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| Veterinary Public Health group at American Public Health Association Convention Decides to Orient towards ONE HEALTH INITIATIVES - Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
Veterinary Public Health (VPH) group at American Public Health Association (APHA) Decides to Orient Towards “One Health Initiatives”
The Veterinary Public Health (VPH) group at the American Public Health Association (APHA) October 2008 convention in San Diego, California decided to orient their VPH, Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG) towards the “One Health Initiative”.
The ultimate goal of the group has been to attain SPIG status. Among other requirements, groups must have at least 100 members. (please visit the Publications page of this website to read APHA VPH SPIG business meeting minutes).
Interested public health veterinarians and other public health community professionals may contact Dr. Jim Dale for more information (see below).
James E. Dale, DVM, MPH, MBA, DACVPM
Jefferson County Department of Health & Environment
Director, Environmental Health
1801 19th Street; Golden, CO 80401
Desk: 303.271.5718 - Fax:303.271.5702 - Cell: 303.916.0810
jdale@jeffco.us - JamesEDale@aol.com |
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| Supercourse Library of Lectures - Thomas P. Monath, MD - Thursday, December 25, 2008 |
Supercourse Library of Lectures
The original power point slide presentation of Thomas P. Monath, MD to the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in March, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) entitled "One Medicine/One Health": Personal Reflections of a True Believer” is now posted in the Supercourse Library of Lectures and may be uploaded to the following address:
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec33431/
These lectures are available to a worldwide student audience with the Global Supercourse. |
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| The 59th Annual James H. Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man - Monday, December 22, 2008 |
Call for Papers - The 59th Annual James H. Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man - June 2 - 5, 2009

All information relevant to the conference is available at:
http://diseasesinnature.googlepages.com
> Tom J. Sidwa, D.V.M.
Manager, Zoonosis Control Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
Phone: 512-458-7111 ext 6628
FAX: 512-458-7454
Tom.Sidwa@dshs.state.tx.us
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 149347, MC1956
Austin, Texas 78714-9347
Visit our website at:
www.texaszoonosis.org
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| State Environmental Health Directors (SEHD) Endorse One Health - Saturday, December 20, 2008 |
State Environmental Health Directors (SEHD) Endorse One Health
Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH, Director of the Florida Department of Health’s Environmental Division and Chair of the State Environmental Health Directors (SEHD) advised us that SEHD has endorsed One Health.
http://www.astho.org/pubs/SEHDFactSheet_Feb08_2.pdf |
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| One Health Initiative Website NEWS - January 1, 2009 - Friday, December 19, 2008 |
January 1, 2009
One Health Initiative Website NEWS:
http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/
The One Health Initiative website has been operational since October 1, 2008. Since then the website has received over 11,500 visits from 117 countries including the U.S. and Canada. Numerous inquiries and comments have been received from several nations via physicians, veterinarians, allied health professionals, medical and veterinary medical scientists and others.
In addition, check out other websites where this One Health website has been displayed or referred to: http://www.asianvet.org, http://www.izslt.it/izs/, http://cabiblog.typepad.com/hand_picked/2008/10/the-first-europ.html, http://www.pandemicnetwork.com/promed.htm, www.TrackerNews.net, http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/index.htm, http://www.asm.org/, and http://www.soctropvetmed.org/ .
The website welcomes and encourages supporters and advocates from all nations to participate by providing us with pertinent ‘One Health’ NEWS, UPCOMING EVENTS, and PUBLICATIONS by contacting ohsc@onehealthinitiative.com.
Comments regarding the One Health Movement and this website are also appreciated. Thank you!
December 1, 2008
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association NEWS (JAVMA)
‘One-health Web site debuts’
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/dec08/081201i.asp
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| One Health Supporter/Advocate RETIRED BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL CATES TO HEAD K-STATE'S MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM - Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
Sources: Michael B. Cates, michael.cates@us.army.mil; and Ralph Richardson, 785-532-5660, rcr@k-state.edu Photo available. Contact media@k-state.edu or 785-532-6415. News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008
RETIRED BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL CATES TO HEAD K-STATE'S MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM
MANHATTAN -- Retired Brig. Gen. Michael B. Cates, former commander of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine and chief of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, has been named director of Kansas State University's master of public health program.
Cates also will serve as a professor in K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine.
"Brig. Gen. Michael Cates has vast experience working where public health and veterinary medicine intersect," said K-State President Jon Wefald. "That experience, coupled with Cates' expertise working across disciplines, will be fundamental in taking K-State's master of public health program to the next level."
K-State's master of public health program, housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is an interdepartmental program consisting of 42 semester hours. The program, for people currently employed or anticipating a career in the field of public health, allows students to address public health concerns that include obesity/exercise, human nutrition, food safety, infectious/zoonotic diseases, and toxicology. It involves courses and faculty from the colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Human Ecology and Veterinary Medicine.
Cates, a native of Frisco, Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980 and was named an outstanding alumnus of the college in 2005. He also has a master of public health from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, and is a distinguished diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.
Cates recently retired from the military after serving for more than 28 years. In addition to his role as chief of the Veterinary Corps and the first veterinarian to head the Army's main public health organization, he has had leadership experience in multiple locations in the U.S., Korea and Europe.
"In today's world, there are many complex challenges in animal, human and environmental health, and the future will bring even more," Cates said. "I have been a longtime advocate of multidisciplinary, proactive approaches to health, and it is an honor to now be part of K-State's outstanding research and educational efforts in these areas."
Cates said ultimately, K-State's master of public health program will contribute to worldwide health.
"My aim is to build on the program's early successes, earning accreditation, broadening collaboration and partnerships among the many aspects of animal and public health, developing even more public health trained professionals for the workplace, and making significant contributions toward improved global health," he said.
K-State Provost M. Duane Nellis said K-State's master of public health program is only one example of how the university is engaged in some of the nation's most important issues.
"Our master of public health program is tailored to address the most relevant public health issues," he said. "Our program will help meet the work force needs associated with addressing topics such as infectious disease and obesity -- areas that threaten the most basic health of our nation's citizenry." |
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| ProMED-mail Adds Link to One Health Initiative Website - Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
ProMED-mail Adds *Link to One Health Initiative Website
www.promedmail.org
December 9, 2008—Jack Woodall, PhD, co-founder and Associate Editor of ProMED-mail www.promedmail.org informed us today that ProMED has now added the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com website link to their site. “Simply click on Links in the left margin, then Global Links, and look for One Health in alphabetical order”, Woodall said.
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Global Articles, References and Links to Related Sites
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WHO SARS information (including outbreak map) http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/ WHO Communicable Disease Surveillance & Response (CSR) SARS page
WHO Outbreak News http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ Weekly or even more frequently, in English, also by e-mail
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record - WER http://www.who.int/wer/ In English and French, contents also by e-mail
WHO Report on Infectious Diseases 2000: Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/2000/
WHO FluNet http://rhone.b3e.jussieu.fr/flunet/www/ Monthly world map on Recent Activity page
WHO Global Salm-Surv (GSS) http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/zoo/SALM-SURV/ A global Salmonella surveillance and laboratory support project Twice a week e-mail discussion list, restricted areas
CDC: Traveler’s Health http://www.cdc.gov/travel/ Outbreaks of interest to travelers worldwide See the Destinations section for recommendations for specific countries
Emerging Health Threats Forum (EHTF) http://www.eht-forum.org/ Daily news, weekly newsletter, peer-reviewed academic journal, and other information resources on emerging threats to human health from all sources, including the environment, chemicals, radiation, pathogens, and society.
Emerging Health Threats Journal http://www.eht-forum.org/JournalStore/Journal International peer-reviewed journal, focussing on emerging threats to human health from any source, including the environment, chemicals, radiation, pathogens, and society. It welcomes papers on the preparedness and response to natural or man-made disasters, including those that involve the deliberate release of chemical, biological, or radionuclear material.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - EID http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/
FAO - Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases http://www.fao.org/EMPRES/default.htm Quarterly in English, French, Spanish and Arabic
FSnet, Agnet, Animal Net http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/listservs.htm Food Safety Network (FSnet), Agriculture Network (Agnet), & Animal Net Agri-Food Risk Management & Communication Several times a week in English
GIDEON: Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network http://www.GIDEONonline.com GIDEON will donate USD 5 to to ProMED-mail when readers sign up for a free trial subscription using the following link http://www.gideononline.com/promed.
OIE - Office International des Epizooties http://www.oie.int/ Weekly in English, French, and Spanish
*One Health Initiative Website http://www.onehealthinitiative.com The One Health Initiative is a movement to forge co-equal, all inclusive collaborations between physicians, veterinarians, and other scientific-health related disciplines.
OIRSA: Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria http://ns1.oirsa.org.sv/ Salud animal en el mundo Quarterly in Spanish
Animal Health/Emerging Animal Diseases (AHEAD) http://www.fas.org/ahead/ Federation of American Scientists
Humanitarian Resource Institute http://www.humanitarian.net An international reference point for health care, education, agricultural and economic development
Public Library of Science, PLoS Medicine http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/ An international peer-reviewed, open-access journal from the Public Library of Science.
AED-Satellife: Global Health Information and Technology http://healthnet.org/ Provides connectivity and discussion forums for health professionals in developing countries. Early partner of ProMED-mail.
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| Accepting Nominations for American Society for Microbiology Branch Lectureships Program - Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
American Society for Microbiology Branch Lectureships (ASMBL) Program
(formerly known as Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lectures)
The program annually selects a scientifically diverse group of speakers who are available to participate in ASM Branch meetings at the local and regional level. The ASMBL Committee will begin preparing the speaker list for the 2009-2011 program in January 2009. The Committee welcomes recommendations from the ASM Membership and others.
Program and speaker eligibility requirements are available online or via e-mail (adempsey@asmusa.org).
WWW: http://www.asm.org/MemberShip/index.asp?bid=16064
Deadline for Lecturer Nominations: December 30, 2008.
Provided by:
Barbara Hyde
Director, Communications
American Society for Microbiology
1752 N St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-942-9206
Visit us online at microbeworld.org |
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| Op-Ed Guest Column Sarasota Herald-Tribune (USA-Florida) - In age of pandemics, human and animal health intersect - Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
Op-Ed Publication December 2, 2008 in Sarasota Herald-Tribune Newspaper:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081202/COLUMNIST/812020315/2080/OPINION?Title=In_age_of_pandemics__human_and_animal_health_intersect |
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| Handbook for Zoonotic Diseases of Companion Animals Now Available - Monday, November 24, 2008 |
Zoonoses Handbook Now Available - February 2008 With support from Bayer Animal Health, the Center for Food Security & Public Health (CFSPH) – IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY- has published the Handbook for Zoonotic Diseases of Companion Animals. The Handbook is for veterinary and human medical professionals and addresses the etiology, prevention and liability issues for zoonoses of companion animals. It also contains materials to educate staff and clients. Zoonoses Handbook
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Zoonoses_Textbook/default.htm |
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| National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Endorses “One World-One Health” - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Endorses “One World-One Health”
http://www.neha.org/index.shtml
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is a strong professional society with over 4,500 members across the nation. NEHA’s mission is “to advance the environmental health and protection professional for the purpose of providing a healthful environment for all”.
NEHA announced today that “the NEHA Board of Directors has adopted a supportive position on One Health. We are also pleased and honored to display our position on the *NEHA website.”
*See NEHA Position Paper also placed on the Publication page of this website: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php
Provided by:
Genny Pfeufer, Executive Associate
National Environmental Health Association
Email: gpfeufer@neha.org
Phone: 303.756-9090 ext. 302 |
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| Colombian Non-profit Organization Endorses 'One Health' - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
Colombian Non-profit Organization Endorses ‘One Health’
November 19, 2008
Attentively and according to information available on One Health
Initiative Web page, I am attaching the requested information to be a
Supporter Organization.
The Corporación RedSPVet_, Red de Salud Pública Veterinaria
(Veterinary Public health Network, RedSPVet),is a non Profit
Organization, that associates Veterinary Public Health professionals
in Colombia and Latin America and which develops projects of
intervention, investigation and education in Veterinary Public
Health, Animal and Environmental Health in Colombian territory and internationally.
We will be very pride in contributing to the development of the
concept and to leading this offer in our country and in Latin America.
Thank you very much for your attention,
Cordially,
José Miguel Acosta Barbosa, M.V.
Director
Corporación RedSPVet
Red de Salud Pública Veterinaria
Bogota, Colombia
[LINK: http://www.redsaludpublicaveterinaria.org]
http://www.redsaludpublicaveterinaria.org
Boletín SPV: [LINK: http://redspvet.blogspot.com/]
http://redspvet.blogspot.com/ |
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| Dean Emeritus of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Comments on Comparative Medicine's Problematic Implementation in Veterinary Medical Education - Monday, November 17, 2008 |
Dean Emeritus of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Comments on Comparative Medicine’s Problematic Implementation in Veterinary Medical Education
In an October 30, 2008 letter to Dr. Michael Chaddock, Deputy Director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C., Dr. J. Thomas Vaughan reflected upon the historical aspects of comparative medicine vis-à-vis 19th and 20th century acceptance of the “One Medicine” concept (known commonly today as One Health). Dr. Vaughan expressed concerns about the educational implementation methodologies in vogue today. Vaughan also cited an alarming potential problem where the public health community, while ostensibly urging veterinarians to enter public health practice, fails to provide sufficient opportunities for young aspiring, qualified DVMs/VMDs with MPH degrees.
The letter said:
“Reading the history of medicine since the Renaissance, one must resist the impression that our profession does not emphasize comparative medicine today as much as was the case in the 19th and 20th centuries. During the era of what has been called the veterinary physicians, men like John Hunter and his protégé Edward Jenner, Claude Bernard, Louis Pasteur, Rudolph Virchow, Robert Koch, Daniel E. Salmon, Theobald Smith, Fred Kilbourne, Cooper Curtice, William Osler, and John McFaydean revolutionized medicine for humans and animals alike. They did this under the banner of one medicine, and condescension toward animal medicine apparently was not an obstacle, at least not insuperable.
A part of the problem, now into the 21st century, may be attributed to the rapid growth of the clinical and species specialties in veterinary medicine since 1951. Comparative medicine has been largely relegated to laboratory animal medicine, preventive medicine (the specialty), and basic scientists conducting research on human health problems, leaving a large part of the profession uninterested and uninvolved in comparative medicine. Add to that the failure of the public health community to create opportunities for veterinarians who could be recruited for this service, case in point, Dr. Heather Henderson who has tried earnestly for several years to secure a fellowship (post-MPH) in the epidemiology training program at CDC, (JAVMA, Sept. 15, 2008, pp 865-66). Three of her colleagues in the United States Public Health Service and I have supported her efforts, thus far in vain. What she says in her letter to the editor is, I believe, a representative sample of a problem that the profession has either ignored or not resolved. Conclusions drawn on anecdotal evidence are apt to be flawed, but such reports can be early warning signs and do warrant investigation.
We in veterinary medical education give much lip service to lofty goals that go unmet for lack of implementation.”
Permission to reprint this excerpted portion of the letter was granted by Drs. Chaddock and Vaughan.
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| Great 21st Century Physician ‘One Health’ Leader Dies - Saturday, November 08, 2008 |
Great 21st Century Physician ‘One Health’ Leader Dies
Date on November 6, 2008
Ronald M. Davis, MD Past President, American Medical Association
It is with tremendous sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Ron Davis, past President of the AMA and a major supporter of the One Health Initiative. Indeed, the AMA wouldn’t have passed its historic One Health Resolution without Ron’s leadership. As the first preventive medicine physician to be president of the AMA, he recognized the need for collaboration between veterinarians and physicians. As he said, “I was primed for the issue of One Health.”
Dr. Roger Mahr, who was President of the AVMA at the same time, contacted Ron to discuss bringing animal and human medicine together. They met and had dinner together. After Roger educated Ron about the issues, Ron told him that he would be happy to help. Ron not only advocated One Health principles within AMA, but he personally represented AMA on the AVMA One Health Initiative Task Force and contributed materially to the development of the Task Force recommendations http://www.avma.org/onehealth/ .
This was a case where the right people were in the right place at the right time.
In our subsequent One Health collaborations regarding drafting the AMA One Health Resolution and other related issues, Ron always graciously and expeditiously supported and guided our efforts with much wisdom.
Tragically, not long after the AMA passed the One Health Resolution in June 2007, Ron was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
He fought the disease with grace and dignity. The New York Times reported on his battle. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/health/23voic.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss)
At the 2008 AMA Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates, Ron gave a very moving speech. The transcript can be read at (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/18670.html) and the video can be watched at (http://www.webguild.com/TeamRon/)
The world has lost a great man, and we have lost an esteemed colleague, friend, and One Health champion.
Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Bruce Kaplan, DVM, and Thomas P. Monath, MD |
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| The Foundations of Medical and Veterinary Virology: Discoverers and Discoveries, Inventors and Inventions, Developoers and Technologies - Friday, November 07, 2008 |
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Frederick A. Murphy, DVM, PhD University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pathology, Route 0609 301 University Blvd Galveston, TX 77555-0609
famurphy@utmb.edu
Dr. Fred Murphy, the famous veterinary virologist who co-discovered the Ebola virus as etiologic agent of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, with his equally famous physician colleague Dr. Karl Johnson (see One Health in Action # 1 on the Publication page of this website), provided us with a PDF of his excellent article—titled above (also available on the Publication page of this website). It conveys a true spirit of “One Health” in action!
Also please see related website links Dr. Murphy provide us:
http://www.utmb.edu/ihii/virusimages/index.shtml
ASM: http://www.asm.org/Membership/index.asp?bid=53147
ASV: http://www.asv.org/pdf/ASV_fMurphy.pdf
ICTV: http://www.ictvonline.org/Discoverers_and_Discoveries.pdf
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| Exiting "News Tracker, Health-Humanitarian-Tech" Website Launched - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
Exciting New Website Launched
News Tracker, Health-Humanitarian-Tech
http://www.trackernews.net/
Provided by:
J.A. Ginsburg, editor editor@trackernews.net
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| American Society for Microbiology 'One Health' Listserve Available - Friday, October 31, 2008 |
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has developed a listserve to facilitate discussion about One Health issues. Subscription is publicly available at | | |