Our spring 2020 newsletter includes full programme information and details for our sixth Symposium next month, and highlights Legionella research by The Infection Group at the University of Otago, Christchurch.   View the One Health Aotearoa Spring 2020 newsletter.

One Health Aotearoa investigators involved in leptospirosis research have recently published a couple of articles in the journals Pathogens and Animals. Diverse Epidemiology of Leptospira Serovars Notified in New Zealand Dr Shahista Nisa and colleagues from ESR, University of Otago and Massey University used routinely collected leptospirosis surveillance data from 1999 to 2017 to highlight the…

A new global report that provides advice and solutions to decision makers around how to prevent pandemics has just been released, with input from Massey University’s Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology, David Hayman. Professor Hayman’s expertise is focused on the relationship between viruses and how they are transmitted between animals and humans, with a particular…

How hopeful should Australians and New Zealanders be about COVID-19 vaccines becoming available in 2021? And what do we need to learn from 2020 and this pandemic as we speed towards the new year? On November 5 2020, The Conversation and Avid Reader bookshop hosted a special trans-Tasman online event, giving our readers a chance…

The sixth One Health Aotearoa Sympsoium takes place in regional hubs around the country and online in five weeks’ time. The OHA Symposium Organising Committee has released the preliminary programme which covers the big One Health issues affecting New Zealand and further afield. View the 6th One Health Aotearoa Symposium preliminary programme [PDF, 235KB] Sessions…