One Health Publications

• “…Develop a multidisciplinary Global Health Security workforce. Achieving global health security requires a multi-sectoral approach that incorporates an understanding of the linkages among human, animal, and environmental health– a “One Health” approach. As part of the U.S. Government’s Global Health Security programs, USAID is investing up to $85 million over five years to create a “next generation” health workforce. In 2021, USAID worked with more than 110 universities in 17 countries across Africa and Southeast Asia to train more than 18,000 current and future health workers for more effective disease surveillance and control. CDC has partnered with five leading international organizations to develop the Global Laboratory Leadership Programme (GLLP).  The GLLP is a comprehensive One Health-based training program for human and animal health laboratories. The GLLP is currently implemented in over 20 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In addition, the CDC Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) is recognized worldwide as an effective means to strengthen countries’ capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats through enhanced surveillance, epidemiology, and outbreak response functions. CDC works with partner countries to establish FETPs and to train epidemiologists across all levels of a country’s health system. To date, FETP has been implemented in more than 80 countries around the globe with more than 20,000 graduates with many FETP graduates becoming leaders and managers in  Ministries of Health or national public health institutes.  These activities accelerate progress of the United States Global Health Security Strategy, and will continue to help our partners build country-level capacities in line with their World Health Organization  Joint External Evaluations, National Action Plans for Health Security, and other tools the strengthen compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). …”

“… “In bringing together experts in a transdisciplinary One Health approach, we bridged health, ecological and theoretical scientists to expand on traditional studies addressing impacts of parasites on individual hosts and host populations to better understand these impacts on the ecosystems where ruminant hosts and their parasites live,” said Sharon Deem, director of the Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine, a co-author of the new study.

The research effort was conducted by an interdisciplinary and international working group funded by the Living Earth Collaborative, a partnership among Washington University, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Saint Louis Zoo. The team included biologists, wildlife veterinarians and epidemiologists, ecosystem ecologists, modelers and infectious disease specialists. …”

“Since the dawn of the space age in the last century, humans have sent animals into the nether regions to find out if living creatures could survive, to test for various benefits and risks for we humans. It is the way One Health uniquely integrates animals and environmental concerns, in a multidisciplinary context. 

We need to recognize that these animals are our explorers, our pathfinders, and heroes even if it isn’t by their choice.  …”

One Health Happenings News Notes is prepared and shared monthly by the One Health Commission    View archived issues: https://tinyurl.com/OHC-OH-Happening

“ … So what is the true economic impact of schistosomiasis? Only a One Health approach can answer this question.”

New research finds that climate change accelerates the spread of viruses among species causing increasingly frequent disease outbreaks

” … Indeed, the link between humans, animals, plants and the environment is the foundation of what is termed One Health, a concept bringing together experts from all disciplines across the spectrum of human and veterinary medicine as well as ecology and that is increasingly guiding public health policies at the World Health Organization and across the world. ”

In the Photo: Emerging/Reemerging infections worldwide
Photo Credit:  One Health Initiative

The program emphasizes One Health, an approach that reinforces that human health, animal health, and the environment are all connected.

Avian Flu and the COVID Connection  – Impakter

“… These are early days in Avian flu vaccine development and availability, and in the future we may look to some of the new technologies, such as mRNA, to provide faster and more easily produced vaccines. 

But the idea of getting ahead of a possible epidemic or pandemic in poultry is one that could cross over to humans. It certainly warrants attention, given what we have experienced and are experiencing with COVID-19.  

And this is only the tip of the iceberg for potential future zoonotic diseases emerging into pandemics equal to or worse than COVID, such as the Nipah virus which has a 40 -75% death rate for humans. Among other interesting developments, Nipah vaccine development programs for a single-dose vaccine are underway. 

But the point is this: The next big one could be right around the corner. 

We need to pay greater attention and resources to the fact that an estimated 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in origin, i.e. diseases transmitted from animals to humans. And the lesson to be drawn is clear:  it is becoming increasingly likely that what works in one species may work in another.”

Addressing the Climate Crisis: An Action Plan for Psychologists (apa.org)

For as much as is known about climate science and One Health impacts of climate change, the problem is fundamentally rooted in human behavior and beliefs. Accordingly, solutions will involve addressing why people think and behave as we do within the contexts of motivation, comprehension, coping, and resilience. A recent report from the American Psychological Association Climate Change Task Force (on which I served) describes challenges and opportunities for us to take substantive measures to preserve human, animal, and environmental health, well-being, justice, and hope for future generations. The report offers a blueprint for multi-sectoral collaboration and curricular modernization for maximal impact. One Health advocates are already leaders in that regard. See the link from *page 10 of this APA document below.

Nancy Chaney, RN, MS, AVES Dipl. (Hon)

One Health Initiative Advisory Board Member

*“… Various multidisciplinary frameworks have emerged in recent years to capture the relationships among the environment, human activity, and human and animal health [e.g., One Health (Deem et al., 2018), EcoHealth, GeoHealth, Planetary Health, the Anthropocene (Zalasiewicz et al., 2019)]. These frameworks can help guide more comprehensive mitigation and adaptation efforts that address the full range of environmental challenges. Although the scope of the task force (and this report) is limited to climate change, the task force encourages APA and others to address climate and other environmental issues in this broader, integrated fashion. …”

*Pg. 10  AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: AN ACTION PLAN FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS

Also please see:

One Health Initiative (OHI) Advisory Board member to serve on American Psychological Association (APA) Climate Change Task Force – October 10th, 2020

Quadripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed for a new era of One Health collaboration (who.int)

“ … “For example, experts prioritized the need to train students in a holistic or One Health approach, including skills in communication and behavioral sciences, to be able to address complex issues in food systems such as emerging foodborne diseases and the ability adapt to new technologies and tools, such as bioinformatics, to predict, prevent, detect, control, and respond to foodborne disease threats.” …”

CIDRAP to develop vaccine roadmap for future coronavirus threats | CIDRAP (umn.edu)

One Health Archives – Impakter

EPHA’s response to WHO public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response – EPHA

“Measures should be prevention focused, and utilise a One Health approach, as microbial diseases can be spread to humans at all stages of the … ”