One Health Publications

By *Claude Forthomme, BA, MA  – Senior Editor

January 22, 2023  in Health, Politics & Foreign Affairs

*Member One Health Initiative Advisory Board

Numerous other notable One Health publication contributions by Ms. Forthomme et. al. include:

One Health Archives – Impakter

“UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has put forward the ‘One Health’ approach to identify zoonotic diseases.

This was done at a training workshop in partnership with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.

The workshop, which targeted healthcare, environmental health, and animal health sector workers, focused on ‘One Health’ as an approach that requires collaboration between multiple sectors to combat zoonotic diseases. A zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen that can jump from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa.  …”

One Health and Wildlife: Current Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North America; Environmental fungicides and the development of …

“… of the GAP and guided by a One Health approach––a unifying concept recognising the interdependence of human, animal, and environmental health.”

Module 2 Recommended Readings

Additional Recommended Readings

• To learn more about the One Health approach, including opportunities such as lecture series and global events, please visit the below websites:

• • • • One Health Commission 
      • One Health Initiative 
      • Africa One Health University Network 
      • Southeast Asia One Health University Network 

Students take 6 electives based on their chosen track: Generalist, Global Health, or One Health. As part of their choice of electives, …

One Health Track

“… In her introduction, Braverman unpacks One Health’s anthropocentric focus and argues that insights from the social sciences, literature and …”

“… Looking forward to more medical breakthroughs

This listing started with the promising achievements in health that began with malaria, a disease transmitted by an infective mosquito, a zoonotic disease, of which the extent of transmission is significantly affected by environmental factors. Thus we began here with the One Health concept, the approach that pulls together the health of humans, animals and the planet. …”

A Thoughtful Development:

The Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) was formed in 2020 to coordinate and amplify public health messaging on COVID-19 and increase Americans’ confidence in guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health officials.

“…Increased investments are also targeted to support research on Covid-19 and other infectious diseases, including biomedical research to generate evidence to inform short-term and medium-term response to Covid-19 like pandemics and to develop core capacity to deliver the One Health Approach to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in animals and humans. …”

“…  We look forward to working with the Government and other responsible parties in proactively designing mechanisms to address this problem in a way that ensures health equity consistent with the One Health initiative being promoted by the Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton. …”

Advancing Health Care in Humans, Animals and the Environment

UTMB OH Newsletter – January Issue 

“… The key elements of the framework are possible with countries following three principles: equity (the protection of all vulnerable populations with no one left behind), inclusiveness (full engagement, equal participation, leadership, decision-making and ownership of all stakeholders using a multisectoral and transdisciplinary, One Health approach), and coherence (to reduce the fragmentation, competition and duplication and promote logical, consistent programmes aligned with international instruments).”

“…The world needs practical and applicable science and technologies that can work effectively on the ground. Major pandemics in the 21st century brought the concept and global awareness of “One Health” (9). The introduction of “pandamic” comes timely and fits nicely into “One Health.” After all, we propose “mic” in “pandamic” to represent “microbiology,” which is a key component of One Health. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the “da” part of “pandamic” has been highly visible, with data applications on both personal level and international stage. Examples of efforts include the building of a global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence with modern approaches to surveillance and risk assessment (10). …”

“… Conclusions

Our findings underline the importance of taking a One Health approach when applying preventive measures in mink farm environments to prevent the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 from people to animals and to stop the further spread of the virus among animals and between animals and people. In our sample of six affected Utah farms that participated in on-farm investigations, SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly among mink shortly after they were first exposed. Illness and mortality among the mink herds could not be mitigated, leading to extensive loss and economic burden to producers, with some farms losing up to 50% of their herds. Interestingly, the high mortality experienced in these farms differed from the asymptomatic or mild infections described in most European farms. This is likely related to the active surveillance and testing strategy for SARS-CoV-2 in mink farms in Europe, in contrast to the United States, where testing typically has occurred only after identification of severe disease in mink, and farms with only asymptomatic or mild infection may not have been identified. Domestic surveillance is also complicated by the fact that mink farming in the United States is not a regulated livestock sector by the USDA or most state departments of agriculture. There is no mechanism for indemnity for economic losses, and as a result there is little incentive for producers to voluntarily report suspect cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mink herds.

Moving forward, a One Health approach engaging local, subnational, national, and global public health, agriculture, wildlife, environment officials, and industry partners is critical to effectively address SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging infectious diseases in farmed mink and other animal species. Our study suggests that outreach and education regarding preventive measures within communities and populations associated with farm environments where susceptible animals, including mink, are raised, is a central component of a One Health approach and is crucial to preventing the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 to people and mink. Active surveillance and further research of SARS-CoV-2 in mink and other susceptible animals is critical to monitor viral evolution, to detect potential emerging variants of concern, and to better understand the public and animal health risk for zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States and globally.”.

BY W. Jean Dodds, DVM, Author at IVC Journal