The 1st
1st International One Health Congress 2011 will focus on the disease risks and challenges brought about by the interactions between animals, humans and the environment.
For the last few years, the One Health concept has brought together experts working in the areas of animal and human disease.
One Health has provided a new synthesis for public health and veterinary communities, particularly in the United States of America, Europe and Australia.
However, there is an urgent need and a growing interest to broaden the agenda to incorporate a truly global perspective and to include environmental issues.
About the CongressThe three-day Congress will consist of six sessions, each starting with a keynote speaker highlighting the issues, the challenges and the speaker`s vision of the future.
A panel of experts will then debate the issues, prior to breakout sessions, to consider a range of scientific papers on the plenary session topic.
The Congress aims to provide an opportunity to think `outside the box` and into the future in order to make recommendations on policy and organisational changes.` Dr Martyn Jeggo, Chair of Congress Organising Committee
The Congress will commence with a broad introduction and end with a synthesis of the way forward.
The intervening sessions will focus on: - disease emergence
- environmental drivers
- trade and food security
- science and policy.
Congress missionThe goal of the Congress is to review current disease knowledge at this interface and provide information needed to more effectively manage the emerging infectious disease risks at national, regional and global levels.
The outcomes include the identification of future research directions and to make recommendations on policy and organisational changes using the underlying science to inform and drive the process.
Who Should Attend - physicians
- veterinarians
- allied health professionals
- environmental scientists
- agriculturists
- individuals in the areas of animal, human, and environmental health
