The White House - Office of the Press Secretary (USA)

For Immediate Release

January 27, 2015

FACT SHEET: President’s 2016 Budget Proposes Historic Investment to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Protect Public Health

“Resistance can arise in bacterial pathogens affecting humans, animals, and the environment.  The adoption of a “One-Health” approach that integrates human health, veterinary, and ecosystem surveillance will help strengthen detection and control of antibiotic resistance.  Improved surveillance will be achieved through enhancement, expansion, and linkage of existing systems that monitor human and animal pathogens, including the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), the Emerging Infections Program (EIP), the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), and animal health laboratories.”

To read in full, see: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/27/fact-sheet-president-s-2016-budget-proposes-historic-investment-combat-a

Important Speech (includes One Health approach comments) by U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner…

“At the center of this plan [White House Strategy Recognizes Importance of One Health Approach in Combating Antibiotic Resistance (USA)http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=White+House+Strategy+Recognizes+Importance+of+One+Health+Approach+in+Combating+Antibiotic+Resistance+%28USA%29], as well as this conference, is the One-Health approach of combatting resistance, which offers a recognition that the health of humans is directly connected to the health of animals and to our shared environment. And it affirms that an effective response requires addressing all of these concerns together. …”

FDA Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

Remarks by Margaret A. Hamburg, MD

http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CommissionersPage/default.htm
Commissioner of FDA - USA
A One Health Colloquium Chatham House – The Royal Institute of International Affairs
London, England
December 18, 2014

Please see: http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Speeches/ucm427312.htm

Provided by:

Bernadette Dunham, DVM, PhD, Director
Center for Veterinary Medicine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
MPN-IV, Rm. 181
7519 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone: 240-276-9000
Fax: 240-276-9001
Bernadette.Dunham@fda.hhs.gov  
Excellence. Leadership. Innovation.

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

3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015

“Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for global public and animal health”

October 04 – 07, 2015 - Davos, Switzerland

One Health Initiative team endorses One Health GRForum (scroll down) http://onehealth.grforum.org/partnership/endorsing-partners/ &

 http://onehealth.grforum.org/about/scientific-and-technical-advisory-group/ 

Longstanding One Health history at University of Pennsylvania’s schools of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine (USA)

“Since 1884, Penn Vet [the school of Veterinary Medicine] has recognized that human and veterinary medicine are inextricably intertwined.

Close ties with the Perelman School of Medicine, as well as numerous other schools, institutes and centers at the University of Pennsylvania and beyond, have resulted in groundbreaking research.”

Education

“… Penn Vet is the only veterinary school developed in association with a medical school, and is one of only four private veterinary schools in the nation. Penn Vet's two campuses, urban and rural, offer students learning opportunities and experiences in virtually every aspect of veterinary medicine. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Vet is a key partner in one of the world's great biomedical research and teaching centers. Our students can learn first-hand how veterinary medicine and research impacts human lives, as well as those of animals.

The relationship between animal health and human health is the core of our teaching tradition. Our distinguished faculty members bring a diverse range of academic backgrounds and unique perspectives to the classroom and clinic that will broaden our students' views of veterinary medicine.”

Note:  Penn Vet’s visionary Dean, Joan Hendricks, VMD/PhD and prominent One Health leader assumed her responsibilities as the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine in 2006.  Dean Hendricks believes that veterinarians play an integral part in ensuring public health and food safety, guarding against bio- and agro-terrorism and working to protect the environment. She has played a lead role in lobbying to state legislators on behalf of the School. Dr. Hendricks is a member of the One Health Initiative Advisory Board.  See: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Prominent+Pennsylvania+%28USA%29+Veterinary+Medical+School+Dean+Joins+One+Health+Initiative+Team%92s+Honorary+Advisory+Board; http://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/what-we-do and http://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/who-we-are.

One Health Newsletter, Volume 7 Issue 4 Published – January 3, 2015

See:  http://media.news.health.ufl.edu/misc/egh/One%20Health%20Newsletter/OHNL_Vol7_Issue4.pdf and http://epi.ufl.edu/onehealth/news/one-health-newsletter/.

One Health…

Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

http://embomolmed.embopress.org/content/early/2014/12/29/emmm.201404792

DOI 10.15252/emmm.201404792 |Published online 30.12.2014 EMBO Molecular Medicine(2014)emmm.201404792

Abstract

The severe Ebola virus disease epidemic occurring in West Africa stems from a single zoonotic transmission event to a 2�]year�]old boy in Meliandou, Guinea. We investigated the zoonotic origins of the epidemic using wildlife surveys, interviews, and molecular analyses of bat and environmental samples. We found no evidence for a concurrent outbreak in larger wildlife. Exposure to fruit bats is common in the region, but the index case may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of insectivorous free�]tailed bats (Mops condylurus). Bats in this family have previously been discussed as potential sources for Ebola virus outbreaks, and experimental data have shown that this species can survive experimental infection. These analyses expand the range of possible Ebola virus sources to include insectivorous bats and reiterate the importance of broader sampling efforts for understanding Ebola virus ecology.

Open Access article reported to One Health Initiative website December 30, 2014 by: 

Virginia Dato, MD, MPH, FACPM, FAAP

Post Doctoral Scholar

Department of Biomedical Informatics

University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Vmd11@pitt.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/virginia-dato/55/35/328

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Virginia_Dato

Dr. Dato is a member of the One Health Initiative Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Global Programs and Initiatives – One Health

http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-programs-and-initiatives/one-health/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ebola Update

http://www.cdc.gov/ 

Faculty Positions Available - Graduate School of Public Health - San Diego State University (USA)

Please see http://affiliated.sdsu.edu/ColHHS/gradschoolpubhlth.htm

Provided by:

Stephanie Brodine, MD, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor, EPI Division Head

Phone: (619) 594-0383
Office: PSFA 147
Email: sbrodine@mail.sdsu.edu

Download CV (pdf)

International Who's Who in One Health webinar - November 10, 2014

 Hosted by the U.S. One Health Commission https://www.onehealthcommission.org/

According to OHC Executive Director Cheryl M. Stroud, DVM, PhD, “there were over 1000 attendees from 61 countries.”

 https://www.onehealthcommission.org/index.cfm?nodeID=78899&audienceID=1