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Kansas State University (USA) – One Health Course offered

ONE HEALTH: A Wealth of Health: Online Course Links Human, Animal, Environmental Health Triad

August 9, 2012

MANHATTAN -- The health of animals, people and the environment are inextricably linked. A new online course at Kansas State University shows just how interrelated this health triad is -- and why the concept of "one health" is gaining ground among health professionals.

Introduction to One Health -- BIOL 697, CS 890 and DMP 895 -- will be offered this fall. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, it ties together health concepts that traditionally would be taught in separate health classes or degree programs. It covers the complex health relationships between humans and animals, humans and the environment, and animals and the environment. ...

See full press release: http://www.dce.k-state.edu/about/news/2012/august-9

Please see World Veterinary Association link: http://worldvet.org/node/10047

“Gap assessment of animal health legislation in Sri Lanka for emerging infectious disease preparedness”

Outlook on Agriculture, Volume 41, Number 3, September 2012, pp. 203-208(6)

Provided by One Health supporter/advocate:

Dr. Ravi  Dissanayake.
BVSc, MVSc, Attorney-at-Law

Commissioner for Oaths
International Consultant- Disease Information Expert
FAO Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases for South Asia
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ravi.Dissanayake@fao.org

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

Office of the Director

NCEZID Plan 2012-2017

See Strategic Plan: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/strategicplan_NCEZID.pdf (Page 2) and also posted on CDC’s website at http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/

Promote One Health approaches to prevent emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases

http://www.cdc.gov/oid/docs/ID-Framework.pdf  See pages 24, 25

The recognition that most new human pathogens emerge from animal reservoirs (40,41) has given rise to a One Health approach to disease prevention that links human, animal, and environmental health. One Health approaches typically aim to prevent or control zoonotic diseases—diseases caused by microbes that infect both humans and animals.

24 | CDC ID Framework

The elimination of canine rabies in the United States in 2004 after decades of intensive surveillance, laboratory advancements, and vaccination efforts on the part of human and veterinary science communities is a prime example of successful One Health collaborations, providing a model for improved understanding and control of emerging zoonoses and offering potential for developing countries, where canine rabies continues to cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. One Health policies and actions can facilitate early detection of new diseases that emerge from animal and insect reservoirs and also offer potential means for improving food safety and preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Examples include policies that support interdisciplinary collaborations and communications on all aspects of healthcare for humans and animals, in accordance with the goals of the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com. Other One Health policy goals include - Active participation of agricultural and veterinary partners in integrated analysis of animal health and human health data to identify new threats - Improved linkages between veterinary experts and state and local epidemiologists (e.g., via the Environmental Health Specialist Network - Strategies that reduce the risk of importing infectious diseases into the United States via animals and cargo. In addition to domestic partners in these efforts, CDC also works with USAID, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other international partners to promote worldwide One Health planning and cooperation.

CONCLUSION

CDC’s ID Framework seeks to mobilize partners and actions to sustain and advance the fundamental infectious disease surveillance, laboratory, and epidemiologic capacities that support our nation’s public health system, recognizing current challenges facing federal, state, and local agencies while realizing vast opportunities for innovative work. Effective and expansive partnerships working to implement proven practices and to identify and evaluate new public health strategies remain our best means of achieving these goals—protecting health and saving lives.

October 2011 | 25

40. Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 2008;451:990–993.

41. Taylor LH, Latham SM, Woolhouse ME. Risk factors for human disease emergence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2001;356:983–989.

One Health in ACTION...

PLoS ONE open-access:

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort

Nolan MS, Podoll AS, Hause AM, Akers KM, Finkel KW, et al. (2012) Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040374

“In experimental models of West Nile virus (WNV) infection, animals develop chronic kidney infection with histopathological changes in the kidney up to 8-months post-infection. However, the long term pathologic effects of acute infection in humans are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess renal outcomes following WNV infection, specifically the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...”

Please read more: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040374 or see attached PDF.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column...

The One Health solution

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 27 September 2012

"The popular press is finally recognizing the important connections among human, animal, and environmental health. Environmental destruction, global trade and travel, intensive agriculture, and other human activities all lead to the emergence of previously unknown microbes that can infect across species, causing zoonotic disease outbreaks like West Nile virus, avian influenza, hantavirus, HIV/AIDS, and others. No wonder the media is paying attention.

These zoonotic diseases typically emerge from wildlife and occasionally from domestic animals. Most bioterrorism agents, as recognized by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are zoonotic as well. Think: anthrax, plague, tularemia, the viral hemorrhagic fevers, brucellosis, glanders, psittacosis, Q fever. Adequately addressing these emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism agents requires a new interdisciplinary approach -- a "One Health" approach.

The One Health movement (which I support and participate in) is based on ..."

READ MORE: http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-one-health-solution or see attached PDF.

Dr. Kahn is a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

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

Please see attached PDF...

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA) One Health graduate programs flyer

Provided by:

Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions

Professor, Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine

Director, Global Pathogens Laboratory

Email: gcgray@phhp.ufl.edu

 Dr. Greg Gray serves on the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

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

Bovine Veterinarian Magazine

Beware the fair (and petting zoos)

One Health in ACTION... “Veterinarians play an important role in educating petting zoo administrators and staff about infectious disease transmission and risk, to ultimately keep the public safe. Identifying, isolating, and treating sick animals is only one aspect of their role in protecting the public.” ...”

Please read entire article at: http://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/Beware-the-fair-and-petting-zoos-170049516.html

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website by Geni Wren, Editor & Associate Publisher, Bovine Veterinarian Magazine, September 21, 2012

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association NEWS – October 1, 2012

Stepping up to one-health challenge

“Twenty-two veterinary colleges took on the challenge to educate students, faculty, and the public about vector-borne diseases this past year. Most events focused on educational programming, but some included charitable components.

This collective effort was a student initiative through the AVMA student chapters and was overseen by the SAVMA One Health Project, a program created and run by the SAVMA House of Delegates and SAVMA Executive Board to stimulate awareness of the global one-health movement. Every two years, this group chooses an initiative and encourages students to organize and participate in events to increase community awareness and collaboration within the health professions. ... “

Please read more: https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/121001j.aspx

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