Biomedical Technology, Epidemiology and Food Safety Global Network: Brno, Czech Republic

A One Health Supporter

Please see http://centaur.vri.cz/

Provided by:

Professor Karel Hruska, MVDr. CSc.

Biomedical Technology, Epidemiology and Food Safety Global Network

centaur@vri.cz

Five new important research updates published by Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium…

Please see:  http://steps-centre.org/2012/blog/latest-publications/

SEPTEMBER 2013 – “The Drivers of Disease Consortium has published five research updates, one for each of its case study countries. Each update outlines the background to the case study disease being investigated, describes the key questions the research team is exploring, along with some of the knowns and unknowns, and gives a brief outline of the research methodologies being followed.”

The updates are available for download in PDF format:

• Situation Analysis Research Update Ghana
• Situation Analysis Research Update Kenya
• Situation Analysis Research Update Sierra Leone
• Situation Analysis Research Update Zambia
• Situation Analysis Research Update Zimbabwe

Provided by:

Naomi Marks

Communications Officer

Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium

STEPS Centre

Twitter: @DDDAC_org

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A potential large scale “One Health in Action” ... another dynamic case for implementing One Health!

Vaccines against diseases transmitted from animals to humans: A one health paradigm

Opinion by: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD, Jack Woodall, PhD, and Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

“...Principles of utilizing the One Health approach, i.e. multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary collaborations between animal health and human health industries and regulators can definitely help develop immunization products for such purposes.  A visionary landmark September 2013 article published online by the notable medical virologist and vaccinologist physician *Thomas P. Monath, MD http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X1301270X gives reasonable guidelines to make it happen sooner rather than later.  Examples of such vaccines are listed including West Nile, brucellosis, Escherichia coli, O157:H7, rabies, Rift Valley fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Hendra virus, Mycobacterium bovis, and Lyme disease.  Indeed, another September 2013 publication was published that discussed the dramatic food safety potential for using a vaccine in cattle to protect against human foodborne illness caused by E. coli, O157 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/09/10/1304978110.full.pdf+html.

In simple terms, the idea is to develop vaccines that protect domestic animals and wildlife thereby establishing effective barriers against human infections.  Developing animal vaccines are less expensive and are less strictly regulated than are those for humans.  Hopefully a common sense One Health approach can go forward. ...”

Please read complete NEWS item on PDF View.

A signature One Health Program...

One Health Institute – University of California, Davis (USA)

Working at the interface of animals, people, and the environment to solve complex problems impacting health and conservation.

“The UC Davis One Health Institute is home to many Centers, programs, projects and initiatives within the School of Veterinary Medicine and beyond. Our Executive Director is Dr. Jonna A.K. Mazet, DVM, MVPM, PhD and our scientists and educators are working throughout the UC Davis Campus, the UC System, State and Federal Agencies, and all over the world to advance the health of animals, people and the environment. We are continually updating and enhancing this website; please check back for updates. 

The One Health approach addresses complex health problems on a platform that recognizes that the health of domestic animals, wildlife, and people are inextricably linked with each other and the environment. ...”

Please see: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ohi/  

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                    One of their seven (7) major/important Centers:

                    http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/index.cfm

Calvin Schwabe Project

EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HUMAN, ANIMAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Our Mission

“To strengthen the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's commitment to the One Health movement by educating veterinarians of the future to integrate human, animal, and ecosystem protection into their professional lives.

The Calvin Schwabe One Health Project fosters a diverse and sustainable planet, with the goal of encouraging a new generation of veterinary expertise in the integration of better health for humans, animals, and their environment. To that end, One Health expands career pathways for veterinary students in disciplines such as public practice, wildlife and ecosystem health, food safety, herd health, disaster preparedness, rural health, and zoonotic disease threats.”

One Health in Action...

DVM360 MAGAZINE - Sep 1, 2013 By: John Lofflin, Contributing Author

How veterinary medicine can save the world, Part 1: Curing disease

“In the next few months, we're taking a close look at how veterinary medicine benefits people, not just animals. In this first installment, we meet a 'translational' (cross-species) researcher who's in the process of revolutionizing orthopedic medicine—for people and pets. ...”

Please see attached PDF with article about veterinarian Dr. James “Jimi” Cook, a One Health supporter/advocate and prominent member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php. Dr. Cook has worked collaboratively for over 8 years with One Health physician Dr. Sonny Bal, also an important member of the OHI Hon. Advisory Board.

Also see DVM360 Magazine links: http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/821109; http://images2.advanstar.com/PixelMags/dvm360/digitaledition/2013-09.html

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website granted by:

Kristi Reimer

Channel Director, News

Editor, dvm360 magazine, dvm360.com News

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One Health in Action...a food safety paradigm shift for public health!

“...because the vaccine targets the major source of human risk [cattle], we predict a reduction in human cases of nearly 85%...”

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - September 16, 2013, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1304978110  
PNAS.

Predicting the public health benefit of vaccinating cattle against Escherichia coli O157

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/09/10/1304978110.abstract

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/09/10/1304978110.full.pdf+html  

Abstract

Identifying the major sources of risk in disease transmission is key to designing effective controls. However, understanding of transmission dynamics across species boundaries is typically poor, making the design and evaluation of controls particularly challenging for zoonotic pathogens. One such global pathogen is Escherichia coli O157, which causes a serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal illness. Cattle are the main reservoir for E. coli O157, and vaccines for cattle now exist. However, adoption of vaccines is being delayed by conflicting responsibilities of veterinary and public health agencies, economic drivers, and because clinical trials cannot easily test interventions across species boundaries, lack of information on the public health benefits. Here, we examine transmission risk across the cattle–human species boundary and show three key results. First, supershedding of the pathogen by cattle is associated with the genetic marker stx2. Second, by quantifying the link between shedding density in cattle and human risk, we show that only the relatively rare supershedding events contribute significantly to human risk. Third, we show that this finding has profound consequences for the public health benefits of the cattle vaccine. A naïve evaluation based on efficacy in cattle would suggest a 50% reduction in risk; however, because the vaccine targets the major source of human risk, we predict a reduction in human cases of nearly 85%. By accounting for nonlinearities in transmission across the human–animal interface, we show that adoption of these vaccines by the livestock industry could prevent substantial numbers of human E. coli O157 cases.

A signature One Health Program Promoting Global Health Security and Human/Animal clinical health (comparative medicine/surgery research)...

University of Missouri – Columbia, MO 65211 (USA)

“The University of Missouri offers unmatched opportunities for collaboration in animal and human health. MU is the state’s major public research university with the state’s only College of Veterinary Medicine; Colleges of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Engineering and Human Environmental Sciences; Bond Life Sciences Center; Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions; and the most powerful university research reactor in the country. The initiative also connects with research and instruction in health care delivery, policy, business models, medical ethics and the culture of healthy living. ...”

PLEASE SEE: http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu/medicine/ and http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/onehealth

A signature One Health program...

One Border One Health

A California - Baha California Regional Network

Mission / Misión

One Border One Health is a binational multidisciplinary cooperative building more resilient and healthy border communities by identifying, responding, and creating sustainable solutions to health risks at the human-animal-environmental interface.

Una Frontera Una Salud es un esfuerzo de cooperación multidisciplinaria binacional para construir comunidades fronterizas saludables con la capacidad de identificar, responder, y crear soluciones sustentables para los riesgos de la salud en la interacción humano-animal-ambiental.

Read more: http://www.oneborderonehealth.com/

Halley Faust Comments

Finding the right balance in contemporary issues

 August 21, 2013 – 1:31 pm Categories: Animal-Human Medicine, Prevention | Post a comment

Halley S. Faust, MD, MPH, MA

President

American College of Preventive Medicine

1260 Vallecita Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Voice: 505-501-8181 FREE

hfaust@jeromecapital.com

@onHealthPolicy

Blog: www.halleycomments.com

“Animals and humans interact in many more ways than we think about in domestic suburbia.  Sure, we know that animal farmers are constantly in contact with their produce, and we are happy to pet our domestic cats and dogs.  Sure we recognize that some wild animals get rabies or, here in the desert of New Mexico, occasionally someone comes down with plague because of flea bites from infected indigenous rodents (our first case of this year was just last week).  And we’ve all heard of bird flu. ...”

Please read more: http://halleyfaust.wordpress.com/ or see attachment.