diseases in nature conference
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Diseases in Nature Conference. Preparedness It’s All One Medicine [from Agro-Security to BT to Disaster Response to Zoonoses. Austin, Texas, June 13 th 2007. John Herbold DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, FACE Center for Biosecurity & Public Health Preparedness - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Diseases in Nature ConferenceDiseases in Nature Conference
John Herbold DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, FACE Center for Biosecurity & Public Health Preparedness
University of Texas School of Public Health
Austin, Texas, June 13th 2007
PreparednessIt’s All One Medicine
[from Agro-Security to BT to Disaster Response to Zoonoses
One WorldOne World
One MedicineOne Medicine
One EcologyOne Ecology
Biological Agents of Interestmany are common in the Southwest
• RabiesRabies• Soil FungiSoil Fungi• Bacillus anthracisBacillus anthracis (anthrax) (anthrax)• Yersinia pestisYersinia pestis (plague) (plague)• Coxiella burnetiiCoxiella burnetii (Q fever) (Q fever)• Francisella tularensisFrancisella tularensis (tularemia) (tularemia)• Vibrio choleraeVibrio cholerae (cholera) (cholera) • WEEWEE• WNVWNV• SLESLE• Venezuelan equine encephalitis Venezuelan equine encephalitis • Viral Hemorrhagic FeversViral Hemorrhagic Fevers• DengueDengue• Ebola AliceEbola Alice• Influenza AInfluenza A• E coli 0157E coli 0157• Botulism (toxins)Botulism (toxins)• Vesicular DiseasesVesicular Diseases• XXXXXXXX
Anthrax Sutton County July 2005
Plague New Mexico
EVENTSEVENTS
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NATURALNATURAL UN-NATURALUN-NATURAL
It’s Not Just Medicine & Public Health...
“Orderly World” View- Industry Biosecurity, Laboratory Surveillance & Quality Assurance
Zoonotic Disease Risk Assessment-
Integrating Agriculture, Disaster Preparedness and Public Health
Transmission Modalities Animal to human Animal to human to human Animal to vector to human Animal products to human
StakeholdersHuman health sectorAnimal health sectorCross sector entities
Risk ID & ReductionRisk assessmentAwareness & educationPreventionSurveillanceResponsePolicy & legislationResources & infrastructure
REDUCING & MANAGING ZOONOTIC DISEASE RISK
Challenges in Assessing Zoonotic Diseases
3X4X7=84 silos
Who?Who?
What?What?
Where?Where?
When?When?
How?How?
Time to get to work !!!Time to get to work !!!
Community Preparedness…the real common
denominator