Presentation at 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2015 Session The One Health Approach in Action

1. 1st International
One Welfare Conference
2016
Manitoba One Health Steering Committee
GRF Davos One Health Summit
October 4, 2015
Dr. Dale Douma, Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development
&
Dr. Richard Rusk, Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors

2. How we got here
• One World One Health
– Wildlife Conservation Society – 2004
– International One World One Health Expert Consultation in Winnipeg – 2009
• promotes a holistic approach by incorporating human medicine,
veterinary medicine, public health, and environmental health
when developing policy and determining interventions to address
current challenges threatening today’s globalized world.
• “the collaborative effort of multiple disciplines working locally,
nationally, and globally – to attain optimal health for people,
animals and our environment”.
• emphasizes the interconnectedness between humans, animals
and their surrounding ecosystem
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3. How we got here
• One Health:
– Basically a collaborative holistic approach to optimize outcomes for complex
challenges.
• One Welfare recognizes that the same approach is required for
complex challenges within the animal welfare realm as well.
– Multiple levels of scope and interconnected streams
– Many stakeholders
– Many challenges
– Many possible responses
• One Health  Welfare = One Welfare
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4. One Welfare
• It is time to "make decisions in an
interdisciplinary frame with a focus on action
and a mission of balancing and promoting
human and animal welfare in connected
ecosystems and societies.“
Colonius T.J.; Earley R.W. (2013) One welfare: a call to develop a broader
framework of thought and action. JAVMA, 242 (3) 309-310.

5. Human
Health and
Wellbeing
Animal
Health and
Welfare
HealthandWelfareconsiderations

6. Human
Health and
Wellbeing
Animal
Health and
Welfare
HealthandWelfareconsiderations

7. Human
Health and
Wellbeing
Animal
Health and
Welfare
Range of Special Interests
HealthandWelfareconsiderations

8. Human
Health and
Wellbeing
Industry
/Owner
Animal
Health and
Welfare
Animal Rights
Range of Special Interests
HealthandWelfareconsiderations

9. Human
Health and
Wellbeing
Industry
/Owner
Animal
Health and
Welfare
Animal Rights
Range of Special Interests
HealthandWelfareconsiderations

10. Animal Welfare Enforcement
– Public Animal Welfare Policing System in Province of Manitoba
• Top ranked in Canada
• Close collaboration with Public Health
– Manitoba One Health Steering Committee - 2012
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12. Critical Incident Management
Solutions
– Psychological impacts on response personnel
• Burnout
• Mental Health Challenges
• Hospitalizations
• Suicide
– Veterinarians 3-4 times as likely to commit suicide than general
population
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13. Psycho-social Impact on Responders
– Abnormal exposure to traumatic events
(both in frequency and severity)
– Animal neglect/cruelty scenarios
» Increased euthanasia of animals
– Human health and wellbeing incidents
» Neglect, squalor, hoarding, criminal issues
– Challenging to get adequate resources/ support

14. International One Welfare Conference
2016• Objectives
– Bring together and engage the international community to further the
discussion related to a OW strategy;
– Enable a process whereby a more holistic understanding of OW issues may be
shared across sectors and jurisdictions more readily and consistently;
– To explore potential approaches to improve management for complex cross-
jurisdictional issues connecting a human element with animal welfare
incidents, such as hoarding and farm animal welfare issues involving
challenges including mental health;
– Provide stakeholders an opportunity to promote proactive leadership by
engaging in the development of solutions related to OW issues;
– Conduct a training session on Critical Incident Management Solutions to
support the mental health of the responders dealing with these difficult
situations and conditions.

15. International One Welfare Conference
2016
• Broad targeted audience
• International and Canadian leaders / decision makers
– government, academia, NGOs, and the private sector;
» including regulatory departments, public health
managers, mental health groups, animal welfare groups,
agricultural industry associations, veterinary associations
and related stakeholders.
– graduate student opportunity
» attend and participate in the poster presentations.

16. International One Welfare Conference
Sept 26-29, 2016
• Hosted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
– Capital city of the Province of Manitoba
– In the center of North America
• Accessible by International airport, rail, road

17. How can you get involved?
• Be engaged in One Welfare solutions locally,
nationally and internationally
• Spread the word to your colleagues
• Come join us in Winnipeg next September!
– As the inaugural international OW conference,
participants will provide the foresight to direct the
agenda of future meetings.
Contact me at dale.douma@gov.mb.ca