Lonnie King

Zoonoses of people and their pets: a US perspective on significant pet-associated parasitic diseases

Michael Paul, DVM is Executive Director, Companion Animal Parasite Council. Lonnie King, DVM is past-Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and current Professor and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University. Ellen P. Carlin, DVM is Special Projects Manager and Editor, Companion Animal Parasite Council.The findings and conclusions in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A priority-setting aid for new vaccine candidates

Policy and investment decisions regarding new health technologies are often complex. They require a careful balancing of multiple perspectives and differing objectives. On some occasions, policymakers or analysts approaching these decisions have access to cost-effectiveness or cost-benefit analyses to help guide their decisions, but almost invariably such analyses are inadequate.

Prioritizing a One Health Approach in the Immediate Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to global health security. While the global community has made recent advances to mitigate the threat of antimicrobial resistance, we continue to face challenges in creating solutions and concrete actions that will yield the greatest immediate impact. To examine the critical areas in human, animal and environmental health that contribute to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine hosted a public workshop on June 20–21, 2017 in Washington, DC. This article summarizes the final synthesis discussion that took place at the workshop on suggestions for immediate actions and implementation that are feasible and cost-effective for combating antimicrobial resistance across the One Health domains. The priorities that emerged from the participants’ discussions addressed the following topics: (1) Surveillance; (2) Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Behavior Modification; (3) Basic and Applied Research and Development; and (4) Global Policy and Coordination.