By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | November 19, 2021

 “ … There are other less risky ways of preventing pandemics than conducting gain-of-function research on pathogens. Many pathogens capable of causing human outbreaks originate in animals, and surveillance of wild and domestic animals for signs of illness makes sense. This is the One Health approach. With One Health, the goal is to prevent the spread of deadly zoonotic microbes into humans through improved communication and collaboration between human and veterinary medicine.

Preventing pandemics through rapid identification and response is an important goal; the One Health approach that emphasizes animal and human health and disease surveillance is the key to doing this, not risky gain-of-function research.”

Press release

From Department of Health;  Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Published on 18 November 2021

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Posted: Tuesday 16 November, 2021 at 12:44 PM

By: (RUSVM), Press Release

One Health’s integrated approach to animal health, human health and environmental health is increasingly seen as vital to healthy communities; RUSVM’s involvement with Nov. 3 global event represents its commitment to coordinating with St. Kitts and Nevis government to advance these efforts

ST. KITTS – Nov. 12, 2021 – In recognition of the global One Health movement, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) recently brought together community leaders, researchers, faculty and students to highlight initiatives that use a One Health, multi-disciplinary approach to recognizing and preventing patterns of disease transmission that are a result of changing ecosystems around the world. …

“In 1901 a deadly smallpox epidemic tore through the Northeast, prompting the Boston and Cambridge boards of health to order the vaccination of all residents. But some refused to get the shot, claiming the vaccine order violated their personal liberties under the Constitution. …

… The Supreme Court rejected Jacobson’s argument and dealt the anti-vaccination movement a stinging loss. Writing for the majority, Justice John Marshall Harlan acknowledged the fundamental importance of personal freedom, but also recognized that “the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, under the pressure of great dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand.

This decision established what became known as the “reasonableness” test. The government had the authority to pass laws that restricted individual liberty, if those restrictions—including the punishment for violating them—were found by the Court to be a reasonable means for achieving a public good.”

 Relevant webinars and audio podcasts by subject matter experts. Each focuses on a specific area of interest within the topic of COVID-19.

You asked for CIDRAP and Osterholm Update: #COVID19 podcast merchandise, and now it’s available for purchase at the MN Alumni Market. It’s a memorable way to support our efforts. Thank you for your support!

“You must invest in preparedness, and especially in human resources and in promoting One Health. Let’s all collaborate—ministries, universities, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, and the private sector—to develop our One Health workforce, generate evidence-based information for policymakers, and maintain public health surge capacity.” Dr. Vipat Kuruchittham said at STOP Spillover’s Field Notes Blog.

SCIENCE

11.11.2021 07:00 AM

People and canines suffer horribly from the disease, caused by a fungus spreading through the increasingly dry US Southwest.

Promising language in “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022” approved in the U.S. House of Representatives and now at Senate

by *Richard Seifman – Board Member, United Nations Association-National Capital Area

November 11, 2021 in Health, Politics & Foreign Affairs

*Member One Health Initiative team Advisory Board

A visionary unanimous worldwide institutionalization of One Health is the goal.  This would significantly and exponentially “help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”

PEAH is honored to post here a PP presentation, Tackling the Root Causes of Climate Change. If Not Now, WHEN?,  given on 7 November 2021 at a COP26 fringe event in Glasgow by our acknowledged partner *Dr. George Lueddeke, Global Lead International One Health for One Planet Education & Trandisciplinarity Initiative (1 HOPE-TDI)

SEE: LUEDDEKE 07.11.2021 FINAL COP26 Glasgow Presentation Slides

“PEAH definitely aligns with the contents of Lueddeke’s presentation and cannot think of a more crucial theme at this time of continuing global upheaval and uncertainty (confusion?). …”

 *Dr. Lueddeke is a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Advisory Board.

November 6, 2021

“… We need to find these novel viruses well before they fully adapt to humans and become a pandemic problem,” writes *epidemiologist Gregory Gray, from the University of Texas Medical Branch, in an email to NPR. “Fortunately, today we have the tools to both detect and evaluate the risk of such novel viruses. We just need the political will and financial support to do so.”

*Dr. Gray is a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Advisory Board.

PROGRAM AREA HEALTH & AIR QUALITY

Letters to the Editor – The Washington Post

Opinion: Progress toward One Health – November 4, 2021

SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/progress-toward-one-health/2021/11/03/c87ac7dc-3b4e-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html

“The Group of 20 health and finance ministers expressed their determination to advance pandemic prevention in line with the comprehensive One Health approach, which is the interaction of humans, animals and ecosystems. We will have to see if this is just the end of the beginning of a global effort.

This has not been given the media attention it deserves and may be among the very few full consensus subjects that will emerge from COP26. Let’s hope not.”

*Richard Seifman, Rockville

 *Richard Seifman, JD, MBA is a member, One Health Initiative Advisory Board and former U.S. Executive Director to the International Fund for Agricultural development.

November 3, 2021 8.29am EDT