February 6, 2017
One Health Happenings! 
Meetings / Events : 
(Visit the Events page on the OHC website)

  • Feb 16: Climate and Health Meeting, Hosted by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, APHA, The Climate Reality Project, Harvard Global Health Institute and the University of Washington Center for Health and the Global Environment, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Feb 25: Marine Mammals as Health Sentinels for Oceans and
    Us. 
    Presentation byGregory D. Bossart, Senior Vice President for Animal Health, Research, and Conservation, Georgia Aquarium, in the Quest for One Healthy Planet, 2017 Penn State Frontiers of Science Lecture Series, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, 11:00 a.m. Eastern, Watch for Live Stream info, Recordings will be posted  
  • March 3: Abstract deadline:  One Health | One Global Environment Conference to be held October 22-26, Montego Bay, Jamaica, hosted by the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors and the Americas Group of the International Federation of Environmental Health.

 
Opportunities!  
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Education
 



Jobs

  • Tenure Track Climate Change Faculty position, Dept Global Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisianna, USA

Funding

  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Call for Proposals to development of new vaccines to prevent and contain infectious disease epidemics.

Highlights of One Health Day 2016:
 
The inaugural One Health Day held on November 3, 2016 was tremendously successful with over 156 events held in over 35 countries. Here are a few highlights.  We hope you are planning your 2017 One Health Day.
 
  • The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Medical Association (WMA) officially adopted the One Health concept and approach at their 2nd WVA-WMA Global Conference in Japan, Final Conference Report.

Resources / Publications:
 
  • Call for Papers -  Special Issue of Monash Bioethics Review on 'One Health Ethics' Guest Co-Edited by Zohar Lederman (Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore) and Chris Degeling (Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine (VELIM); University of Sydney)
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