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The One Health Media Bulletin is issued by the One Health Platform. It is disseminated monthly to the global One Health community and offers you a selection of articles collected from a range of sources. It does not represent the opinions of the One Health Platform.

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2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ONE HEALTH

10th - 11th November 2016

Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach

Following the successful Global Conference on One Health (GCOH) that was held in Madrid in May 2015, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the Japan Medical Association (JMA) and the Japan Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on 10t-11th November in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The 2nd GCOH aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public Health Officers, Animal Health Officers, NGOs and other interested parties from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to address critical aspects of the 'One Health' Concept.

The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and the environment.

The main conference sessions will focus on the issues of:

• Zoonotic diseases

• Foodborne diseases

• Antimicrobial resistance

• Environmental hazards exposure to humans and animals

More details regarding the conference and registrations will be published soon on WVA www.worldvet.org and WMA www.wma.net websites

Note: The first landmark World Veterinary Association (WVA)/World Medical Association (WMA) Global Conference on One Health which was held in Madrid, Spain on May 21-22, 2015, brought together 330 delegates from 40 countries around the world to discuss the One Health Concept. http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=World+Veterinary+Association%2FWorld+Medical+Association+Global+Conference+on+One+Health+%96+Report+and+Presentations

Friday, March 11, 2016

“Liquid biopsies in companion animals shed new light on molecular pathology of non-ischemic heart diseases”

 Andrew M. Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM

Professor, Large Animal Medicine

Director, Regenerative Medicine Laboratory

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Tufts University

9AM - 10AM

Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning & Teaching Center

Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Friday, March 11, 2016

 “The Big Bet: How Linking Human and Veterinary Medicine Improves Health Across Species”

11:45 — 12:45PM

Farrell Learning and Teaching Center— Holden Auditorium

Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine (WUSM)

St. Louis, MO

Volunteer Public Relations and Communications Officer/s needed

The Bella Moss Foundation www.thebellamossfoundation.com is a charity which promotes prudent antimicrobial use and hygiene practices in the field of human and veterinary medicine.

“We are looking for a Volunteer Public Relations and Communications Officer/s needed to help promote the objectives of the Bella Moss Foundation at veterinary conferences.”

Jill Moss President and Founder The Bella Moss Foundation

Please see attached PDF

Unleashing the Power of Comparative Oncology - Thursday, March 10th 2016

Carolyn J. Henry, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), FNAP

Professor of Oncology

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine

Associate Director of Research, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

One Health/One Medicine Faculty Facilitator for Mizzou Advantage, Office of the Provost

University of Missouri, Columbia

Co-Director, WAMCOH

Dr. Henry earned her DVM at Auburn University in 1990, her MS from Auburn in 1993 and gained board certification in oncol-ogy in 1994. Dr. Henry served on the Washington State University faculty before relocating to the University of Missouri in 1997. She has served on the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Board of Regents and is past presi-dent of both the Veterinary Cancer Society and the ACVIM Specialty of Oncology.

In April 2010, Henry was named Faculty Facilitator for the Mizzou Advantage One Health/One Medicine initiative by the Office of the Provost—a position that serves to foster multidisciplinary educational and research opportunities between hu-man and veterinary medicine and the basic sciences, both within the University of Missouri and with outside collaborators.

Most recently Dr. Henry formed WAMCOH, a collaborative partnership with her veterinarian-scientist colleagues at WUSM and Auburn. The consortium’s mission is based on the emerging concept of “One Health,” focusing on the health linkages among humans, animals, and their shared environments.

Antibiotic resistance: the emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance enhances the need of a proactive one-health approach

“For some years now, multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae have been spreading globally, causing increasing difficulty in treating infectious diseases both in hospitals and the community at large. Of particular concern are carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae which are frequently resistant to nearly all antimicrobial drugs available.” ...

To read complete article see attached HTM link: http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/content/363/5/fnw034.

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