One Health Publications

Call for Information on One Health Research and One Health training and education activities in Western Europe

We are asking for your help to complete an overview of previous, current, and planned One Health (OH) research and training activities, including antibiotic resistance (ABR) in Western Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal , Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, UK). This overview is to be published as a review in a special issue of OH review articles for Current Clinical Microbiology Reports and will focus on One Health in infectious disease research and training.

We designed a short and simple questionnaire [see Attached PDF], that we hope you can complete to aid us in compiling a complete overview of relevant OH activities in infectious disease research and training/education. It is a very nice opportunity to promote the One Health concept and any One Health activities that you may be involved in that are currently in place or that are planned for the future.

Reina Sikkema, DVM, MSc

PhD candidate Emerging Infectious Diseases, department Viroscience, EMC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

r.sikkema@erasmusmc.nl

Dr. Sikkema is a One Health Supporter http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php (scroll down).

One Health Happenings! – Courtesy U.S. One Health Commission

July 29, 2016

http://conta.cc/2avD9a1

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON AGEING (IFA) Recognizes Health Value of “Human-animal bond”, a One Health Umbrella* Inclusion

VIEW COMPLETE COMPANION ANIMALS INFOGRAPHIC AT Website News Post (http://goo.gl/wXgPeD) to help generate awareness about the importance of the human-animal bond.

Falls under the One Health Umbrella inclusions*http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/OneHealth2

The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) http://mahb.stanford.edu/Newsletter Features One Health

MAHB's July 2016 Newsletter that features an update from the One Health Initiative (OHI) by co-founder Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP can be seen/read in full at http://eepurl.com/b_ZTjz(scroll down):

Node | One Health Initiative

Laura Kahn

One Health is a concept that recognizes that human, animal, and environmental health are linked. It is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment in an effort to improve the health of all species.

The One Health Initiative (OHI) is focused on educating international multidisciplinary scientific communities, political and governmental leaders, the news media, and the general public about the One Health concept. This has been achieved via numerous national and international publications, book chapters, presentations, and articles. 

The OHI team works collaboratively with many national and international organizations, such as the American Association of Public Health Physicians and the One Health Commission (OHC).  The OHI team currently participates in all known international One Health Journal endeavors. In addition, the OHI team has worked closely with the One Health Newsletter, a widely read online One Health product of the University of Florida (Emerging Pathogens Institute-USA) --formerly produced by the Florida State Department of Health (USA).

The OHI autonomous team was co-founded in 2006 by physician Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP and veterinarian Bruce Kaplan, DVM. Thomas P. Monath, MD joined one year later. Jack Woodall, PhD, health research scientist joined in 2009, and public health veterinarian Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH joined in 2012. Two years later, Drs. Kahn, Kaplan and Monath initiated the OHI website on October 1, 2008 and Dr. Kaplan is the primary OHI website contents manager/editor.

The policy of the OHI team is to provide free access for all news, information, and events pertaining to One Health. All reputable One Health organizations, and individuals in the US and worldwide are recognized and welcomed as supporters and advocates without discrimination. The OHI team works pro bono and does not require nor accept fees from any One Health supporter or advocate organizations and who wishes to participate.

The OHI website has been referred to internationally by many as the clearinghouse for all pertinent One Health information worldwide and recently some prominent One Health advocates have called it “the New York Times” of One Health. The OHI website now has at least 118 reciprocal links from within the US and internationally. Over the last few years the OHI team website’s monthly individual visits reached roughly 20,000 from over 150 countries!

To learn more about OHI, please visit their website or contact Dr. Laura Kahn.

Africa Health News (Issue 5): http://africahealthnews.com/

Especially see One Health Day http://africahealthnews.com/one-health-day/ and Preparing society to create the world we need through ‘ One Health ’ education! http://africahealthnews.com/preparing-society-create-world-need-one-health-education/

One Health meeting Reminder...

Advancing One Health Through Biotechnology

 September 21-23, 2016 | Bethesda, Maryland

“This conference focuses on using animal biotechnology to advance the objectives of One Health.  The tools of biotechnology are uniquely suited to address challenges at the nexus of human, animal and environmental health. Topics to be discussed include biotechnology applications and policy issues associated with emerging infectious diseases, animal models of human diseases, food safety, biodefense, agricultural productivity, biodiversity conservation, and animal health and welfare.”

For Details SEE: https://www.bio.org/events/animal-biotech-summit

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team recommends One Health animal biotech summit https://www.bio.org/events/animal-biotech-summit/sponsors

Advisory Committee: https://www.bio.org/events/animal-biotech-summit/advisory-committee

*Dr. Bernadette Dunham is a member of the One Health Initiative Team’s Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php

Yellow fever: World Health Organization (WHO) authorizes emergency expansion of global vaccine stocks by using fractionated doses

WHO has published a statement endorsing the emergency use of fractionated doses of the vaccine to stretch global stockpile which is being rapidly depleted with requests from at-risk countries not only in Africa but also in Latin America.

“1. Preamble

This document represents the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat position on the use of yellow fever (YF) vaccine in the context of supply shortages in response to the current outbreak in Africa in 2016. The development of this paper was led by the WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research with contributions to specific sections from the WHO Departments of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, Essential Medicines, and Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals. The evidence and the proposed recommendations, reflected in this document, has been discussed with YF experts and reviewed by the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization. SAGE and the YF experts provided input to this paper. The recommendations were vetted by SAGE, but they don’t represent a formal SAGE recommendation. The paper will be updated as additional data become available. A full review on the use of fractional dose YF vaccine will be conducted by SAGE in October 2016.

2. Introduction

Ongoing YF outbreaks are sharply increasing the demand for YF vaccine, exhausting the global stockpile and putting at risk the immunization of endemic populations. The campaigns currently planned have led to a shortage of the vaccine, a situation which could deteriorate further should expansion of outbreaks necessitate additional immunization campaigns on a large scale. An assessment of existing opportunities to increase the availability of vaccine in response to ongoing outbreaks is therefore urgently required. This paper reviews the evidence on dose-sparing strategies through fractional dosing of YF vaccine as an immediate and short-term option to meet the needs of large-scale campaigns, and proposes recommendations for fractional dose vaccination in case of imminent need in the context of outbreak response. The paper is intended to support efforts to introduce YF vaccine fractional dose use in situations where supply capacity is threatened or inadequate, e.g. following the spread of YF into densely populated areas. This is not proposed as a longer-term strategy or to replace established routine immunization practices.” ...

Please see attached PDF

Provided by: 

Jack Woodall, PhD

Co-founder & Assoc.Ed. 

ProMED www.promedmail.org

Former member One Health Initiative Team

GIDEON “The world’s premier global infectious diseases database” SUPPORTS ONE HEALTH

GIDEON (http://www.gideononline.com/) is an active supporter and exchanges information with the One Health Initiative

Please see http://www.gideononline.com/features/resources/#Organizations

Oxford University Presss Journals - Pathogens and Disease -  FEMS Federation of European Microbiological Society

 Joint Thematic Issue on OneHealth

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Patrik Bavoil

Call for Papers

Please see: http://femspd.oxfordjournals.org/page/call-for-papers

Guest Editors:

Pathogens and Disease: Stanley Maloy (UC San Diego, USA) and Edmundo Calva (Instituto de Biotecnología UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology: Cindy Nakatsu (Purdue Univ, USA), Julian Marchesi (Cardiff University, UK), Liping Zhao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

The health of humans is inextricably linked to the health of other living creatures and to the health of the environment. This is perhaps best illustrated by infectious disease microorganisms, many of which 'evolve' in animals and/or the environment and at various times during evolution find a niche in humans. In recognition of the significance of the OneHealth concept, the two journals of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) that publish on the health of humans and that of their environment, Pathogens and Disease and FEMS Microbiology Ecology, are teaming up to organize a joint thematic issue on the theme of OneHealth.

We hereby invite authors to submit their latest research for inclusion to a thematic issue entitled OneHealth for Life which will be published in Pathogens and Disease or FEMS Microbiology Ecology. We welcome all article types, including Research Articles, Mini Reviews, Short Communications, Perspectives, Commentaries, and Shortomics. Authors should specify 'OneHealth' in their cover letter to either journal. All submitted papers will undergo independent peer-review. Upon publication of these articles, a virtual joint thematic issue will bring together articles from both titles and will be promoted by FEMS and their publisher, Oxford University Press.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 November 2016

Read the joint virtual issue on OneHealth.
Email contact: Dr. Frederique Belliard at frederique.belliard@fems-microbiology.org

Tennessee Department of Health (USA)

One Health Resources...

https://tn.gov/health/article/one-health-resources