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The first annual global One Health Day will be observed on November 3rd 2016.

Preparations are now in full swing and events are being planned around the world. Be sure to check out details on the One Health Day website and consider planning an event for your domain and region.

A Press release can be downloaded here.

Please help Spread the Word about One Health Day by forwarding this message among your networks and listservs and be sure to visit us on social media. Add the One Health Day logo to your website and link to our page or download the One Health Day Brochure and share with your colleagues.

The 6^th call for Short-term Scientific Missions (STSM) in the Network for Evaluation of One Health is out.

The call supports exchange of scientists between member countries in NEOH to support the tasks of Working Group 2, who is applying the evaluation framework to specific cases.

Applications suggesting work not directly relevant for the progress of planned tasks in NEOH will not be granted.

The application deadline is 4 July 2016.

Early career investigators (ECIs) have first priority, senior scientist have second priority, and applications from people from or going to inclusiveness countries are strongly encouraged.

For more information, please see NEOH website: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/short-term-scientific-missions/

Call for participants to workshop on:

Equipping early career researchers with tools for evaluating ecosystem services which underpin food and water security

Deadline 3rd June 2016

Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council, in partnership with the South African National Research Foundation, there will be a three day workshop on the above theme on September 29th-October 1st, 2016 in South Africa.

The workshop is being coordinated by University of Gloucestershire, UK; Stellenbosch University, South Africa; and the American University Cairo, Egypt, and will have contributions from other leading researchers.

Early Career Researchers from the UK, South Africa and Egypt are encouraged to apply to attend this workshop. All travel and accommodation expenses will be covered by the Newton Researcher Links programme.

The application form, with more details on the initiative, is attached and should be sent to klynch@glos.ac.uk before the deadline of 3^rd June 2016.  The successful applicants will be notified by the 17^th June 2016 and the workshop will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa on the 29^th September to the 1^st October 2016.

For more details, please see: http://www.ccri.ac.uk/pressreleases/call-for-participants-to-workshop-equipping-early-career-researchers-with-tools-for-evaluating-ecosystem-services-which-underpin-food-and-water-security/

OneHealth/EcoHealth survey on integrated health frameworks

Why this survey: The importance of human health interlinkages with nature and the environment in general has gained attention in science, policy and society at large. The recent (2015) State of Knowledge review of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses the diversity and complexity of the interlinkage between biodiversity and human health and the opportunities and challenges that go with it. In order to better address all (or subsets of) interrelated aspects in an integrated/holistic manner,several integrative frameworks were developed over time. The CDB-WHO State of Knowledge review refers to several of these, such as One Health, EcoHealth, the ecosystem approach and One Medicine.

Among these approaches, the One Health concept has been jointly adopted by WHO, OIE and FAO in their seminal tripartite concept note entitled “Sharing responsibilities and coordinating global activities to address health risks at the animal-human-ecosystems interfaces”. On its turn, the CDB-WHO State of Knowledge review to the scientific and policy community and society at large promotes the One Health concept as a common framework under which all these (other) relevant integrative frameworks can be connected.

This survey aims to consult a wide range of relevant experts from science, policy and societal practice to give their views on the OneHealth ambition. Together we aim to formulate key lessons learned and key steps forward messages. By completing this survey your voice will be heard in the design of follow-up discussions. After this first survey round we will make a synthesis of the results which will be sent to all respondents for a next round of input.

Target audience: experts working on or interested in human health interlinkages with nature and the environment (science, policy, practice; from all regions in the world)

More information

The survey

Deadline June 15th 2016

Please forward this to your colleagues and networks.

If you have any comments or questions, please contact hans.keune@inbo.be