“ONE MEDICINE” ANNOUNCEMENT!

For the last eight years, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have had the opportunity to provide health professionals with an informative and cost-efficient symposium. However, this year we are unable to provide you with the quality program that you've enjoyed in the past due to budget constraints.

Watch For Dates for the next “One Medicine” Symposium in early December 2012!

 

Eighth Annual
“One Medicine” Symposium

December 8, 2010
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center | Durham, North Carolina

Reality Bites:

A One Medicine Approach to Vector-borne Diseases

A conference for physicians, nurses, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, public health professionals, environmental health specialists, agriculture professionals, wildlife professionals, and federal, military, state and local disaster responders.

For the last seven years, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have hosted the annual One Medicine Symposium to educate and provide attendees with take-home tools that will improve and enhance preparedness for a natural or man-made disaster or infectious disease outbreak. 

The theme of the 2010 symposium, Reality Bites: A One Medicine Approach to Vector-borne Diseases, focuses on the effects of vector-borne diseases on human and animal health. This year’s agenda encourages human and animal health professionals to come together to explore key questions to improve awareness and understanding of issues benefiting from a One Medicine approach.

Conference Objectives:

  • Describe the diagnosis, treatment, surveillance and vector control measures in humans and animals for vector-borne diseases.
  • Discuss the similarities and differences of vector-borne disease ecology, diagnosis and case management between people and animals.
  • Discuss the impact of our changing ecology on wildlife and disease risks for people and animals in the Southeastern United States.
  • Emphasize the “One Medicine” approach of close cooperation between human and veterinary medicine for a rapid and effective response to emerging vector-borne diseases.