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Research conducted by the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance reveals that 2 in 3 Americans worry about a new pandemic. The research also reveals that fewer than 1 in 5 people realize that the next pandemic will most likely come from animals. Increasing the public's understanding is vital to preventing a "Contagion"-like scenario, says One Health Initiative veterinarian Bruce Kaplan. The Huffington Post (12/14)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) put forth in 2011 a strategic action plan for One Health, which had the objective to strengthen food security by improving animal production systems and veterinary services and called for action in improving collaborations between animal, human, and environmental health sectors
The National League of Cities (NLC) http://nlc.org/adopted an historic One Health Resolution at its annual business meeting in Phoenix, AZ (USA) on November 12, 2011,
Reverend David Beckmann, who was awarded the 2010 World Food Prize, said that the One Health approach “just makes sense” in his speech entitled “One Health: World Health through Collaboration”, delivered. October 12, 2011, in conjunction with the 25th anniversary World Food Prize events in Des Moines, Iowa. Reverend Beckmann's lecture is the first of the One Health Lectureship Series established in the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in honor of Dr. Roger Mahr, CEO of the One Health Commission.Rev. Beckmann is also an economist and a laureate of the World Food Prize.
Animals carry a number of viruses, usually without consequence to themselves, but those same viruses can prove deadly to another species. Humans have simply yet to cross paths with most of these pathogens.
"In the future, we're going to come across viruses that have been around for millions of years in obscure animals," says Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based organization of scientists dedicated to conserving biodiversity.
According to CNN News, only 2% of the students in U.S. medical schools intend to go into general practice or family practice. It is anticipated that we will soon be faced with a shortage of more than 40,000 general practitioners.
I wish it were policy that no medical school graduate could take a residency in a specialty unless he or she had a minimum of two years of general practice beforehand. Why? For several reasons.
