National Link Coalition Listed as “One Health” Resource

“Working together to stop violence against people and animals” is relevant to the One Health issue.  Please see page 6 in the attached PDF.

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Improving Food Safety Through One Health

December 13, 2011 - December 14, 2011 (8:30 AM Eastern)

Keck Center (100) • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001

Please see: http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats/2011-DEC-13.aspx.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Using microbes to fight microbes

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 3 January 2012

“There are more microorganisms in and on our bodies than human cells. In fact, scientists estimate that microorganisms outnumber human cells by 10 to 1. These microbes cover our skin, nose, mouth, and gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. Called the "human microbiome," scientists are investigating the relationship between these microbes and disease. ... “

Please read more: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/using-microbes-to-fight-microbes

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) online – NEWS -January 2012

“Spreading the one-health concept”

“A movement is promoting the one-health concept—that human, animal, and ecosystem health intertwine to make "one health"—and an accompanying one-health approach involving collaboration among the health professions and relevant associated disciplines to improve health locally and globally. Organizations backing the one-health approach range from the One Health Commission and the One Health Initiative website to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the National League of Cities.”

http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan12/120115a.aps

Updated unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses

World Health Organization (WHO) - October 2011

 “In recent years, a variety of different provisional names have been used to refer to emerging lineages of the currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses. As a result, discussion, comparison, and analysis of the various lineages proved difficult. ... “

See more: http://www.who.int/influenza/gisrs_laboratory/h5n1_nomenclature/en/index.html

Massey News

World Bank funds health project into second phase

“The World Bank has granted Massey University $5m in funding to extend its education programme strengthening Asian public health and veterinary capacity to combat zoonotic diseases. ...”

Please read more at http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=09B36896-0BE9-56D4-8151-7BE22D89B2E2

Provided by:

James Gardiner
Communications Director 
External Relations
Massey University
Private Bag 11-222
Palmerston North, New Zealand
 +64-6-350-5255  cell: +64-21-275-3394
http://news.massey.ac.nz/

One Health importance...

New Facility to Advance Public Health, Zoonoses Research - December 14, 2011 - News Release

“The University of Guelph today opened a new research facility to help prevent and control emerging animal-related diseases that threaten public health. ...”

Please read complete release:  http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2011/12/new_facility_to.html or click on HTM view.

 Huffington Post

Exotic Pets' Human Health Risk: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

By Lynne Peeples  lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop A One Health issue...

Please see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/17/exotic-pets-wildlife-trade-infectious-disease_n_1155624.html?1324395189

One Health USA oriented veterinary medical journal...

Clinician’s Brief Journal – December 2011 Volume 9 Number 12

Contains CAPSULES Section (http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/73ec98a9#/73ec98a9/7) Page 4—The current literature in brief, featuring One Health Initiative

Please see http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/73ec98a9#/73ec98a9/42 Page 39 and http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/73ec98a9#/73ec98a9/49 Page 46

Courtesy of: Editor, Indu Mani, DVM, DSc.

The official journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), Clinician’s Brief (http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/journal/), a peer reviewed journal, has established a unique, visionary and seminal One Health policy...the journal is primarily designed to provide pertinent veterinary medical scientific articles for busy small animal medicine/surgery practitioners. 

The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.”  The 2012 Conference is scheduled for January 14-18, 2012.  A One Health program is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. through 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2011.

Americans Worried About Global Pandemics, Yet Lack Knowledge Of Their Likely Source, Survey Shows

By Lynne Peeples lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com  The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/global-pandemic-animals_n_1148284.html