One Health Publications

One Health Comments from Prominent Romanian Comparative Medicine Professor

Provided February 9, 2015 to the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team for posting in the One Health Initiative website:

"The information that is to be presented below represents the fruit of professional commitment of over 50 years, a time in which Romania has developed the concept of “comparative medicine”, a concept that has, much to our joy, roughly the same foundation and pillars as the “One Health” concept. ..."

Nicolae Manolescu, PhD

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Nicolae%20Manolescu%20-%20CV-%20One%20Health%20Initiative.pdf

One Health Letter Endorsement sent to U.S. President (The White House) from 7 United States Senators

February 12, 2015, Washington, DC (USA)—Led by Minnesota’s United States Senator Al Franken, seven (7) U.S. Senators sent a letter to the President of the United States, Barak Obama supporting and endorsing the One Health collaborative approach saying:

“As you address current and future zoonotic diseases—human diseases with animal origins—we write to urge you to pursue a multidisciplinary, multisectoral approach that encompasses both human health expertise, and animal and environmental health disciplines” …

Please read entire letter at

Note:  The One Health concept/approach is a non-partisan international public health/clinical comparative medicine health issue.

 “One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.”…”One Health implementation will help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.” … “Between animal and human medicine there are no dividing lines--nor should there be.”      Rudolf Virchow, MD (the father of cellular pathology).

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National Forum of Comparative Medicine in Romania Endorses One Health Concept

February 24, 2015—On behalf of the National Forum of Comparative Medicine in Romania, Professor Dr. Nicolae Manolescu sent the following official One Health endorsement message (attached) to the One Health Initiative team.

"Integrating One Health in Environmental Policymaking": Former Mayor of Moscow, Idaho (USA) to speak at University of Idaho Geography Seminar – Tomorrow – March 4, 2015

6th Annual One Health Summit

March 31 and April 1, 2015 | Union Station| Kansas City

U.S. National Park Service Updates One Health Brochure

Developed by the U.S. National Park System:

National Park Service Office of Public Health, Wildlife Health, Integrated Pest management, and Risk Management.

IPAC Canada hosts an annual National Infection Control Week (NICW) (the third full week in October). The 2014 theme is ``Infection Prevention – Staying Ahead of the Game`. NICW dates are October 20]24, 2014.

George Mason University

  2015 Summer Program in International Security

  Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and International Security July 22 – 24, 2015

Federation of Veterinarians of Europe

Natural disasters and “One – Health”  Are we prepared?