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Preventive malaria treatment for Ebola contacts cost-effective
“This study provides a very strong justification for public health providers responding to an Ebola virus disease outbreak to consider distribution of preventive malaria treatment to contacts of patients with Ebola virus disease, in the context of an emergency response to Ebola virus disease outbreaks in malaria endemic areas,” Carias and colleagues wrote.
Pregnant women advised to avoid animals that are giving birth
Public Health Wales is reminding pregnant women to avoid close contact with animals that are giving birth. Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep during lambing or other farm animals that are giving birth may risk their own health, and that of their unborn child, from infections that such animals can carry.
Bhutan OH Evaluation Project
Zoonotic diseases such as rabies and anthrax remain a major concern to both human and animal health in Bhutan, and it is anticipated that many cases go unreported. Contributing factors for the high incidence of zoonotic diseases include: a limited capacity for the control of slaughter processes, a lack of documented information on zoonoses, and a low level of general awareness on occupational health hazards, food safety and disease risks.
New Tanzania project launched to curb disease transmission from consumption of bushmeat
The Nelson Mandela University ‘will be granted 5 billion/- to undertake a comprehensive study under which wild animal meat can transmit diseases to human beings.
‘The grant is from the Cooperative Biological Engagement Programme of the US Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and will define the role of wild animal meat as vehicles from transmitting important zoonotic pathogens to humans.
Second Contagious Cancer Found in Tasmanian Devils
Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) was first found in 1996. Ten years later, it was confirmed as a transmissible cancer. The disease spreads from animal to animal via living cancer cells, causing tumors on the side of the faces or inside the mouths of the carnivorous marsupials. Now, researchers have found a second such tumor, one that is genetically and histologically distinct from DFTD in five animals. The analysis of this new transmissible tumor, called DFT2, appeared this week (December 28) in PNAS.
One Health: An opportunity for an interprofessional approach to healthcare
One Health has been viewed as the collaborative effort between professions and disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment.
For One Health principles to be operationalised, interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice are essential. However, interprofessional initiatives between the human health professions and veterinary medicine focus primarily on patient care in the human health setting.
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