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Important Open-Access/Elsevier B.V. One Health Journal notice... The ‘One Health’ journal: Filling a niche The Chief Editors of ‘One Health’: Ab Osterhaus, PhD http://www.eswi.org/about-eswi/eswis-members-and-associate-members/dr-albert-osterhaus and John MacKenzie, PhD http://www.journals.elsevier.com/one-health/editorial-board/john-mackenzie/ are internationally recognized eminent virologist/microbiolgists.  Managing Editor, Leslie A. Reperant, DVM, PhD http://www.journals.elsevier.com/one-health/editorial-board/leslie-reperant/ Received 18 November 2015, Accepted 18 November 2015, Available online 24 November 2015Welcome to the first issue of ‘One Health’, the official journal of the One Health Platform, a foundation that was established at the occasion of the Third International One Health Congress, held in Amsterdam earlier this year. The journal is part of the larger, community-wide initiative which includes the One Health Platform and the One Health Congress series. ...” The One Health Platform http://onehealthplatform.com/?page_id=346 is a strategic forum of stakeholders and a One Health reference network that aims to enhance and network our understanding of, and preparedness for, current and future outbreaks of zoonoses, emerging infectious diseases in humans and animals, as well as antimicrobial resistance, including the ecological, environmental and societal drivers behind these phenomena. The One Health Congress series consists of biennial international meetings designed for members of the One Health community, with a scientific programme based on the One Health Platform research agenda and a separate Science Policy Interface track for public health officials and decision makers. ...” ...The ‘One Health’ journal aims to become a high impact journal that fills the niche of this rapidly evolving field of knowledge, based on the recognition that human, animal and ecosystem health are inextricably linked, and can have profound effects on human society. ...” Please read full description http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771415300185 “The journal accepted 14 high quality papers since its launch in May 2015 and now has its first issue published. The line-up of papers is impressive...check out ScienceDirect page at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23527714/1” *NOTE: Drs. Osterhaus, MacKenzie and Reperant are valued One Health supporter/advocates http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.