One Health Publications

“ … of microbial evolution and transmission in numerous settings which is key to the One Health approach to disease prevention and control.”

Initiatives in support of this regional health workforce commitment include: … and sustain national laboratory systems with a One Health focus.

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“Initiatives in support of this regional health workforce commitment include:

• “The Global Laboratory Leadership Program (GLLP), with $5.2 million in invested and planned CDC support since Fiscal Year 2021, mentors current and emerging laboratory leaders to build, strengthen, and sustain national laboratory systems with a One Health focus.”

“… Pandemics are preventable, if policymakers are willing to plan and finance an approach that recognizes that human health is inseparable from the health of the environment and animals, both wild and domesticated. This approach, which emphasizes prevention, is known as “One Health” because it rests on an understanding of the interdependence of humans and the natural environment and is designed as an integrated framework. …”

The Ravenswood Media/Red Rocks Initiative wildlife filmmaking class have completed their first film, One Health Rwanda. The students surpassed our hopes by using their new skills to produce a film that not only highlights Rwanda’s stunning wildlife but also addressed the critical issue of planetary health. We will continue offering the class at the Red Rocks compound and plan to expand the concept to other countries.

Provided to the One Health Initiative team December 9, 2022 by:

David McGowan

Ravenswood Media

312-356-9099

“… Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), in particular antibiotic resistance, is a long-standing priority for the French government. Action plans in human health coordinated by the Ministry of Health have been in place for more than 20 years, while plans in animal health have been coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2012 (6). The first Interministerial Committee for Health was dedicated to AMR, with a specific focus on antibiotic resistance. In November 2016, the French government adopted the Antibiotic Resistance Interministerial National Action Plan, using a One Health approach (7). This action plan is organized around five objectives: 1) raising awareness among the general public and healthcare professionals; 2) education; 3) research and innovation; 4) monitoring and surveillance; and 5) interministerial and international action governance. Regular One Health brochures are published, presenting a brief overview of the implemented initiatives and their impact (1,8).  …”

Biodiversity-Inclusive One health: Future solutions, learning from experience

Abstract

Since the field of One Health was introduced in the early 2000s, veterinary medicine has provided leadership in working with other disciplines and sectors to identify effective, sustainable solutions to complex health problems that are shared by humans, animals, and the environment. Human-induced climate change has accelerated since the Industrial Age, resulting in serious adverse human, animal, and environmental health consequences. We summarize several drivers of climate change and ecosystem degradation connected to veterinary medicine. Building on previous studies and observations of others, we propose a set of urgent and actionable recommendations for individual veterinarians and the veterinary profession to mitigate and adapt to the health risks posed by climate change and ecosystem degradation at community, local, state, national, and international levels. In addition, we call for emphasizing the foundational relationship between climate change and ecosystem health to human, animal, and environmental health; integrating environmental health, climate change, and the diagnosis and treatment of climate-related adverse health outcomes into veterinary medical education and research; and providing ever-greater national and global leadership and participation by the veterinary medical profession to confront the causes and health consequences of human-induced climate change and ecosystem degradation, working in collaboration with other health professions, disciplines, and sectors.

“Veterinarians who pursue public health careers apply their comparative medical educations to keep humans, animals, and the environment we all share, healthy.”  

ALSO SEE:

Zoonotic Tuberculosis Network: https://www.ztbnetwork.org/

Western One Health Network (WOHN): https://www.uwo.ca/onehealth/index.html

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Dr. Francisco Olea Popelka, DVM, MSc, PhD
Beryl Ivey Chair in One Health and Associate Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada
e. francisco.olea-popelka@schulich.uwo.ca
p. 519.661.2111 x. 87398

Laura Estrada
Website Coordinator
Email: lestrada@uwo.ca

Kathilyn Allewell
Media Specialist
Email: konn2@uwo.ca

“… Pandemics are preventable, if policymakers are willing to plan and finance an approach that recognizes that that human health is inseparable from the health of the environment and animals, both wild and domesticated. This approach, which emphasizes prevention, is known as “One Health” because it rests on an understanding of the interdependence of humans and the natural environment and is designed as an integrated framework.

One Health is particularly relevant for the East Asia and Pacific region, which is undergoing large-scale and rapid landscape, trade, consumption and demographic change and is one of the global hotspots for emerging infectious diseases caused by transmission from animals to humans. SARS, the Nipah virus and H5N1 viruses all emerged from East and Southeast Asia, not to mention COVID-19, and research suggests that the next global pandemic could begin again in this region. …”

Advancing Health Care in Humans, Animals and the Environment