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Epidemiologist Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox Strongly Endorsed One Medicine/One Health concept

 *D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH - Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Resident Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; former Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health from 1977 to 1990; Directed WHO global smallpox eradication program 1966-1977 (USA).  The late Dr. Henderson was a physician member of the One Health Initiative Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

**James H. Steele, DVM, MPH – Professor Emeritus, University of Texas School of Public Health (USA).  The late Dr. Steele http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/NOV2013%20In%20Memoriam.pdf was a veterinarian member of the One Health Initiative Advisory Board.  Dr. Steele was considered by many as the doyen of veterinary medical public health in the 20^th and early 21^st centuries.

An extraordinary team of health professionals ...

One Health Newsletter

Faculty Editorial Board – Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS (USA)

Paige Adams, DVM, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University

Ellyn Mulcahy, PhD, MPH
Director
Master of Public Health
Kansas State University

*Helena Chapman, MD, MPH, PhD
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
NASA Applied Sciences Program

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506 (USA)
College of Veterinary Medicine

One Health Newsletter

Please see http://www.vet.k-state.edu/OneHealth/Vol11-Iss1/index.html

Download CDC's One Health Resources

Did you know that CDC’s One Health Office has free graphics and other resources available online? You can find downloadable graphics, fact sheets, web buttons, and more on the CDC One Health website. Feel free to use and share these resources to get the word out about using a One Health approach.

 https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/multimedia.html

 Find updates about One Health, diseases spread between humans and animals, new infographics, and much more on our homepage

A One Health Endorsement Message from Ireland:

                                                                                                            Cullenagh

                                                                                                            Fermoy

                                                                                                            Co. Cork

                                                                                                            Rep Ireland

                                                                                                            reprodocltd@gmail.com

___________________________________________________________________________

To

Bruce Kaplan, DVM

Laura H Kahn, MD,MPH, MPP

Thomas P. Monath, MD

OneHealth Initiative

kkm@onehealthinitiative.com                  

                                                                                                            22/01/2019

Dear colleagues,

We, the staff at ReproDoc Ltd recognize that human health, animal health, and ecosystem health are linked. We therefore are delighted to endorse your “One Health” initiative to promote, improve, and defend the health and well-being of all species by enhancing cooperation and collaboration between physicians, veterinarians and other scientific health and environmental professionals. We feel it is our responsibility to improve animal health and welfare, in order to minimise the negative environmental impact the agricultural industry has on our planet. In our present century the world faces increasing challenges from emerging diseases and their transmission across species.  It is vital that all health professionals work closely together in joint research, communication and education, for the greater public health good, and we are pleased to see your initiative and would like to support your excellent work in the future.

With our best regards,

Published in WONCA [World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)] E-Update Friday 18th January 2019

WONCA and OneHealth
One Health recognizes that the health of people is connected to the health of animals and the environment. It is a collaborative, multisectoral, and trans-disciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. 

WONCA is pleased to support all aspects of the OneHealth initiative, and all those who heard Dr Kate Anteyi’s plenary at WONCA’s world conference in Korea in October will know how important this interdisciplinary approach is in preventing the next major epidemic. Find out more about the OneHealth Initiative at http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/index.php

Note: Original notification to One Health Initiative team of WONCA support/endorsement of One Health in July 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=PHYSICIANS%92+World+Organization+of+Family+Doctors+%28WONCA%29+issues+One+Health+Letter+of+Support+.

“WONCA http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/ and One Health – ‘WONCA, the World Organisation of Family Doctors [physicians], now has over 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with membership of about 500,000 family doctors [physicians]’

A One Health view from:

One Health Center of Excellence for Research and Training, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA and

Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Technique in Food and Agriculture IAEA, Vienna International Centre, 1400 Vienna, Austria

One Health (r)Evolution: Learning from the Past to Build a New Future

Ilaria Capua ^1,* and Giovanni Cattoli ²

Journal

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology

Volume 8, 2018 - Issue 1

Editorial

A one health opinion editorial RE: ideal protocol for future international one health congress meetings, all inclusive modus operandi

Bruce Kaplan DVM , Laura H. Kahn MD, MPH, MPP , Thomas P. Monath MD, Lisa A. Conti DVM, MPH & Thomas M. Yuill PhD

‘…Whereas previous Congresses have been very good by all accounts, they have not adequately been all inclusive with respect to addressing a broad spectrum, co-equal recognition and exposure to both One Health essential priorities, i.e. global public health and global clinical health considerations, among a few others. Frankly, this has been known to occur due to concerns about securing adequate funding for public health research projects vis-à-vis clinical health missions, etc. In addition, there have been justifiable complaints regarding the meetings being “too veterinarian oriented without enough physician and other health science professional representations.” Hopefully, this next Congress will demonstrate a more ecumenical approach while addressing the issue of attracting a broader spectrum of health science oriented attendees. Human, animal and environmental health (eco-health) are in dire need of such a far reaching protocol endeavor. Spotlighted International Congresses need to become free from sectarian predominance, or even the hint of tribalism. They need to take the high road: begin “appealing to their better angels” in the true spirit of “One World-One Medicine-One Health.” An accurate and complete mosaic image of one health requires that all pieces be present and in place.’

Article: 1537461 | Published online: 08 Jan 2019  https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2018.1537461

VETERINARIANS PERSPECTIVE ON ANTIBIOTICS by David Sparks Ph.d, click here for bio

“Attention physicians, veterinarians, nurses, and PhDs with a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree: Want to become a population health leader while on the job? Applications for CDC’s Population Health Training In Place Program opened January 1!

[see short link: https://www.cdc.gov/pophealthtraining/]

CDC views population health as an interdisciplinary, customizable approach that allows health departments to connect practice to policy for change to happen locally. This approach utilizes non-traditional partnerships among different sectors of the community – public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, etc. – to achieve positive health outcomes. Population health “brings significant health concerns into focus and addresses ways that resources can be allocated to overcome the problems that drive poor health conditions in the population.”

Two examples of strategies developed by CDC to address population health are:

• CDC’s 6|18 initiative(https://www.cdc.gov/sixeighteen/) for healthcare purchasers, payers, and providers

• The Health Impact in 5 Years (HI-5) initiative(https://www.cdc.gov/policy/hst/hi5/) focused on community-level changes in 5 years

  How is Population Health Different from Public Health?

  Public health works to protect and improve the health of communities through policy recommendations, health education and outreach, and research for disease detection and injury prevention. It can be defined as what “we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy” (Institute of Medicine, 1988). On the other hand, population health provides “an opportunity for health care systems, agencies and organizations to work together in order to improve the health outcomes of the communities they serve.” ”