January 2020 was designated as National One Health Awareness Month by a bipartisan resolution that recognizes the importance of a collaborative, interdisciplinary—One Health—approach so we might find solutions to the public health, environmental, and conservation challenges of the 21st century. In this blog, I have put my 31 daily social media posts for this month. It is my hope that in one long chain, we see the common threats, many taken straight out of current affairs, from climate change and mental health issues to pandemics preparedness and prevention. And, more importantly we see some of the amazing work being done globally to strive for healthy people, healthy animals, and healthy environments. I hope you enjoy learning about One Health.
Day 1 is all about One Health with the new year off to a great start with this resoluation. Working together for #OneHealth! https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=D986D0A7-0FFE-463A-86BE-7C745149D5F0
Day 2 is on Zoonotic Diseases. #OneHealth is about #Zoonotic #Diseases which are infectious diseases shared between human and non-human animals. Our 2018 publication http://rdcu.be/FqQx on great apes reminds us of the bi-directional nature of this link! http://www.drsharondeem.com/blog//an-inconvenient-truth-zoonotic-pathogens
Day 3 is on Climate change and animal, human, environmental health. This picture from Australia shared on @billmckibben is worth a 1000 words of #ClimateChange impacts on the health of #humans #animals and the #environment. This is one reason why we need a #OneHealth approach
Day 4 is on mosquito-borne diseases. West Nile, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika are examples of mosquito-borne diseases of human and non-human animals alike. We need a #OneHealth approach. To learn more, see research by Dr. Lilian Catenacci https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lilian_Catenacci/research.
Day 5 is on tick borne diseases which cause problems for human and non-human animals. Learn more about the dilution effect https://www.caryinstitute.org/science/research-projects/biodiversity-community-ecology-and-dilution-effect and why we need biodiversity as a preventive measure against TBDs like Lyme Disease. #OneHealth. Photo credit Mayo clinic and CDC.
Day 6 is on antibiotic resistance genes. A growing #OneHealth concern is #AntimicrobialResistance – One reason @stlzoo Institute for #ConservationMedicine PhD student, Dr. Ainoa Nieto Claudin is studying ARGs in #Galapagos https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zph.12639
Day 7, I decided to do a take two on climate change. With obvious costs from #Climatechange to the health of humans, animals, and environments, we need a #OneHealth approach. An action you can take is to join @ZoosVictoria and help their #veterinary staff help #wildlife https://www.zoo.org.au/fire-fund/
Day 8 is on Climate Change and Food Security. Two of the biggest #OneHealth challenges are #ClimateChange and #FoodSecurity Reasons we @stlzoo Institute for #ConservationMedicine are working on #camel #health issues in #Kenya with @ericfevre @ILRI and @mpalalive collaborators . https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine/dromedary-camels-project
Day 9 is on #comparative #medicine. #humans #animals and even #plants may share #diseases. Our work on #EDCs in #turtles answer some big questions on how #plastics may impact #reproduction and #fitness across #species. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOXNhMzO6DM
Day 10 - we share organizations working towards #animal #human #environmental #health. @stlzoo does! https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine
Day 11 since the first #canary in a coalmine to a sea turtle I met years ago in Central #Africa to the 1 billion animals lost in the recent #AustrailianBushfires, #animals are #sentinels for the #health of #humans #animals and #environements #One Health
Day 12 - Using our species’ innate love of life - #Biophilia – we may find solutions to the chronic non-communicable diseases, such as #obesity, #depression, and #cardiac #disease just by connecting people with nature! #OneHealth
Day 13 is on Food Security. How do we safely feed a #human population fast approaching 8 billion while being humane to other #animals , and without harming the #environment ? #FoodSecurity is a #OneHealth issue
Day 14 is on Food Safety. Did you know? 1 of 6 Americans will have at least 1 episode of food-borne illness this year. If you live in the US, the food you eat today may come from over 20 different countries. The dinner table reminds us of #OneHealth . #FoodSafety takes a village!
Day 15 human encroaching on wildlife and loss of biodiversity. As #humans increasingly encroach into wildlife areas, the #LossOfBiodiversity also increases. 3 species every hour of every day go #extinct - This threatens the #health of all life - #OneHealth
Day 16 One Health One Welfare One Planet - It is simple, we have One #Earth, we share #OneHealth and we need one #welfare @OIEAnimalhealth
Day 17 is #PublicHealth benefits of the #Human #Animal Bond. Animals make us happy!
Day 18 reminds us of the link between #animal abuse and #human abuse.
Day 19 is all about #Soil #health. Without healthy soils, no #plants #animals or #humans have healthy foods #OneHealth - Thanks @USDA_NRCS for the reminder!
Day 20 asks us to think about the safety of #humans working with #animals. Top on my list is #mental #health issues facing #veterinarians and the need for #prevention https://time.com/5670965/veterinarian-suicide-help/
Day 21 is plastics in the environment. When we in the United States use an estimated 500 million plastic straws each day, we know there must be #Health impacts on #animals #humans and #ecosystems #strawsSUCK
Day 22 our link to #wildlife – in the age of the #Anthropocene #humans create #conservation and #publichealth health challenges. #Biodiversity loss connected to loss of #planetary-health
Day 23 is economic benefits of using a One Health approach. Did we learn from the 2003 #SARS #zoonotic #pathogen cost of 40 – 80 billion US$ to #Global Market? What will #Wuhun #virus cost in lives, livelihoods and economies?
https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-virus-economy-impact-based-on-past-outbreaks-2020-1
Day 24 is to share #success stories. The work we do @Stlzoo https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine advances #wildlife #conservation #publichealth and #ecosystem health is our success story!
Day 25 is on K-12 Education. With projects like our https://www.stlzoo.org/conservation/institute-for-conservation-medicine/box-turtle-project that teach #animal #human #ecosystem #health in an engaging fashion, #nextgen OneHealth practitioners will be ready!
Day 26 is all about personal stories. As a #zoo and #wildlife #veterinarian, I work for the #conservation of #endangered #species. However, I have always appreciated the connection between #animal, #environmental and #human #health.
Day 27 is on disaster preparedness and emergency response. Obvious necessities from #Australian #wildfires #biodiversity loss to #coronavirus #wet-markets #pandemic potential. However, #preventive #medicine is even better!
Day 28. The growing human footprint = landscape changes and #health threats to #animals, #humans #environments. Happy to collaborate with Bolivian colleagues to help rescue river #dolphins https://www.stlzoo.org/about/blog/2019/03/12/bolivian-river-dolphin-rescue
Day 29 is The Ties that Bind. Great topic and the title of my 2018 @TEDxArch talk! If you missed it, catch it here https://bit.ly/2u42uq2
Day 30 - The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are about One Health. The Six Degrees of One Health - presented in our book https://bit.ly/3aOZzSZ - remind us how truly connected is the health of all life!
Day 31 - Celebrating One Health. Want to learn more? Come to @stlzoo One Health Fair on April 11, 2020 - we will share #conservation / #publichealth challenges and solutions. Like these stories from 2019 https://www.stlzoo.org/about/blog/2019/11/01/one-health-day-2019
