The One Health Club at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is helping the school celebrate One Health Day with week-long event of One Health activities! The week will include lectures on zoo medicine through the One Health lens, environmental health considerations, and zoonotic disease jeopardy. We are helping to spread awareness about World One Health Day and celebrating how One Health can bring our community together.

The Mahr One Health Lecture by Dr. John M. Dye will examine the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in Africa and the Andes hantavirus outbreak, two events that highlight how emerging zoonotic viruses can cross species barriers and challenge existing diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and public health systems.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) One Health Office updated its One Health Day communications toolkit to help multisectoral partners share what One Health looks like in their work. The toolkit includes ready-to-use messages, reflection prompts, customizable social media templates, and graphics to help partners highlight One Health in practice, recognize the collaboration and connections behind their work, and share what that collaboration helps them accomplish. Explore the toolkit and adapt the resources for your audiences, partnerships, and One Health work.