The Caribbean College of Family Physicians and the Jamaica Veterinary Medical Association proudly announce our joint One Health Day Conference 2018, to be held on Sunday November 4, 2018 at the Alhambra Inn, 1 Tucker Avenue, Kingston 6. This will mark the first time in Jamaica that human and veterinary health professional organizations will come together to explore some of the linkages and parallels between human and animal health as part of the all-encompassing One Health arena.

The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) will host, from Nov. 05 to 10, the "II Integra UFMS", an institutional event to connect the Community to all the teaching, research and extension produced by the University. During the Integra our team will present the results of "LeishNão Project" (health education on leishmaniasis), will offer a workshop about bat rabies prevention (using information from our research projects and in connection to the Bat Rabies Education Team/One Health Commission - "BRET/OHC"), and also will have a Talk Arena about "What's gonna be the next epidemic?".

Sharing an Animal Memory is a One Health event taking place at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on November 6, 2018 to recognize One Health Day. Similar events will take place at 4 other prisons across Canada before the end of the year. The events highlight the novel One Health concept of zooeyia, the inverse of zoonosis; the positive benefit of animals to human health. The RPC event will be an opportunity to bring animals into a carceral environment, both through inmates’ shared memories (e.g., stories, artwork, poetry) and with visiting therapy dogs.