MEDS 433: Animals & Human Health

"The Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) is mandated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to provide information for improved animal care and use in research, testing, and teaching. "

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"AAALAC International is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs.

More than 1,000 companies, universities, hospitals, government agencies and other research institutions in 47 countries have earned AAALAC accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to responsible animal care and use. These institutions volunteer to participate in AAALAC's program, in addition to complying with the local, state and federal laws that regulate animal research."

"The Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Medicine/L’association canadienne de la médecine des animaux de laboratoire (CALAM/ACMAL) is a national association that represents the interests of Canadian laboratory animal veterinarians. CALAM/ACMAL is a small and supportive group consisting of veterinarians who work in academic, government, pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors. Membership in CALAM/ACMAL provides an opportunity for laboratory animal veterinarians to network with colleagues across the country and share professional interest."

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CALAS/ACSAL is a national association dedicated to providing high quality training and educational resources to laboratory animal care professionals across Canada. We believe all animal based research must be conducted professionally and ethically."

"The CCAC works to ensure that animal-based science in Canada takes place only when necessary and that the animals in the studies receive optimal care according to high quality, research-informed standards."

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"The mission of ILAR is to evaluate and to report on scientific, technological, and ethical use of animals and related biological resources, and of non-animal alternatives in non-food settings, such as research, testing, education, and production of pharmaceuticals. ILAR seeks to identify practices that provide for excellence in the welfare of animals used for these purposes, recognizing their moral value while achieving high-quality science. ILAR evaluates and encourages the use, development, and validation of non-animal alternatives. ILAR provides independent, objective advice to the federal government, to the international biomedical community, and to the public through reports of expert committees, web-based resources, and other means of communication. It is a unit in the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Research Council."

OpenWHO is WHO’s new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders.

DengueNet, built on the Global Health Atlas platform, is the World Health Organization's central data management system for the global epidemiological and virological surveillance of dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) created in partnership with WHO Regional and Country Offices, Ministries of Heath, WHO Collaborating Centres and laboratories. The network collects standardized data from all DengueNet partners worldwide, and provides ready access to a variety of indicators such as incidence, case fatality rates (CFR), frequency and distribution of DF and DHF cases, number of fatalities and circulating virus serotypes.

The key objective of DengueNet is to provide a standard platform for sharing current surveillance data in order to detect and monitor incidence and trends of dengue and DHF. This system promotes greater standardization of dengue reporting, making national data more comparable than they are today. DengueNet also provides unrestricted access to useful information that can help public health professionals with advance warning of epidemics to improve preparedness, case management, and reduce fatality rates.

"FluNet is a global web-based tool for influenza virological surveillance first launched in 1997. The virological data entered into FluNet, e.g. number of influenza viruses detected by subtype, are critical for tracking the movement of viruses globally and interpreting the epidemiological data. The data at country level are publically available and updated weekly. The results are presented in various formats including tables, maps and graphs."

HELI is a global effort by WHO and UNEP to support action by developing country policymakers on environmental threats to health.

"We end the needless suffering of animals.
We influence decision makers to put animals on the global agenda.
We help the world see how important animals are to all of us.
We inspire people to change animals' lives for the better.
We move the world to protect animals."

This is just one publication example of many you can find at WHO on a One Health approach to foodborne bacteria issues and many more