One Health Publications

Addressing antimicrobial Resistance: Importance of a One Health Approach

3^rd Annual COPPOC One Health Lecture https://vet.purdue.edu/ce/onehealth.php – November 2, 2016

James M. Hughes, MD, Co-Director, Emory Antibiotic Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (USA)

Please see PowerPoint Slide presentation, courtesy of Dr. Hughes.

Note: Dr. Hughes, a physician, is a long standing member of the One Health Initiative team’s Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

Veterinary Record 2016;179:412-413 doi:10.1136/vr.i5470 – Viewpoint

One Welfare – a platform for improving human and animal welfare

 Abstract

“Adopting the concept of One Welfare could help to improve animal welfare and human wellbeing worldwide, argue Rebeca García Pinillos, Michael Appleby, Xavier Manteca, Freda Scott-Park, Charles Smith and Antonio Velarde

IN a similar way to the relationship between animal and human health, there is a strong link between animal welfare and human wellbeing. Here, we introduce the concept of One Welfare for wide debate, with an aim to improve animal welfare and human wellbeing worldwide. This article is a summary of a full article which appears online with this issue of Veterinary Record. A One Welfare approach complements the One Health approach and helps to empower the animal welfare and human wellbeing fields to address the connections between science and policy more effectively in various areas of human society, including environmental science and sustainability.

The concept of One Welfare recognises the interconnections between animal welfare, human wellbeing and the environment. Integrating this concept in existing projects could foster interdisciplinary collaboration to improve human and animal welfare internationally. One Welfare could also help to promote key global objectives such as reducing human suffering (eg, the abuse of vulnerable people), supporting food security and improving productivity within the farming sector through a better understanding of the value of high welfare standards, among others. It extends the approach of (and partially overlaps with) the One Health theme used for human and animal health.”

Read full article : http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/vr.i5470?ijkey=0EyK92iXsP1oA&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website granted November 10, 2016 by:

Georgina Mills
Assistant Editor
Veterinary Record and In Practice
BMJ, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR
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The World Bank

One Health: let’s not have pandemics get in the way

Submitted by Franck Berthe, DVM, Phd On Thu, 11/03/2016

http://blogs.worldbank.org/health/governance/one-health-let-s-not-have-pandemics-get-way

EIN News: http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/353343365/one-health-technical-and-ministerial-meeting-opens-in-dakar

One Health technical and ministerial meeting opens in Dakar

“The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), jointly with other international and regional partners, promotes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to advocate for the much needed One Health initiative in the West African region.

For FAO, the One Health approach is a prerequisite for ensuring public and animal health security, building agro-ecological resilience, protecting biodiversity, and ensuring efficient use of natural resources and the safety of food supply chains. ...”

“Letters to sign up for World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW), European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) activities and Antibiotic Guardians.”

 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-antibiotic-awareness-day-letters-to-nhs-and-local-authority-health-and-wellbeing-boards

Opinion [RE: One Health—Important, visionary and historic then ... as it remains today]

To partner or perish? That is the question

�� A message to all physicians from AMA President Ronald M. Davis, MD

[The late, great Dr. Davis was a valued One Health supporter/advocate.  Please see http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2009/45_1/209.pdf

 Posted Nov. 26, 2007 in amednews.com American Medical News

http://www.amednews.com/article/20071126/opinion/311269987/5/

“... In a unique partnership, the AMA is engaging in a dialogue with the American Veterinary Medical Assn. to discuss strategies for enhancing collaboration between the human and veterinary medical professions in medical education, clinical care, public health and biomedical research. In June, the AMA House of Delegates adopted a resolution supporting the "One Health" initiative, which seeks to bring together the two disciplines to improve efforts to prevent and control zoonotic diseases. Collaborative work can also address "noncommunicable" health problems that cross species, such as the epidemic of obesity among dogs and their owners, and the increased risk of cancer among dogs and cats exposed to secondhand smoke....”

Florida International University (FIU)

It’s One Health Day. What does that mean?

Posted by Ileana Varela × 11/03/2016 at 8:00 am

https://news.fiu.edu/2016/11/its-one-health-day-what-does-that-mean/105843

“Greetings from Morocco. At the occasion of the celebration of the international [“One Health Day”], a list of scientific work related to the concept of the One Health concept has been exposed in the web site of our Institute: Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, (www.iav.ac.ma). [We are] looking for further collaboration in this matter.”

English Translation provided Nov 5 2016 by:

Prof. Noursaid Tligui

IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

The first annual day of "One Health" takes place today November 3, 2016.

The Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine is pleased to contribute to the promotion of the first annual day of One Health, which takes place today November 3, 2016.

The purpose of the International Day "One Health" (One Health) is to promote worldwide the various initiatives to educate the public and professionals about this concept through collaboration between the different disciplines of the Human Health, Animal Health and Environmental Health, both at institutional and at research and teaching levels.

Research projects on the theme "One Health" in the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine are:

I- Project ICONZ (Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases, a consortium of 21 institutions from Europe and Africa, EU funding):

- 17 veterinary doctoral thesis on: rabies; tuberculosis ; brucellosis; cystic echinococcosis; leishmaniasis and integrated fight against the main major zoonotic diseases in Morocco.

- 2 national doctoral theses on:

               - cystic echinococcosis, rabies and leishmaniasis (defended in November 2015);

              - tuberculosis and brucellosis (defended in October 2016).

- World Rabies Day (September 28 since 2009) organized by members of the team ICONZ,   ONSSA staff and other national partners.

- Publications: 7 articles published in international journals; 3 submitted for publication and 5 articles being written.

II- Project OH-Nextgen (Training on One Health for the Next Generation of Scientists, a consortium of 9 institutions of Europe and Africa, EU funding)

- Training of trainers: 30 francophone African executives (Rabat, 2014); 15 English-speaking African executives (Accra, Ghana, 2015)

- Online training: 20 participants (2015).

III- PRD Project (Project of Research for Development, Strengthening the strategy against zoonotic echinococcosis in Morocco: veterinary, economic and sociological, University of Namur, Belgium and IAV Hassan II, Morocco).

- 2 veterinary doctorate theses on cystic echinococcosis.

- 1 final project study of a socio-economic situation of cystic echinococcosis in Morocco.

- 2 national doctoral theses (ongoing).

IV- Project Mers-Cov

- 2 veterinary doctorate theses on the Mers-coronavirus.

- 1 article submitted; Article 1 being drafted.

- 2 posters published.

1.      Healio - Family Medicine - Pediatrics

One Health Day showcases how people's health connected to animals, environmental health

November 3, 2016

 http://www.healio.com/family-medicine/pediatrics/news/online/%7B9ca90c1b-8032-4cd7-b4b0-1481b307c3b9%7D/one-health-day-showcases-how-peoples-health-connected-to-animals-environmental-health

Pak One Health Alliance (POHA)

http://www.pakonehealth.org/

“Pak One Health Alliance (POHA) is an Non Governmental Organization (NGO)and draws its strength from the affiliations and connections it has with multiple governmental, national and international organizations. It is primarily working for the promotion of one health in the country by enhancing coordination among various disciplines or departments. It is guided by a Program Governing Body Comprising 13 Professionals derived from diverse disciplines. These Disciplines include Public Health, Animal Health, Agriculture, and Wildlife, Management and Information Technology and Health Biotechnology. Representation from Concerned Government departments/ministeries has also been ensured.

Pak OneHealth Alliance’ is to help curtail illness/disease spread either through human wildlife or human�]ecosystem interface. This would be accomplished by implementing multiple interventions, including advocacy seminars, community based projects, research studies or capacity building initiatives using interdisciplinary or ‘One health approach’. This would also mean developing linkages with like�]minded national or international organizations/partners tied for multiple departments.”