokopi@yahoo.com, Phone: +2348061584647,  Address: Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria

 Comments by signee: I am in absolute support of Health funding and agenda and taking more seriously to avoid catastrophe costs of potential epidemic in the near future. 

Holley Muraco, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Coastal ONE Health, Coastal Research and Extension Center, C: 707-301-5321

Jessica Smith Schwind, PhD MPH CPH, Director, Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Georgia Southern University,www.georgiasouthern.edu/ihla, PO Box 8110, Statesboro, GA. 30460 912-478-0302

Comments by signee:  I fully support the continuation of ProMed.

Chair, American Public Health Association One Health Section

Dr. Grigor V. Grigoryan, «One Health» coalition, 59/32 Halabyan Street, Ajapnyak, 0036 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, Telephone: +374 91 917 173,  E-mail: onehealth.armenia@gmail.com

Comments by signee: “Hereby “One Health” coalition of NGOs would like to join and to support the request of the American Veterinary One Health Society.” 

 Prof. Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FESCMID, Emeritus Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia,  Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Central TELF: (+511),    3190015 anex 201357; Cel: 51-999-007 028 SKYPE: eduardo_gotuzzo   EMAIL: eduardo.gotuzzo@upch.pe

Comments by signee:  Professor of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. We have always seen zoonoses as a global problem. I participated in 2009 in the WHO Expert Committee on Zoonoses, also in the yellow fever group.

During these last years I have dedicated myself to further promoting the concept of One Health in our institution due to their enormous impact on human medicine, and I worked as Director of the “Alexander von Humboldt” Institute of Tropical Medicine of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, we strengthened education and research plans with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and in particular I worked for years in human brucellosis.

It is now important to strengthen OHSAS in this role of promoting One Health, especially now that we must be prepared for future pandemics and to improve biomedical education

I worked at Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Microbial Threats – Institute of Medicine of The National Academies from 2001-2015

Sukanta Chowdhury, DVM, MS, PhD, Scientist & Team Lead, One Health Research Group, Infectious Diseases  Division icddr,b (www.icddrb.org), 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani | Mohakhali | Dhaka 1212  |  Bangladesh Phone: 01730076255  |  01843640299

Email: sukanta@icddrb.org  |  sukanta.icddrb@yahoo.com  |  icddr,b profile: https://www.icddrb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=2202&staffID=108, Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GVaYGicAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Comments by signee:  My pleasure is to connect with this great initiative

Paige Adams, DVM, PhD K-State Olathe, Teaching Associate Professor, 22201 W. Innovation Dr., Olathe, KS 66061, Office: (913)307-7367, apadams@ksu.edu, Zoom link: https://ksu.zoom.us/j/8463753128, Twitter: @PaigeAdams89,One Health Newsletter, Editor: https://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/

Debbie Stoewen DVM, MSW, RSW, PhD, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1

Rebecca Echols, DVM, MPH, rebeccaechols@comcast.net, Logan, UT (USA), 435.753.7507

“… These data collection and monitoring efforts are crucial in enhancing our collective understanding of the many aspects of planet health, contributing to monitoring risks to One Health, the scientific approach that connects the health of people to the health of animals and the environment.

Space monitoring of risks to One Health: What of the future?

The potential benefits of space technology as it bears on One Health in terms of what is being and could be done, is the promise for our common future.

Heightened public visibility, and deepening collaboration between space agencies, environmentalists, public health professionals, veterinary experts, policymakers, and financial institutions, is what is needed.

Spaceborne technologies offer unique perspectives that allow for more reliable monitoring of environmental factors, ways for tracking disease outbreaks and predicting health risks. Implementation of proactive strategies to safeguard public health, conserve biodiversity, and ensure the sustainability of our planet, is possible.

Benefits from Space for One Health in advancing global health and achieving a harmonious relationship between humans, animals, plants, and the environment, is possible “if”, but only “if”, there is the awareness, willingness, and commitment to embrace what space can offer to help.”

Under the One Health initiative, Tech will focus research on zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, chronic diseases, food safety and security and …

“One Health — This area of research is a relatively newly emerging field but pertains to looking at how humans, animals and the environment interact and affect one another in hopes of better understanding the health of the world. This field of research is a collaboration between the flagship university and the TTU Health Sciences Center. Under the One Health initiative, Tech will focus research on zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, chronic diseases, food safety and security and environmental effects on human and animal safety, according to an internal presentation from the Office of Research.”

The One Health Commission and the One Health Initiative Coordinating Team for One Health Day is joined in 2023 by the global One Health Community in urging international One Health champions to plan, implement, and REGISTER events to raise awareness and understanding of One Health.

Advancing Health Care in Humans, Animals and the Environment