Addressing human health at the Human-Animal Interface – Terry McElwain
Addressing human health at the Human-Animal Interface – Terry McElwain
WWWAMI lecture. UW, March 12 2013.Terry McElwain DVM, PhD, Executive Director, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington State University; Professor and Associate Director, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University
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Picture: Jan Brueghel the Elder’s The Entry of the Animals Into Noah’s Ark
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Upcoming Events | University of Washington – Department of Global …
Dr. McElwain’s current work addresses the global control of infectious diseases at the human-animal interface. His lecture will exp… -
UW Department of Global Health announcement: “Dr. McElwain’s current work addresses the global control of infectious
diseases at the human-animal interface. His lecture will explore facets
of this interface, particularly in resource-constrained countries, and
how global health challenges can be addressed at that interface.” -
Science in Medicine Annual WWAMI Lecture: “Addressing Global …21 hours ago … University of Washington – Department of Global Health … Medicine Annual WWAMI Lecture: “Addressing Global Health at…
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starting live-tweeting of talk: Addressing human health at the #AnimalhumanInterface -Terry McElwain @UW -
Terry McElwain – Research & Intervention | Paul G. Allen School for …
Terry McElwain’s research explores global control of persistent infectious diseases. He worked closely with the Centers for Disease… -
Terry McElwain started by giving a definition of Global Health and some of the challenges in resource-constrained countries:
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Global health: priority of on equity in health for all people- Jeff Koplan #AnimalhumanInterface
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Inaugural Meeting | Consortium of Universities for Global Health
What is Global Health? Jeff Koplan, MD, MPH Present current working definition and discuss issues. Presentation: Toward a common defini… -
70% of emergent human pathogens are zoonotic in origin #AnimalhumanInterface – Terry McElwain
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Most Emerging disease reported at developed countries but hotspots are not necessarily in developed countries #AnimalhumanInterface
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We need a global network that reports emerging deceases, more international laboratories needed #AnimalhumanInterface
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Scientists Create First Map of Hotspots of Emerging Infectious …
Feb 21, 2008 … map of emerging disease hotspots A map of the frequency that pathogens are passed from wildlife to humans. Green is lo… -
Tanzania, feverish patients assumed to have malaria. After introducing lab diagnosis, ~2% was really malaria #AnimalhumanInterface
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Impact of training in clinical and microscopy diagnosis of childhood …
In Tanzania malaria continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality … which still remains the gold standard for laborato… -
Antimicrobial resistance in farms: counterfeit drugs and poor drug storage change antibiotic concentration #AnimalhumanInterface
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Small technological innovations can help drugs, vaccine preservation on the field, especially on developing countries #AnimalhumanInterface
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We then started talking about Rabies transmitted mostly by dogs that did not get vaccinated by their owners
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Rabies kills >55,000 people per year worldwide. A neglected disease! #AnimalhumanInterface
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Rabies can be controlled- Tanzania study shows dog vaccination reduces rabies outbreaks- and morbidity! #AnimalhumanInterface
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Tanzania dog study interesting sideline. Most popular dog names: Osama and Obama #AnimalhumanInterface
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Another case study, population based animal syndromic surveilance (PBASS) in Kenya.
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Smart phones used in Population based animal syndromic surveillance in Kenya #AnimalhumanInterface http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0016085 …/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0016085
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PLOS ONE: The Burden of Common Infectious Disease Syndromes …
Affiliations: International Emerging Infections Program-Kenya, Centers for … Urban slum and rural disease incidence and clinic utiliz… -
PBASS collected information but also offered free human health follow-up (if they can get to the hospital) #AnimalhumanInterface
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80% households at Kenyan PBASS study own chickens. Only 17% of them eat eggs #AnimalhumanInterface
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Animal syndromes follow-up at PBASS study, 44% suffered digestive syndrome (diarrhea)- still figuring out main causes #AnimalhumanInterface
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Sustainable intervention should be based on what works for the families on site. PBASS helps to find some answers #AnimalhumanInterface
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Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring …Because surveillance can directly measure ….. in a country-specific, flexible, and sustainable manner. … Population-based surveys c…
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Thanks Terry McElwain for a great talk! this is the end of #AnimalhumanInterface
