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The term "One Health" is rather popular these days and is used by various players worldwide. However, the exact definition of the term often remains vague, which makes it difficult to design and implement concrete measures. Earlier this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) established an advisory body, the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) . This has now produced an operational definition of One Health to develop a

The new German government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has established an interdisciplinary Pandemic Council to advise the government on upcoming decisions in the coronavirus pandemic. A pandemic is a complex exceptional situation in which the right decisions at the right time by politicians are necessary to bring a society through the crisis in the best possible way. To provide a scientific foundation for political measures, the United Kingdom, for example, has a Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). The composition of the SAGE is based on the nature of the emergency and is

World NTD Day interview with Dr. D. Fusco According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) cause devastating health, social and economic consequences to more than one billion people on our planet. That's why the German Research Platform for Zoonoses took World NTD Day as an opportunity to talk with Dr. Daniela Fusco about NTDs to bring more attention to this global health problem. About Dr. Daniela Fusco: Dr. Daniela Fusco heads a research group at the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)

During the Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting (JSZM) 2022, which took place from June 23-24, 2022 in Hannover, the attending PhD students and PostDocs elected a new junior scientist representative . Sabrina Clever, PhD student at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, received a majority of votes. Sabrina Clever works at the Institute of Virology at the TiHo. Her research focuses on the immunological effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and on the development of potential vaccine candidates. Ms. Clever will take over the position of junior representative from Alexandra Herbst when the

The Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting 2022 was a get-together of young scientists from the field of zoonoses research. For many, the meeting in Hannover was the first meeting in presence since the beginning of the corona pandemic and a valuable opportunity to network, learn new things and present their own research. After two years in virtual space, the Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting returned to the real world in 2022. The annual meeting for junior scientists the field of zoonoses research took place from June 23 – 24 in Hannover, Germany. With beautiful summer weather and a view of deer

The coronavirus pandemic, the global spread of monkeypox or the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda - zoonoses are and remain an important health issue. Against this background, the symposium of the German Research Platform for Zoonoses took place in Berlin from 05 to 07 October 2022. With 350 participants from 12 nations, the event was again able to bring together numerous zoonoses researchers on its return to Berlin after two Corona-related online editions. During the 3-day event, the latest results from zoonosis research were presented in lectures and poster contributions. The young scientists

The European Poxvirus Workshop brought together researchers working in the field of Poxviruses on May 17th 2013 at the Robert Koch-Institute in Berlin. Two keynote lectures were given by experts in the research field of Poxviruses, Clarissa R. Damaso from Rio de Janeiro und Geoffrey L. Smith from Cambridge. The programme was completed by three sessions with 11 talks on the topics Molecular Virus-Host Interactions, Clinics and Pathology of Poxvirus Infections and Immune Responses to Poxvirus Infections. The workshop provided an ideal platform for the 43 participants to exchange their most

The Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting (JSZM) took place in 2016 from 1 to 3 June in the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Göttingen. This special venue provided the 32 participating young scientists from different departments and research institutions in Germany with an adequate setting for an exciting and varied programme. Numerous speakers from all over Germany The speakers were Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed (University of Göttingen), Dr. Linda Brunotte (University Hospital Münster), Dr. Franziska Dahlmann (Fraunhofer ITEM), Dr. Daniel Eibach (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg)