The Global Alliance for Rabies Control's February 2011 newsletter is now available at:
www.rabiescontrol.net/GARCnewsletter21

This issue contains updates on rabies activities in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Taiwan and Togo, information about a recent WHO Neglected Zoonotic Disease meeting, and other rabies related news.

Yale School of Medicine: Yale Human Animal Health Project – A Center for “One Health” studies (USA)

The Yale Human Animal Medicine Project, at the Yale School of Medicine, is advancing on a number of fronts under the direction of program director Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH.  According to Dr. Rabinowitz these include zoonoses in general, the occupational health of animal workers, and animals as sentinels. “There is also a necessity of finding and defining the clinically important intersections between human and animal medicine”, he said.  Drs. Rabinowitz and Lisa Conti [DVM, MPH] co-edited and co-authored the landmark One Health book “Human-Animal Medicine: Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks”. http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416068372. 

Please read more at http://tools.medicine.yale.edu/humananimalmedicine/

A One Health in ACTION example from the 20^th century:

The short life’s history of John L. Marshall, DVM, MD (1936 – 1980) demonstrates the tremendous potential of combining human and veterinary medical knowledge.  Dr. Marshall was a prominent orthopedic surgeon (first as a veterinarian and then as a physician) who appreciated the comparative biomedical research disciplines of veterinary medicine and human medicine.

http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/65/1/137.pdf

Published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS), 1983;65:137

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website was graciously granted February 20, 2011 by:

Beth Ann Rocheleau

Intellectual Property Manager

Rockwater, Inc.

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Physicians, veterinarians learn from each other at first-ever 'Zoobiquity' conference

UCLA, UC Davis, L.A. Zoo foster species-spanning approach to medicine

By Rachel Champeau February 02, 2011 Category: Health Sciences, Research

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/docs-and-vets-learn-from-each-190867.aspx

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Deforestation and emerging diseases 

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP 15 February 2011

In the late 1990s a deadly new disease emerged from the tropical forests of Malaysia, spread by fruit bats whose natural habitat had been destroyed by deforestation. The Malaysian government was unprepared for this new disease and subsequently bore high costs from the outbreak, including more than 100 human lives lost as well as an economically devastating collapse of its pig-farming industry. Eventually, the new scourge was identified and named: the Nipah virus.

Forests play a well-known, important role in protecting biodiversity and absorbing carbon dioxide emissions. A less-recognized fact is that maintaining forests can also protect human health by helping prevent the emergence of infectious diseases. … … please read more by clicking on the attachment or link below.

http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/deforestation-and-emerging-diseases

Bangladesh One Health Leader to Speak at Upcoming 1^st One Health Congress Meeting February 14-16, 2011

 Prof. Dr. Nitish C. Debnath, Vice Chancellor, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Chittagong, Bangladesh will be presenting a talk at the 1^st One Health Congress meeting in Victoria, Australia on February 15, 2011.  The title will be “Networking for Promoting Change Towards One Health in South Asia.”    

 Dr. Debnath will discuss the formation and adoption of an important One Health program called “The South Asia Veterinary Education Network (SAVE-Network)”.  This is expected to help advance One Health education in South Asia.

CEO of “One Health Commission” Announces Establishing Headquarters at Iowa State University (USA)

Please see attachment and http://www.onehealthcommission.org/news.html

American Medical Association (AMA) President Posts AMA Website Blog about One Health

Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, AMA President posted the following blog on the American Medical Association website on January 28, 20011:

Physicians and veterinarians—as healers—have a lot in common, whether our patients walk on two legs or four. And our patients share a lot of diseases in common, whether they talk, bark, moo, oink, purr…or whinny.

I was reminded of this when I participated on a panel last week in Orlando with another physician and two veterinarians at the North American Veterinary Conference. We were talking about opportunities for interdisciplinary action in association with the “One Health Initiative,” which the AMA supports.  … … Please read entire blog by clicking on link above or the attachment provided.

Permission to post on the One Health Initiative website granted January 31, 2011 by Cecil B. Wilson, MD, President of the American Medical Association

Idaho (USA) Mayor Cites “One Health” When Appointed to A National League of Cities’ Steering Committee

PRESS RELEASE

Title:  Mayor Nancy Chaney Appointed to National League of Cities’ Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Steering Committee

January 31, 2011 – Washington, DC – National League of Cities President James Mitchell, Jr., has announced the appointment of Nancy Chaney, Mayor for the City of Moscow, Idaho to the National League of Cities’ (NLC) 2011 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (EENR) Policy and Advocacy Steering Committee.  This Committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions in the areas of energy, clean air, solid and hazardous waste, water quality and supply, national wetlands, and endangered species.

Mayor Chaney holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Idaho. “My involvement with EENR is a natural extension of my involvement with programs and policies that link the environment, the economy, and education, and relationships among human, animal, and ecological health,” she said. Chaney cited the One Health Initiative as an example. “The concept integrates human medicine, veterinary medicine, and environmental science through an international coalition of experts,” she explained.

… … … please click on attachment to read entire Press Release.

1^st International One Health Congress – Australia – February 14-16, 2011

Final Days to Register!

http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index11.html

Scroll down to see News about proposed “International Society for One Health”!