One Health: A 21^st Century “Back to the Future”

A Matter of Opinion / North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) Clinician’s Brief / July 2011

By Donald F. Smith, DVM, Diplomate ACVS, Cornell University (USA)

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website granted by:

Indu Mani, DVM, DSc

Editor, Clinician’s Brief

Note: Drs. Don Smith and Indu Mani are valued One Health supporters and advocates.

Major “One Health” Oriented Breakthrough for Veterinary Medical Education in the USA

Washington, DC July 17, 2011: “Looking to the Future, American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) Board of Directors Approves North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC) Report –“Roadmap for Veterinary Medical Education in the 21^st Century: Responsive, Collaborative, Flexible”

Please see complete press release on attached PDF.

Provided by:

James G. Fox, DVM, MS

Professor and Director

Division of Comparative Medicine

Professor Department of Biological Engineering

MIT-DCM Building 16, Room 825

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA  02139

Dr. Fox is also a member of the One Health Initiative’s Honorary Advisory Board. http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

Updated One Health Article Appears in International Innovation Magazine: Research Media Ltd. - "Ground Breaking" Health Care: Issue 10

http://www.research-europe.com/

The One Health Initiative team of Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, Thomas P. Monath, MD, and Jack Woodall, PhD were interviewed about the international status of One Health in the International Innovation magazine published June 2011.

Please see accompanying PDF and see link below ...

http://www.research-europe.com/index.php/2011/08/one-health-initiative/

Note: The entire magazine and complete One Health article (Pages 52 - 54) may also be viewed via the following link:

 http://www.research-europe.com/magazine/HEALTHCARE2/10/pageflip.html

The One Health concept was elucidated in an initial Question and Answer to Dr. Laura Kahn in the June 2010 issue of the magazine.  Since then, Dr. Kahn’s interview has been widely distributed online and via numerous hard copies of the magazine publication.

http://www.research-europe.com/index.php/2010/07/dr-laura-kahn-on-the-one-health-initiative/ 

 Please register on the Research Media website to gain full access to the entire publication, this is free and quick with your registration being approved within 24 hours.

 International Innovation is the leading global dissemination resource for the wider scientific, technology and research communities. Produced under four titles, each title serves a key scientific area that is of particular relevance in today’s global environment.”

Click the link below to complete the online form to subscribe to the printed magazine.
Research Media Subscription Form or http://www.research-europe.com/subscribe.php

A One Health approach addresses wildlife, ecosystem and human health issues

United Nations Environment Programme

UN organizations launch Scientific Task Force on Wildllife Diseases

See: http://www.cms.int/news/PRESS/nwPR2011/07_jul/wildlife_ecosystem_human_health.pdf

One Health in ACTION!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) study explains why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer than women

Cancer research studies by MIT researchers demonstrated how the hormone estrogen protects women from gastric (stomach) inflammation that can lead to cancer.  See MIT News item of July 13, 2011 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/gastric-cancer-0713.html. ...

Please see attachment

The need for one health degree programs

by Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP (Published: 14 July 2011)

Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2011, 1: 7919 - DOI: 10.3402/iee.v1i0.7919

One Health

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Health

Nigerian Public Health Veterinarians and Physicians Adopting Aggressive Visionary Model Approach to One Health

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ONE HEALTH NIGERIA E-GROUP

“OneHealthNigeria@googlegroups.com (OHN) is a private initiative created to actively promote the One Health Initiative Concept (http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/index.php).  As the list creator, I am a Nigerian Veterinary Epidemiologist [Tayo Babalobi, DVM, MPVM, PhD, MCVSN] and a pioneer supporter of the One Health Initiative in Nigeria. In 2008, [Dr. Babalobi] sponsored a proposal for the adoption of the One Health Initiative by the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association NVMA at her 45^th Annual Congress in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. The proposal was adopted on presentation on 22^nd October 2008 (this was reported in one of the One Health Initiative publications). A second proposal seeking the initiation of partnership between the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) was stepped down). …”

For more, please see attachment.

Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses (ICONZ) - Africa

Welcome to ICONZ - Africa. This project aims at Improving Human Health and Animal Production in developing countries through Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses in animals, based on Scientific Innovation and Public Engagement.  ... For More see http://www.iconzafrica.com/ and attached Second Edition ICONZ Magazine Newsletter.

Information and permissions to post provided by:

Professor Sue Welburn

Director, Edinburgh Global Health Academy 

& Professor of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology

Division of Pathway Medicine & Centre for Infectious Diseases
School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
The University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB

Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses (ICONZ) - Africa

Welcome to ICONZ - Africa. This project aims at Improving Human Health and Animal Production in developing countries through Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses in animals, based on Scientific Innovation and Public Engagement.  ... For More see http://www.iconzafrica.com/ and attached First Edition ICONZ Magazine Newsletter.

Information and permissions to post provided by:

Professor Sue Welburn

Director, Edinburgh Global Health Academy 

& Professor of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology

Division of Pathway Medicine & Centre for Infectious Diseases
School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
The University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB