A major public health issue...that requires implementation of One Health concept, i.e. a serious widespread collaborative, interdisciplinary approach!

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Antibiotic / Antimicrobial Resistance

This report, Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013 gives a first-ever snapshot of the burden and threats posed by the antibiotic-resistant germs having the most impact on human health. 

Each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections. Many more people die from other conditions that were complicated by an antibiotic-resistant infection.

Antibiotic-resistant infections can happen anywhere. Data show that most happen in the general community; however, most deaths related to antibiotic resistance happen in healthcare settings such as hospitals and nursing homes.

Please see: http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Recognizes One Health Initiative Team and One Health Initiative website

Yesterday, September 11, 2013, in a letter (please see attached PDF of letter), the President of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Clark Fobian, DVM, notified the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team about “... the AVMA’s public support and recognition for your efforts to promote public health via the One Health Initiative website, and elsewhere. ...”.  Dr. Fobian went on to say, “...We likewise look forward to achieving the comprehensive recognition and use of One Health as the necessary strategy to tackle complex challenges impacting the health of people, animals, and our environment.”

The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team includes two physicians, two veterinarians and a health research scientist PhD: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/LauraKahnBiographyJuly2013.pdf, Bruce Kaplan, DVM http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Bruce%20Kaplan%20Biography%20June%202013.pdf,

Thomas P. Monath, MD http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Tom%20Monath%20Biography%20June%202013.pdf, Jack Woodall, PhD http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Jack%20Woodall%20Biography%20June%202013.pdf, and Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Lisa%20Conti%20Biography%20June%202013.pdf.

University of Minnesota

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

Questions raised about MERS-CoV bat report

 MERS-CoV Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News

Aug 30, 2013

“In the week and a half since scientists announced they had found a fragment of virus in a bat that seemed to match the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), many have raised questions about whether the fragment really was from the same virus that is striking people in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. ...”

Please read entire article:

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/08/questions-raised-about-mers-cov-bat-report

Submitted to One Health Initiative website August 14, 2013 and posted September 4, 2013.

One Health approaches can lead to better preparedness in prevention and control of Zoonoses

*Delia Grace, MVB, MSc, Cert Wel, PhD; Bernard Bett, BVM, MVEE, PhD; and Steve Kemp, BSc, PhD

“A group of research experts associated with the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium have called for a system-based ‘One Health’ approach to help catalyze better preparedness and surveillance that are informed by cross-disciplinary approaches. ...”

*NOTE: Drs. Grace, Bett and Kemp are One Health Supporter/Advocates http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.

Please read full article on attached PDF.

Texas A & M (USA) ONE HEALTH Report – August 2013

“Howdy!

The One Health program at TAMU is up and running! So many things have happened or are in the process of happening since our inaugural TAMU One Health Report. I believe you will find this report interesting and, as always, your comments and suggestions are welcome. ...”

Mike Chaddock, DVM, Assistant Dean for One Health and Strategic Initiatives

College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University (USA)

Please read full Report on attached PDF

NOTE: Dr. Chaddock is a notable One Health Supporter/Advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.

Letter to the Editor: Missouri Medicine - [Kahn, LH.  One Health = One Great Issue (Letter), Missouri Medicine 2013;110:292.]

This Letter to the Editor (see PDF link) was submitted and published in the July/August Missouri Medicine Journal issue in response to the outstanding One Health issue published in the May/June issue of Missouri Medicine.  This was posted on the One Health Initiative website’s Publications page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/One%20Medicine%20Book.pdf

 June 7, 2013

August 26, 2013

Texas A&M Focuses On Interdisciplinary Cooperation To Achieve “One Health”

http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2013/08/26/texas-am-focuses-on-interdisciplinary-cooperation-to-achieve-one-health/

Posted One Health Initiative website Publications page August 26, 2013

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team’s Proactive One Health Projects (2009-2013)

A partial list compiled from a review of the One Health Initiative website while serving as an American Public Health Association (APHA) Intern and submitted August 13, 2013

By Stephanie Crawford, BS, MPH(c), American Public Health Association (APHA), Policy Center Intern

A Quantitative Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Health Professionals’ Perspective

Victoria Ng*, PhD, Jan M. Sargeant, DVM, PhD

Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

Conclusions/Significance: We present the first zoonoses prioritization exercise involving health professionals in North America. Our previous study indicated individuals with no prior knowledge in infectious diseases were capable of producing meaningful results with acceptable model fits (79.4%). This study suggests health professionals with some knowledge in infectious diseases were capable of producing meaningful results with better-fitted models than the general public (83.7% and 84.2%). Despite more similarities in demographics and model fit between the combined public and combined

professional groups, there was more uniformity across priority lists between the Canadian public and Canadian professionals and between the US public and US professionals. Our study suggests that CA can be used as a potential tool

for the prioritization of zoonoses.

Citation: Ng V, Sargeant JM (2013) A Quantitative Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Health Professionals’ Perspective. PLoS

ONE 8(8): e72172. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072172

Provided by:

Victoria Ng, PhD

Research Scientist

Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses

Department of Population Medicine

Ontario Veterinary College

University of Guelph, Guelph

Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

Phone: 519-824-4120, ext. 54471

Mobile: 416-262-2901

Fax: 519-766-1730

Email: vng03@uoguelph.ca

Drs. Ng and Sargeant are One Health Supporter/Advocates http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.