​SAN ANTONIO – August 8, 2016 — visualize our world as three circles representing people, animals, as well as the environment. At the moment, these separate shapes only somewhat overlap as well as share a small, pleased area nicknamed the“Ray of hope for the Future.” That ray of hope is One Health—a growing motion that envisions a path to planetary health and wellness with One health and wellness education as well as collaborations.  With an thrilled leader at its helm, the One health and wellness compensation is poised to motivate the merging of those three circles into one unified, healthy world.

“Collaborations don’t just magically happen; they begin with relationships,” stated Dr. Cheryl Stroud, executive director of the One health and wellness compensation (OHC). “And connections don’t just magically develop. They begin when we come together in direct conversations. This seldom occurs in today’s systems of silos.” Dr. Stroud’s James H. Steele One health and wellness presentation Monday, August 8, from 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM is one of numerous sessions about all the faces of One health and wellness during the American Veterinary medical association (AVMA) annual Convention, August 5-9, in San Antonio.

Just what is One Health? It is an worldwide conversation among several health and wellness science occupations that is working to offer ideal health and wellness as well as well-being for practically every organism as well as its atmosphere on this planet. That is a tall order, however it’s not an impossible one to fill.

“One health and wellness is really an old idea about different disciplines in environmental, human as well as animal health and wellness working together to address today’s‘wicked’ issues like unsustainable food supplies, emerging contagious diseases, antimicrobial resistance as well as climate change,” Dr. Stroud says. “But, with ever-increasing innovation as well as health and wellness experts ending up being much more as well as much more specialized, partnerships across the disciplines got lost along the way.” The puzzle pieces began discovering each other when once again in the early 2000s when the One health and wellness idea emerged.

The One health and wellness compensation was developed in 2009 as a result of a year-long One health and wellness effort task force partnership between the AVMA as well as the American medical Association. Dr. Stroud was appointed executive director in 2013.“The compensation operates under the slogan ‘Connect. Create. Educate.’” stated Dr. Stroud, “and works to improve partnerships among professionals—from anthropological as well as environmental to horticultural experts, physicians, public as well as worldwide health and wellness workers, as well as veterinarians—to boost our connectivity to every other.”

The compensation has joined forces with two leading worldwide groups, the One health and wellness effort as well as One health and wellness Platform, to produce an annual worldwide One health and wellness Day.  celebrated for the very first time on November 3 this year, numerous of One Health’s advocate organizations as well as individuals around the world will be participating in the inaugural event, from trainees to recognized experts in academic, business as well as non-profit arenas. They will be showcasing One health and wellness jobs as well as special events that can lead to sustaining biodiversity, protecting the world as well as saving millions of lives.

Among the Commission’s other efforts are promoting One health and wellness education as well as understanding about bat rabies to school-aged children, supporting academic webinars on challenging topics such as antimicrobial resistance as well as emerging illness like human Bartonellosis, as well as preparing the next generation of One health and wellness leaders by supporting trainees for One Health.

The 2016 AVMA convention will function a plethora of One health and wellness topics, including discussions on Ebola virus as well as other zoonotic contagious diseases, One health and wellness as well as catastrophe preparedness, food security, as well as worldwide health. “I’m extremely thrilled to see so numerous One health and wellness presentations organized for this year’s AVMA convention” stated Dr. Stroud.

She will be speaking about worldwide efforts for One health and wellness as well as will offer convention guests with a slip top of the Smithsonian Institute display “Zoonoses as well as One Health” that will be revealed in Washington, D.C. in 2018. “The Smithsonian Institute completely comprehends the significance of One health and wellness as well as exactly how it associates with emerging zoonotic illness such as Ebola, SARS, as well as Zika, to name a few,” stated Dr. Stroud.  After its preliminary stint at the museum of natural History, the traveling display will education the publicacross the U.S. and, eventually, internationally.

There is practically no down time for Dr. Stroud as well as the Commission. The OHC program is full of events like holding a second worldwide Who’s who in One health and wellness webinar on November 4 in conjunction with One health and wellness Day, planning a One Health: Land, Sea, Air seminar in March 2017 at the Georgia Aquarium as well as complying with Senate expense 2634, which proposes establishment of a federal interagency One health and wellness Program.

Of course, building One health and wellness understanding stays the underlying priority, as well as the OHC director has personal evidence of success. “I was thrilled just recently to speak about One health and wellness at a recent national Institutes of environmental health and wellness Sciences satisfying in North Carolina,” stated Dr. Stroud. “I requested a show of hands in the space of about 100 participants from numerous occupations as well as found that about 85% of the guests were familiar with One Health. We are making progress.”

To discover much more about the AVMA annual Convention, see www.avmaconvention.org. For much more info on media chances at the AVMA Convention, as well as to register as a press attendee, get in touch with Michael San Filippo, AVMA senior media relations specialist, at 847-285-6687 (office), 847-732-6194 (cell) or msanfilippo@avma.org. members of the media should register with the AVMA prior to the convention to validate their press credentials as well as guarantee that their press badges as well as materials are prepared for them when they arrive. Registration for the press is free.

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The AVMA, established in 1863, is one of the oldest as well as largest veterinary medical organizations in the world, with much more than 88,000 member veterinarians around the world participated in a broad range of expert activities as well as devoted to the art as well as science of veterinary medicine.