Our winter 2020 newsletter announces more information about our sixth symposium in December including early bird registration and confirmed speakers. It also features a piece buy our ESR colleagues outlining the lack of evidence for foodborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. View the One Health Aotearoa Winter 2020 newsletter.

The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged global cooperation and highlighted the importance of science-based policy in preventing the devastating impact on communities and economies by novel infectious diseases, according to the winner of the University of Otago’s highest honour. Professor David Murdoch is this year’s recipient of the University of Otago’s Distinguished Research Medal.  It is…

Public health specialist Professor Michael Baker from the University of Otago, Wellington, received the Critic and Conscience of Society Award earlier this week for his extraordinary efforts in keeping the citizens of New Zealand informed about the COVID-19 crisis and public health issues in general. Professor Baker has worked incredibly hard over the past few…

When the campylobacteria outbreak hit Havelock North in 2016, no-one fully understood how widely it affected the local communities. Gene-sequencing technology used by scientists has shown the true scale of the outbreak. The joint study from ESR, Massey University, Otago University, the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and the Eastern Institute of Technology suggests the campylobacteriosis…

University of Otago, Wellington infectious diseases expert Professor Michael Baker has received almost $5 million from the Health Research Council for a programme investigating the connection between infectious diseases and long-term conditions, something he was planning well prior to the outbreak of Covid-19. This new programme is called SYMBIOTIC: Syndemic Management of the Biology and…

Our Autumn 2020 newsletter announces the dates for our sixth annual symposium in December and highlights new funding for projects with the Tolaga Bay community. View the One Health Aotearoa Autumn 2020 newsletter.

A global pandemic like COVID-19 was a matter of ‘when not if’ according to a diverse group of Kiwi scientists who formed an alliance almost a decade ago in anticipation for such an eventuality. Many of the group – called One Health Aotearoa – are playing key roles in recently-announced Government-funded COVID-19 research projects, such…

A $1.2 million Health Research Council funded research project at the University of Otago, Wellington will study the effect of climate change on patterns of heavy rainfall and drought in New Zealand and its impact on the health of our drinking water. The three-year project, led by OHA investigator Associate Professor Simon Hales from the…

Our Summer 2020 news letter contains selected links to OHA investigators in the media discussing COVID-19, a review of our 5th annual symposium in December 2019, OHA’s publication in the One Health Outlook journal, and an update on our CoRE application. View the One Health Aotearoa Summer 2020 newsletter.

The likelihood of New Zealand remaining coronavirus-free is low and the country should be preparing for a pandemic, the Co-directors of One Health Aotearoa warn. Currently there are no cases of coronavirus disease (now referred to as COVID-19) in New Zealand. However, in an editorial in today’s issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ),…