Project Reports One Health Day - WEBINAR By: Leanne Jankelunas (Cornell University DVM '20, University of Minnesota MPH '20) Project Manager Team - Standing Committee on One Health 2018/2109
1. Why did you organize this webinar
3. Can you tell us about the Speakers
and what did you want to achieve
and their topics? (Brief Explanation)
from this webinar?
The speakers were from a variety
I organized the 2018 One Health
of
backgrounds
and
encompassed
Webinar Series with a goal to try to
multiple interests including infectious
showcase the multitude of fields that
diseases,
relate to One Health as areas other than
environmental health, the impa ct of
zoonotic
always
veterinary medicine on human health, the
adequately discussed during One Health
human-animal bond, and wellness issues
conversations.
related to
diseases
are
not
food
safety,
veterinary
conservation,
medicine.
The
opening speaker was Dr. Steven Osofsky, 2. How is the process of arranging this
a wildlife veterinarian, who has been
webinar?
involved in work on updating regulations
The process of arranging the
on foot and mouth disease commerce
webinar involved reaching out by email
restrictions.
to professionals and being connected to
speakers were two veterinarians, Dr. Lea
other individuals through contacts from
KNOPF from the Department of the
other members of the IVSA SCOH
Control of Neglected Tropical Disease
Committee. Each speaker was then asked
WHO Headquarters, and Dr. Frederic
to record a topic related to One Health
Lohr from Mission Rabies. Dr. Lea
which then was uploaded to the SCOH
KNOPF discussed the importance of
YouTube Channel.
veterinarians in working to control and
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