January 3, 2022
Happy New Year !!!
To our amazing global One Health network,
partners, and sponsors.....
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Please help us celebrate January as
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The power of and urgent need for a One Health approach for solving many of the world’s greatest challenges has never been more evident than in the current 2020, 2021 and 2022 global pandemic.
Yet, sadly, many people around in the world are still unaware of the One Health concept and movement.
One Health Awareness Month took place for the first time in January 2020 (just before the pandemic changed everything!). It was conceived in response to U.S. Senate Resolution 462 declaring January 2020 to be U.S. National One Health Awareness Month. (See more background) In support, the One Health Commission and Louisiana One Health in Action seized the moment to create a One Health Awareness Month Social Media campaign and guidance Calendar to urge collaborations between animal, environmental, plant and human health/public health scientists. Excitingly, the campaign has been picked up, promoted and celebrated by One Health advocates around the world!
Help keep the momentum going!!
See the continuously updated One Health Awareness Month Guide and One Health Awareness Month Calendar for ways to get involved. The Calendar includes 31 days of One Health topics and educational materials that you can use each day in your local and online communities, social media and professional networks. Remember to use the hashtags #OneHealth and #OneHealthAwarenessMonth when you post!
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Create your own posts highlighting ‘your’ favorite One Health topics. You might like to focus your month’s activities around the One Health slogan, ‘Connect, Create, Educate:
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Connect
- Reach out to media outlets, friends, family, colleagues, lawmakers. Share the 2020 S Res 462 press release and a personal story about the power of One Health. Help us raise awareness about the critical power and urgent need for One Health!
- Identify other individuals/groups/organizations working to further One Health and partner up on events and activities throughout the year.
- Students! Identify other students outside your own profession to form One Health Day Student Competition Events.
Create
- During the month of January 2021, participate in the One Health Awareness Month Campaign. See the Social Media Challenge Calendar for suggested topics to create a post each day using the hashtags #OneHealth and #OneHealthAwarenessMonth
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Request a Gubernatorial Proclamation in your state or region declaring January as One Health Awareness Month.
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Start planning your One Health Day 2022 event. While ‘officially’ celebrated on November 3 every year, One Health Day events can happen ‘any’ time of the year. Be sure to register yours to get on the map. For ideas see One Health Day events maps and descriptions for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Educate
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Thank you for ‘your’ leadership for One Health and for doing what you can, with what you have, wherever you are!! |
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This message is shared by the One Health Commission, Louisiana One Health in Action and One Health Lessons.
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