This is the fifth conference being held by the JVMA and CCFP Jamaica Chapter, normally held close to One Health Day, but this time during One Health Awareness Month.

This year the conference will focus on Planetary Health, including climate change and our "blue" spaces (Day 1, January 15, 4 - 8 PM EST), One Welfare, Poxviruses, Avian Influenza and mental health (Day 2 January 15, 3 PM -7 PM EST).

The project originally consists of two stages, one of which is carried out only with the target population of UAMVZ-UAZ Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics students for the seventh semester, which will be approximately 120 to 130, plus health service personnel and promoters. Community health workers, who were trained in various topics of interest in veterinary public health, in a second phase, will be carriers and disseminators of the general concept of One Health DAY and the World Health Organization where public health and animal health are integrated.

Event: Publication - Ground-breaking article that evaluates a global Train-the-Training program. This program focuses on teaching One Health communication skills to over 1,500 individuals from 98 countries. You can find it in the open-access One Health & Implementation Research Journal! Some highlights from "Evaluation of a global training program in One Health communication" include: 1. A significant increase in trainee confidence in One Health communication skills 2. Delivery of a single One Health lesson ***increased student interest in science*** in 99.1% of classrooms